chapter 9/10

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Which government is closest to people's everyday lives?
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What does the county auditor check?
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Who deals with people who have broken county or state laws?
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Who takes care of records and deeds?
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Who investigates deaths?
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Who is in charge of the county jail?
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What city official is elected?
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What is an area of communities with about 200 families?
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Who has a direct democracy form of local government?
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Where do local governments get their funds from?
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Most officials of a village or borough serve __________________
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All states have three branches of government, the legislative, executive, and ____________________.
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Before a territory is granted statehood, its citizens and _____________________ must approve its state constitution.
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When Congress agrees that a territory is ready to become a state, it passes what type of act?
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Territorial citizens _______ vote in presidential elections as state citizens do.
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Citizens of US territories do not pay federal income taxes or have equal ___________ with citizens of states.
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Before statehood is granted, a state _________________ has to be approved.
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Who has the power to keep law and order within state boundaries?
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Which branch has many departments and agencies?
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What is it called when each government branch has its own area of control?
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What is it called when each branch can review the work of another branch?
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Who appoints judges in state courts?
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What is the largest part of the most state budgets spent on?
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Which is NOT one of the two houses that most state legislatures have?
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Which of the following is NOT one of the two kinds of cases heard in state courts