The president is the leader of the
a. town
b. state
c. country
d. city
What is country?
100
The tax commissioner works at which level of government?
a. state
b. county
c. city
d. national
What is city?
100
Who helps lead a county?
a. president
b. mayor
c. governor
d. commissioner
Who is the commissioner?
100
In a democracy, what do citizens do?
a. ask the president to step down if they are not satisfied with his service.
b. raise taxes
c. decide what the government will do
d. run the government
What is decide what the government will do?
100
Who elects the members of a city commission?
a. the city
b. other commissioners
c. voters
d. the president
What are voters?
200
Which is an example of a local government body?
a. Polk County Commission
b. Georgia State Senate
c. Atlanta City Council
d. United States Congress
What is Polk County Commission?
200
Which is an example of a local city government body?
a. U.S. Supreme Court
b. Clarke County Commission
c. Georgia General Assembly
d. Savannah City Council
What is Savannah City Council?
200
The governor is the leader of a
a. county
b. country
c. city
d. state
What is state?
200
What can citizens do to take part in their local government?
a. watch television so they will know what is going on.
b. go to town meetings or elect someone to represent them
c. run for may if they think they can do a better job
d. write a letter to the president if they think a law is unfair
What is go to town meetings or elect someone to represent them?
200
What do county commissioners do?
a. they run the county government and make sure people get services.
b. they commission others on the laws
c. they help keep our streets safe
d. they make the laws for our neighborhoods
What is they run the county government and make sure people get services?
300
Which is an example of a state government body?
a. Cobb County Commission
b. Atlanta City Council
c. United States Congress
d. Georgia General Assembly
What is Georgia General Assembly?
300
Which of these government bodies decides if someone breaks a law on the state level?
a. U.S. House of Representatives
b. Georgia General Assembly
c. U.S. Supreme Court
d. Georgia Supreme Court
What is Georgia Supreme Court?
300
Which is an example of something a county government can do?
a. judge state laws
b. choose city mayors
c. make state laws
d. collect taxes
What is collect taxes?
300
What is an election?
a. the process by which citizens vote for people to represent them.
b. when you decide if you are going to pay taxes
c. when citizens decide what the local government will do.
d. the leader of a city
What is the process by which citizens vote for people to represent them?
300
Who pays taxes to the local government?
a. the president
b. the mayor
c. citizens and businesses
d. the schools
What are citizens and businesses?
400
What do the president, a mayor, and a governor all have in common?
a. They are all people who decide if laws have been broken.
b. They are all leaders of police and law enforcement.
c. The are all leaders of different levels of government.
d. They are all people who make different laws in different levels of govenment.
What is they are all leaders of different levels of government?
400
Which level of government is the Georgia Senate part of?
a. city
b. county
c. school
d. state
What is state?
400
Which of these government bodies decides if someone breaks a law on the county level?
a. Georgia Supreme Court
b. Liberty County Court
c. U.S. Supreme Court
d. Georgia General Assembly
What is Liberty County Court?
400
How do laws help set up the way a local government works?
a. laws tell us the rules we are to follow.
b. laws say what jobs leaders will have
c. laws tell who will pay the most taxes
d. laws determine if your services will be free or if you'll have to pay for them.
What is laws say what jobs leaders will have?
400
What kinds of services do taxes pay for?
a. homes
b. cars
c. grocery
d. police and fire protection, schools, and libraries
What is police and fire protection, schools, and libraries?
500
The sheriff works in which level of government?
a. city
b. national
c. county
d. federal
What is county?
500
Who is the highest elected official of a city government?
a. mayor
b. principal
c. governor
d. president
What is mayor?
500
The police chief works in which level of government?
a. country
b. city
c. state
d. county
What is city?
500
Who leads the three branches of government of local government in many communities?
a. the president
b. the principal
c. the city commissioners
d. the city concil, the mayor, and the courts
Who are the city concil, the mayor, and the courts?
500
Who leads the city?
a. the mayor
b. the governor
c. the president
d. the commissioners