QUIZIZZ- Local or Municipal Government

What is a municipality?

• city, town, or village that is self-governing
• defends the country from outside enemies
• provides an environment that respects human rights and fundamental freedoms
• provides each branch of government with individual powers to check the other branches

How does a municipality receive funding? **Choose all answers that apply.**

• Regional Government
• Taxes
• National Government
• Donations

Choose any services that a municipal government provides.

• Police Department

• Animal Shelter

• Parks and Recreation

• Fire Department

• Emergency Medical Services

Which form of municipal government is being described: - Citizens elect the mayor and council members

• Commission Government
• City-Manager System
• Mayor-and-Council Form

Which form of municipal government is being described: - Elected commissioners head up city departments

• Commission Government
• City-Manager System
• Mayor-and-Council Form

Which form of municipal government is being described: - Elected council hires a city manager to administer the city departments

• Commission Government
• City-Manager System
• Mayor-and-Council Form

Philadelphia and New York were granted charters from the King of England. What did the charters grant these cities?

• to become municipal corporations
• to collect taxes from the people who live there
• a division of government within the city
• in charge of keeping order within the country

The division of government responsibilities into distinct branches to limit any one branch from exercising the core functions of another is called...

• Democracy
• Separation of Powers
• Checks and Balances
• Self-Governing

Provides each branch of government with individual powers to check the other branches and prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful. This is describing..

• Self-governning
• National government
• Checks and Balances
• Separation of Powers

What is the name of your town's city headquarters?

• Absecon Community School

• Absecon City Hall

• Absecon Municipal Complex

• Absecon Police Station

• Absecon City Clerk