How Local Communities Are Run

Who is the leader of a city or town?

• The governor
• The mayor
• The judge
• The teacher

New laws that a city passes are called ____.

• taxes
• recipes
• elections
• ordinances

A city council is a group that helps make the rules for a city.

• True
• False

On a city council, one single person makes all the decisions alone.

• True
• False

How does a city council decide which idea wins?

• A coin flip
• The oldest idea
• The mayor's choice
• The idea with most votes

Money for schools and fire trucks often comes from ____.

• allowance
• taxes
• prizes
• gifts

Where have town meetings been used for hundreds of years?

• New England
• Florida
• California
• Texas

When people make decisions themselves, it is called direct ____.

• building
• democracy
• monarchy
• distance

At a town meeting, only leaders may vote, not regular citizens.

• True
• False

What might a city council vote to do?

• Fly to the moon
• Sell the city
• Build a new park
• Write a novel

A mayor may help make plans to keep people safe during a storm or flood.

• True
• False

Local laws made by a council that apply only to that community are called ____.

• treaties
• verdicts
• bylaws
• amendments

Setting rules about how land can be used is called what?

• recycling
• zoning
• taxing
• voting

A tax based on the value of land and buildings you own is a ____ tax.

• sales
• property
• import
• income

Council members are chosen by voters in elections.

• True
• False