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Unit 9
Government and Public Administration
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Assessor | an official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it |
| Chamber of Commerce | an association, primarily of people in business, to promote the commercial interests of an area |
| Charitable Organization | a charitable fund, foundation, or institution |
| Citizenship | relationship between an individual and a state in which an individual owes allegiance to that state and in turn is entitled to its protection |
| City Planning | the activity or profession of determining the future physical arrangement and condition of a community |
| Election | formal process by which voters make their political choices on public issues or candidates for public office |
| Executive Branch | the branch of government charged with the execution and enforcement of laws and policies and the administration of public affairs |
| Federal Government | pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under of states under a central governments of the separate states |
| Congress | the supreme legislative body of a nation and especially of a republic |
| Government | the organization, machinery, or agency through which a political unit exercises authority and performs functions and which is usually classified according to the disctrbiution of power within it |
| Governor | the executive head of state in the U.S. |
| International Affairs | affairs between nations |
| House of Represenatives | the lower legislative branch in many national and state bicameral governing bodies |
| Judge | a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law |
| Judicial Branch | the branch of government charged with the interpretation of laws and the administration of justice |
| Legislator | a person who gives or makes laws |
| Local government | the administration of the civic affairs of a city, town, or district by its inhabitants rather than by the state or country at large |
| Mayor | the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town |
| National Security | a collective term for the defense and foreign relations of a country; protection of the interests of a country |
| Political | having a definite policy or system of government |
| Public Administration | refers to the implementation of government policy and to an academic discipline that studies that implementation and that prepares civil servants for working in the public service |