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Unit 9 Vocabulary
Government And Public Administration
Question | Answer |
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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 and 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 union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of 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 distribution of power within it |
Governor | the executive head of state in U.S. |
House of Representatives | the lower legislative branch in many national and the bicameral governing bodies |
International Affairs | Affairs between nations |
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 |
Legislative Branch | The branch of government having the power to make laws |
Legislator | a person who gives or make laws |
Local Government | the administration of the civic affairs of a city, town, or district by its inhabitants rather than by the state |
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 academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for working in the public service |