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Unit 9 Vocabulary
Government and Public Administration
Term | Definition |
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Assessor | an official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it |
Chamber of Commerce | am association, primarily of people of people in business, to promote the commerical interests of an idea |
Charitable Organization | a charitable fund, foundation, or instituiton |
Citizenship | relationship between an individual and a state in which owes allegiance to that state and in turn is entitled to its protection |
City Planning | the activity or profession determining the future physical arrangement and condition of a community |
Election | formal process by which the execution and enforcement of laws and policies and administration of public affairs |
Executive Branch | the branch of government charged with the excecution and enforcement of laws and policies and the administration of public affair |
Federal Government | pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the seperate 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 exercise s authority and preforms functions and which is usually classified according to the distribution of power within it |