List at least five types of public services that the state requires counties to provide.

What will be an ideal response?


A list might include any of these: courts, jails, probation, public defense, juvenile detention, sheriff, fire, emergency services, housing, homeless assistance, food stamps, state welfare programs, voting processes, voter registration, tax collection, parks, recreation facilities, management of open space, waste removal, recycling, regulation of air quality, water, hospitals, mental health clinics, drug rehabilitation programs, libraries, schools, adoptions, children's foster care, airports, bus and rail systems, bridges, road maintenance, and birth/death/marriage certificates.

Political Science

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Robert was arrested for committing a serious crime. The prosecution offered to reduce the seriousness of the charge provided Robert conceded to a lesser crime. This practice is known as ________

A. judicial review B. due process C. plea bargain D. indictment E. advisory opinion

Political Science

Explain what the superintendent of public instruction does.

What will be an ideal response?

Political Science

A comprehensive set of beliefs about the nature of people and the role of government is called

A. a political culture. B. a dogma. C. an ideology. D. the political spectrum. E. political science.

Political Science

The executive branch of the government is classified as ______.

a. the lawmaking branch b. the law-enforcing branch c. the law-interpreting branch d. the law-consideration branch

Political Science