Which of the following types of local government is incorporated under state law to provide governance to a defined geographic area and is generally more compact and more densely populated than counties?

a. wards
b. neighborhoods
c. municipalities
d. provinces


c. municipalities

Political Science

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The national deficit has grown steadily since 1980

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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In most counties, who receives and pays out county funds?

A) county sheriff B) county judge C) county tax assessor-collector D) county treasurer

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State legislatures are exclusively policy-making bodies and have no judicial function

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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Which of the following is FALSE with regards to merit-based teacher pay?

A. salary may not be the main factor in recruiting and retaining high-caliber teachers B. it is difficult to establish an unbiased operational definition of merit to be applied to teachers C. merit-based pay is a substitute for an adequate salary scale D. teachers may abandon their own creativity in order to comply with a rigid set of standards

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