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Citizen ’ s Jeopardy

Learn about democracy, forms of local government, and types of elections in Bucks County. Test your knowledge with the final jeopardy question!

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Citizen ’ s Jeopardy

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  1. Citizen’s Jeopardy Bucks County Student Voters LessonDemocracy and the People Grades 6-8

  2. Final Jeopardy Types of Elections City Boards & Services Forms of Local Govt Misc. History 100 200 300 400 500

  3. 100 – The date when villages began to develop into cities. What is 10,000 B.C.?

  4. 200 – The date people began to live in permanent settlements. What is 3,500 B.C.?

  5. 300 – The first needs of ancient cities. What are order, peace and security?

  6. 400 – The first areas of authority in ancient cities. What is caretaker of crops and chief planner of defense?

  7. 500 – The model colonists used for their local government. What are Old English Laws?

  8. 100 – An election to elect members of the city council and mayor. What is a Local Election?

  9. 200 – A method of enacting ordinances that begins with petitions by citizens. What is an Initiative Election?

  10. 300 – A petition process by which voters can remove an elected official from office in midterm. What is a Recall?

  11. 400 – An election to determine whether a city may borrow money by selling bonds. What is a Bond Election?

  12. 500 – An election to determine whether a city will adopt its own constitution and to elect people to draft it. What is a Charter Election?

  13. 100 – The board that runs the libraries. What is a Library Board?

  14. 200 – A board to plan, build and oversee parks and other recreation for city residents, such as races, sports classes, etc. What is a Parks and Recreation board?

  15. 300 – The service of collecting garbage and keeping the city clean. What is the Sanitation Department?

  16. 400 – A board that plans the use of buildings or activities that can occur in each area of the city. What is a Planning and Zoning board?

  17. 500 – Anything constructed by government with public funds for the use or pleasure of the general public, such as libraries, etc. What is the Public Works?

  18. 100 – Council/Assembly governs; mayor appoints department heads and controls them. What is a strong Mayor-Council/Assembly?

  19. 200 – Council/Assembly governs; mayor appoints few, if any department heads and has limited control over them. What is a weak Mayor-Council/Assembly?

  20. 300 – Council/Assembly appoints manager to carry out policies and she/he appoints department heads. What is a Council/ Assembly Manager?

  21. 400 – Elected commissioners each head a department and together govern the city. What is a Commission?

  22. 500 – The authority for locally elected officials to make local decisions. What is Home-Rule?

  23. 100 – To bring property into boundaries. What is an Annex?

  24. 200 – Elected officials that run local and state elections among other things. What is a County Board of Supervisors?

  25. 300 – Federal money given to states or cities to help pay for programs. What is Grant-In Aid?

  26. 400 – An organization that provides essential products or services, such as light, water, gas. What is the Public Utility?

  27. 500 – People joined together and given the authority to act as a single entity, as a city. What is a Corporation?

  28. Final Jeopardy Add your answer here. Add the question here.

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