State Vocabulary

Question 0

Gentrify

Answer 0

When a lower income area is swarmed with middle class and higher income citizens, renovations and businesses and homes are being purchased which raises tax values and property values, displacing the lower class

Question 1

General Assembly

Answer 1

North Carolina’s legislative branch that is similar to the U.S Congress.

Question 2

Assessor

Answer 2

A person who calculated or assess the value of something, usually for tax or income purposes

Question 3

NC Declaration of Rights

Answer 3

The NC’s version of the Bill of Rights. Listed in Article 1 of the NC Constitution and includes 25 rights

Question 4

Bond (not jail)

Answer 4

Debt security issued by a government in order to support government spending

Question 5

Leandro

Answer 5

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Question 6

State V Mann

Answer 6

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Question 7

Municipality

Answer 7

A city or town that has a local government

Question 8

Charter

Answer 8

Outlines the basic rules of government in a municipal government.
Also the permission to raise colonies in colonial period

Question 9

Charter Schools

Answer 9

Schools that are independently owned and are chartered by the government and follow those rules. Founded by parents, teachers or community

Question 10

Coroner

Answer 10

An elected official who investigated any death that is not caused by natural causesZ

Question 11

Sheriff

Answer 11

An elected official who is responsible for his/her county

Question 12

Urbanization

Answer 12

The process of a place becoming urban - population growth, business boom and more like a city

Question 13

Mayor

Answer 13

An elected official who is in charge of his/her town, city or municipality

Question 14

Zoning

Answer 14

The separation of a municipality into districts

Question 15

Annexation

Answer 15

The act of joining a smaller unit to a larger one

Question 16

User Fee

Answer 16

The fees that citizens pay that offer them products or services. A tax paid to a facility owner

Question 17

Metropolitan Area

Answer 17

A region consisting of a densely populated area with a bunch of less populated areas surrounding it

Question 18

Governer

Answer 18

An elected official that is in charge of his/her own state

Question 19

Ordinance

Answer 19

Any order or decree or law that is enforced by a municipal offices or. Authority

Question 20

Statuate

Answer 20

One type of law passed by the general assembly that apply statewide