Exam 8: Local Governments and Metropolitics

Which of the following is a reason for the recent rejuvenation of the once-declining central cities in the United States?

Which of the following is the main reason for the shrinking tax bases of cities?

________ are the largest jurisdictions within a state and are among the oldest and most stable local governments in terms of their boundaries not changing.

Which of the following refers to a suburb?

In the twentieth century, the immigrants into metropolitan areas were predominantly from rural areas in the Southern United States.

A group of active citizens that provides political and policy-making leadership usually dominates town meetings.

What is meant by a charter?

Resistance to mandatory busing to achieve integrated schools in the 1960s and 1970s contributed to the so-called ________.

Which of the following refers to a municipality?

The ________ refers to a constitutional arrangement in which power is concentrated in a central government.

What are the attractions of "the good life" as described by different people living in cities?

Which of the following is true of child poverty in the United States?

Which of the following is true of the strong mayor-council form?

What is meant by city-county consolidation?

A geographical region of at least 50,000 people with high population density in its urbanized core and a high degree of social and economic integration between its outlying counties and the core is known as a(n) ________.

In cities with the weak mayor-council form, the mayor appointive powers are restricted.

Which of the following is true of federated governments?

Which of the following is true of the role of the mayor?

The shrinking tax base in the central cities in the United States has made it easier for them to raise sufficient revenue.

Large numbers of new immigrants can dramatically affect city policy agendas.