6.10 Quiz: State and Local Levels Part 4

Why are states called "laboratories of democracy"?

Most new social policy ideas are tried by one or two states before the other states or the federal government adopt the ideas.

State constitutions are regularly amended to include policy decisions. Why is this so?

Once policies are written into state constitutions they become harder to change, requiring a new constitutional amendment.

How should the executive branch of one state respond to laws and court decisions in other states?

The full faith and credit clause of the U.S. Constitution requires state executives to honor and enforce the laws and decisions of other states.

What form of municipal government combines the executive and legislative functions into a single body?

commission plan

Which of the following is the level of local government directly below the state government?

county

What type of government has jurisdiction over a single population center?

municipal

Which of the following are powers that the Constitution limits to the state governments and forbids the federal government from exercising?

reserved powers

What level of government has primary responsibility for defining marriages and other civil contracts?

state

Which of the following form the fundamental law of state governments?

state constitutions

Which of the following is a level of local government, common in New England, that includes several population centers or a mixture of urban and rural districts?

township