Which of the following is true of the relationship between local and state governments?

Which of the following is true of the relationship between local and state governments?
 
  A. State officers do not participate in local government.
  B. Local governments are typically created by the federal government.
  C. Local governments do not rely on power given to them by state governments.
  D. Local governments are mentioned in the U.S. Constitution.
  E. State officials have the authority to appoint and remove some local officials.

Question -2-

Which of the following is true of the local government in the United States?
 
  A. Local governments have some constitutional authority in their own right.
  B. Local governments are not created by the state government.
  C. State officers do not participate in local government.
  D. Local governments are not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution.
  E. State governments and local governments exist independently of each other.

Question -3-

What type of government does the United States have?
 
  A) representative democracy
   B) pure democracy
   C) direct democracy
   D) oligarchy
   E) prospective democracy