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This is the year shown at the bottom of the front of Georgia’s Great Seal.
What is 1776?
This branch makes laws for Georgia.
What is the legislative branch?
This elected official leads Georgia’s executive branch.
Who is the governor?
What is the judicial branch?
This system prevents one branch of government from holding all government power.
What are checks and balances?
The three pillars on the seal represent these three parts of state government.
What are the legislative, executive, and judicial branches?
These two chambers make up the Georgia General Assembly.
What are the Georgia Senate and House of Representatives?
This elected official serves as governor’s second-in-command and presides over the Georgia Senate.
Who is the lieutenant governor?
This is Georgia’s highest state court.
What is the Supreme Court of Georgia?
This document establishes the structure and fundamental rules of Georgia’s state government.
What is the Georgia Constitution?
What are Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation?
What is the Georgia General Assembly?
This branch is responsible for carrying out and enforcing state laws.
What is the executive branch?
This Georgia appellate court reviews many appeals that do not fall within the Supreme Court’s exclusive jurisdiction
What is the Court of Appeals of Georgia?
If the governor vetoes a bill, the General Assembly can override the veto with this level of support in each chamber.
What is a two-thirds majority in each chamber?
The arch above the three pillars is engraved with this word, representing the foundation supported by the branches of government.
What is the Constitution?
Both chambers must pass a proposed state constitutional amendment by this fraction of the members’ votes before it goes to voters.
What is two-thirds of the members of each chamber?
This power allows the governor to reject a bill passed by the General Assembly.
What is the veto?
These trial courts hear major civil cases and serious criminal cases, including felony cases
What are the Superior Courts?
After the General Assembly approves a proposed constitutional amendment by the required supermajority, this group decides whether to ratify it.
Who are the voters of Georgia?
On the reverse of the Great Seal, a ship, agricultural activity, and the words “Agriculture and Commerce” symbolize this aspect of Georgia’s historic economy.
What is Georgia’s historic economy of agriculture and commerce?
Every ten years, this branch uses population data from the U.S. Census to redraw state legislative district boundaries.
What is the legislative branch, specifically the Georgia General Assembly?
Georgia governors are elected for this length of term and cannot serve more than this many consecutive terms.
What is four years and two consecutive terms?
This statewide body develops policies to administer and improve Georgia’s court system.
What is the Judicial Council of Georgia?
What is the judicial branch?