The requirements for holding the office of president.
What are:
Must be a US citizen
Must be at least 35 years old.
Must have lived in the US for 14 years.
100
The name of the legislative branch.
What is The Congress.
100
The number of supreme court justices.
What is 9.
100
The division of power in the state government.
What are:
Executive
Legislative
Judicial
100
The government's power is derived from this.
What is the Constitution.
200
If a president does not want a bill passed she or he will use this to send it back to Congress.
What is a veto.
200
The two houses of the legislative branch.
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives.
200
The process of how supreme court justices are chosen to serve.
What is they are nominated by the president and approved by the senate.
200
The government of Georgia derives it's power from this.
What is Georgia's State Constitution.
200
The guiding principles the framers of the Constitution created to protect the people and the government from the potential abuse of power (2 principles).
What are:
A separation of powers
A system of checks and balances
300
How long a president serves per term and the maximum number of terms he or she can serve.
What is 4 years and 2 terms.
300
The term length of a Senator and a Representative.
What is 6 years for a Senator and 2 years for a Representative.
300
The length of service and the requirements to be a justice of the supreme court.
What is life and no specific requirements are outlined by the constitution.
300
The specific names of each branch of Georgia's government.
What are:
The Governor
The General Assembly
The Supreme Court
300
How power is separated between the branches (3 answers)
What are:
In their source of authority
In how officials in each branch are chosen or elected
In how people in each branch hold office
400
The president's role in creating a law.
What is proposes legislation (a bill) to the Congress.
400
The way Congress can override a presidential veto.
2/3 of both houses (Senate and House of Representatives) can override a veto by the president.
400
The Supreme Court can do this to presidential acts as a check and balance of executive power.
What is declare presidential acts unconstitutonal.
400
The term length of judges on the Supreme Court and how they are chosen to serve.
What is six years and they are elected to their position.
400
How power is separated between the three branches of government (Name the branch and it's specific power).
The Legislative branch - to make laws
The Executive branch - executes the law
The Judicial branch - interprets and applies the law
500
How a president can lose his job.
What is impeached and removed from office by Congress.
500
How membership of each house is determined.
What is by population in the House of Representatives and in the Senate there are and equal number of representatives from each state (2).
500
The supreme court interprets the law. It decides this:
What is the constitutionality of the law (judicial review).
500
The election requirements for the members of the Senate and the House of Representatives
What are:
25 years for the Senate, 21 for the House
Live in Georgia for two years
Be a US citizen
Be a resident of the district represented
500
The three key principles of federalism.
Two levels of government
A constitutional division of powers
An often unclear and changing line between the national and state powers.