Georgia Citizen
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
Local/Special Gov.
100
These are the three principles in the pledge to the Georgia state flag.
What are wisdom, justice, and moderation?
100
This person has a duty as President of the Senate and also can take over for the governor if he can no longer complete his term in office.
What is the lieutenant governor?
100
This person has to be 30 years old, be a US citizen for 15 years, and have lived in Georgia for 6 years.
What is a governor?
100
This person has to practice law for seven years, live in the district they serve, and have lived in Georgia for three years.
What is a judge?
100
These are districts created to enforce state law.
What are counties?
200
This is not a qualification to be a Georgia voter: 18 years old or older, U.S. citizen, have a driver's license, not serving time for a felony.
What is having a driver's license?
200
This person has to be 21 years old, be a U.S. citizen, live in the state of Georgia for 2 years, and in their district for 1 year.
What is a representative?
200
This department under the executive branch is in charge of bringing businesses to Georgia including movies like the Blind Side and TV shows like The Walking Dead.
What is the Department of Economic Development?
200
This court can declare a law unconstitutional in relationship to the Georgia Constitution.
What is the Georgia Supreme Court?
200
These are the main governmental authority in counties.
What are county commissioners?
300
These are the two ways you can vote in Georgia.
What are polling places and absentee ballots?
300
This is how the legislative branch can check executive power.
What is override a veto with a 2/3's majority vote or impeach a governor?
300
This election is held when there is no one who gets more than 50% of the vote, and they need another election to be held between the top two vote getters.
What is a runoff?
300
This court listens to cases dealing with felonies and serious crimes for the first time.
What is superior court?
300
This type of city government hires a manager to run the city after the council makes and implements the laws for the area.
What is council-manager?
400
This is NOT a section of the Georgia Constitution: Bill of Rights, Legislative Branch, 2014 Budget, Amendments?
What is the 2014 Budget?
400
These are organized groups of people who share common beliefs and ideas and try to change government.
What are political parties?
400
This is the power the executive has over the legislative branch.
What is veto legislation?
400
Skipping school would be considered this type of act (delinquent or unruly).
What is unruly?
400
This person files all the deeds, licenses, and wills for the Superior Court and works for the county.
What is the Clerk of the Superior Court?
500
A woman writes a letter to the editor about how she wants to change the sidewalk next to the park. This is the right she is expressing from the Georgia Constitution.
What is the freedom of speech or press?
500
These are the six steps for a bill to become a law.
What are proposal, committee action, floor action, conference committee, passage, and governor action?
500
This has happened to Georgia's political landscape with respect to parties in recent years.
What is moved from one party Democrats to two major parties of Republicans and Democrats?
500
These are the five steps in the juvenile justice process.
What is intake officer, adjudicatory hearing, disposition hearing, sentencing, and appeal?
500
This is an example of a special purpose district.
What is MARTA? What is Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport? What is a local school system? What is local housing authorities? What is the Georgia Port Authorities?