Foundations of GA

A document adopted by a country, state or nation that establishes the rules and guidelines that the citizens of that country, state or nation are expected to obey

• A Law

• A Policy

• A Constitution

• A Declaration

Which one is NOT a branch of the governtment?

• judicial

• democracy

• executive

• legislative

Separation of power is....

• a way to assign specific job to each branch

• a way to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful

• a way to prevent certain politicians from becoming too powerful

• a way to determine who has the most responsibility in a branch

What power (job) does the executive branch have?

• make the laws

• enforce the laws

• interprets the law

• publishes the law

What power (job) does the judical branch have?

• make the laws

• enforce the laws

• interprets the law

• publishes the law

What power (job) does the legislative branch have?

• make the laws

• enforce the laws

• interprets the law

• publishes the law

The General Assembly (the Legislative Branch) is broken down into which two parts? Choose two

• Senate

• Congress

• Supreme Court

• House of Representatives

What is the part of the constitution that contains our basic freedoms called?

• The Bill of Rights

• The Georgia Assembly

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

What is an example of a right?

• The right to stay informed of political issues

• The right to attend the movies

• The right to skip school

• The right to a fair trial.

What is an example of a responsibility?

• To go to church

• To serve on a jury

• To attend a movie

• To run for a political office