Georgia Government Review 1

What is the name of Georgia's legislature?

• The Congress
• The House of Burgesses
• The General Assembly
• The Royal Parliament

To vote in Georgia, one must be

• 18 years old
• 21 years old
• 25 years old

At what age can you be a State House of Representative?

• 21 years old
• 45 years old
• 30 years old

How many branches of government?

• Two
• One
• Three

The Governor serves for how many years?

• Four
• Two
• Five

A State Senator has to live in Georgia for how many years?

• One
• Two
• Three

Which branch enforces the laws?

• Legislative
• Executive
• Judicial

What branch of government does the Speaker of the House represent?

• Legislative
• Executive
• Judicial

Both the Georgia Constitution and the US Constitution

(Reference: GA Gov Basis Notes)

• divide the powers of government between three

  branches.

• concentrate legislative power in a single chamber of Congress.

• concentrate the powers of government in the executive branch.

• divide judicial power between two chambers of the Supreme Court.

The branches of the Georgia state government each play different roles in the lawmaking process, with no branch able to enact and enforce a law without the cooperation of the others. These relationships BEST illustrate which principle? (Reference: SS8CG1.B Notes)

• federalism

• popular sovereignty

• republicanism

• separation of powers