Georgia Studies Review

Which two sources make up a majority of Georgia’s revenue? 

• Corporate taxes and Excise taxes

• Individual Income taxes and Sales tax

• Lottery and Sales tax

• Excise taxes and Lottery

Both the Georgia Constitution and the US Constitution

• divide the powers of government between three branches.

• concentrate legislative power in a single house of Congress.

• place all the powers of government into the executive branch.

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

Where would you find this statement in Georgia’s Constitution?

Paragraph I. Life, liberty, and property. No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property except by due process of law.

Paragraph II. Protection to person and property; equal protection. Protection to person and property is the paramount duty of government and shall be impartial and complete. No person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws.

Paragraph III. Freedom of conscience. Each person has the natural and inalienable right to worship God, each according to the dictates of that person's own conscience; and no human authority should, in any case, control or interfere with such right of conscience.

Paragraph IV. Religious opinions; freedom of religion. No inhabitant of this state shall be molested in person or property or be prohibited from holding any public office or trust on account of religious opinions; but the right of freedom of religion shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness or justify practices inconsistent with the peace and safety of the state.

• Preamble

• Bill of RIghts 

• Articles

• Amendments

What is the correct order for the Senate bill "SB.School Days" to become a law?

1. It is sent to the Senate to be read in the chamber, studied in committee, then read, debated, and voted on.

2. It is signed by the governor.

3.It is sent to the House to be read in the chamber, studied in committee, then read, debated, and voted on.

4. It is given a name and number by the clerk.

• 4,1,3,2

• 1,4,3,2

• 4,3,1,2

• 2,3,4,1

Georgia's Secretary of State who is an elected state constitutional officer who ____________________________

• manages the curriculum and instruction of the state's education.

• provides supervision and monitoring of elections and oversees over 30 state boards.

• monitors and assists with the agriculture business in the state.

• constructing and maintaining interstates and roads.

The state's chief legal officer and advisor to the executive branch.

• Secretary of Labor

• Attorney General

• Chief Justice

• Secretary of State

The Executive Branch is made up of ______________________ that support the implementation of Georgia's law.

• State agencies

• General Assembly

• Judges

• Secretary of State

The second highest office in the executive branch and will take on the role of the governor when needed.

• Secretary of State

• Attorney General

• Lieutenant Governor

• Secretary of Labor

The governmental branch responsible for enforcing the laws,

• Judicial Branch

• Legislative Branch

• General Assembly

• Executive Branch

Which of these BEST defines a bicameral legislature?

• a governing body made of two houses

• government made up of two leaders

• government that requires 2 year terms

• a governing body that is unfair to its people