1. Trasketball Government Style

2. What is the role of the Executive Branch?
Enforce/ execute the laws

3. What is the role of the Legislative Branch?
Create laws

4. What is the role of the Judicial Branch
To interpret the laws

5. Who runs the Executive Branch
The Governor

6. Who makes up the Legislative Branch
General Assembly or HOR and Senate

7. What makes the Judicial Branch function?
All the different courts

8. What local leve deals with elected Board of Commissioners?
County

9. Who is in charge of Georgia?
Governor

10. Who is in charge of Alpharetta?
Mayor

11. What comes after a trial?
Sentencing

12. What is the motto of Georgia’s state flag?
Wisdom, justice, moderation

13. What are your responsibilities as a citizen?
Pay taxes
Serve on jury
Vote
Volunteer

14. Give me an example of Civil Law
Suing another person, Shoplifting, assault and battery, cruelty to animals

15. What is an example of Criminal law?
Wrong doers threating society. Rape, murder, robbery

16. Give me an example of a Special Purpose district
Local school system, MARTA, Airport

17. What part of General Assembly must a bill pass?
BOTH house and Senate

18. What are checks and balances
Where regulations are put on the three branches to prevent one branch from having all the power.

19. Chain of Command, who takes over if Governor dies?
Lt. Governor

20. Who takes over if Lt. Governor dies?
Speaker of the House

21. How long is a term for a Governor?
4 years

22. What makes up General Assembly?
House of Representatives and Senate

23. What are the voting requirements?18
US Citizen
Legal resident of Georgia

24. Give me a formal power of the Governor
Chief of Georgia
State of the State Speech
Can sign and veto bills
In charge of national guard and police for state

25. What are the qualifications for Governor and Lt. Governor
30 years old
15 year citizen
Resident of Georgia 6 years

26. General Assembly deals with what kind of laws?
Anything happening on the state level, public health, education, police force,

27. What do committees do in General Assembly?
Amend, Kill

28. What happens if the Governor ignores a bill and General Assembly session ends?
It becomes a law

29. Most of Georgia gets the money for the budget through?
Taxes (property, sales tax, and income

30. The largest portion of the budget goes to?
Education

31. What does Attorney General do?
Repersents the state in legal matters (chief lawyer)

32. What does Secretary of State do?
All legal paperwork for the state and monitor elections

33. What does Department of Agriculture do?
Regulates the food we eat

34. What does department of education do?
It is run by state superintendent

35. One way the Governor can check the Judicial branch is?
To pardon a criminal

36. What is the term for a General Assembly member?
2 years

37. What is a formal power the Lt. Governor has
Fill in for governor when out of the state
Preside over senate