Click on each of the links to discover the facts about our state’s government.

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Georgia’s Executive Branch

1. Who is the chief official of the executive office?

2. Who elects the governor?

3. How long can the governor serve?

4. List the four main duties

of the governor.

Georgia’s Executive Branch

5. Who is Georgia’s Governor?

6. How many governor’s has GA had before Nathan Deal?

7. What was the location of his swearing in ceremony?

The Executive Branch

8. What is the definition of an executive order?

9. Click on “2011 Executive Orders.” Describe on of Governor Deal’s Executive Orders.

The Executive Branch

10. Write 4 facts from the biography of Governor Deal.

The Legislative Branch

11. What is the formal title of GA’s legislature?

12. What did the legislature become in 1789?

13. How many members are in the Senate?

14. How many members are in the House of Representatives?

15. How long is the term of office in each body?

The Legislative Branch

16. Who is the current speaker of GA’s House of Representatives?

17. What are the three bits of information you can find listed on this page? (Hint: “Here you will find……)

Georgia State

Capitol

The Legislative Branch

18. Look at the last paragraph. This is the _________________’s legislature.

19. The Senate makes laws that affects people’s everyday lives. List the five categories in which the Senate makes laws?

The Judicial Branch

20. What are the names of the three types of Courts in GA?

21. What do magistrate courts do?

22. What do probate courts do?

23. What do state courts of counties do?

24. What do juvenile courts do?

25. Explain what a superior court does.

26. What are GA’s two main courts of appellate jurisdiction.

The Legislative Branch

27. Define jurisdiction.

Use Definition #1.