MARCH 2011
Warm-ups
3/1/11
Which type of court is NOT a trial court?
 A) state court
 B) probate court
 C) superior court
 D) supreme court
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3/2/11
Which is NOT a role of Georgia’s judicial branch
of government?
 A) the judicial branch approves all the governor’s
appointments.
 B) the judicial branch protects the rights of the
citizens
 C) the judicial branch interprets the state
constitution
 D) the judicial branch tries those accused of a
crime
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3/3/11
What is NOT part of due process?
 A) the right to a speedy public trial
 B) the right to be free on bail before a trial.
 C) the right to have a lawyer present during
questioning
 D) the right to remain silent so as to not
incriminate oneself
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3/4/11
What types of cases are automatically reviewed
by the state supreme court?
 A) cases dealing with wills
 B) cases dealing with land titles
 C) cases dealing with habeas corpus
 D) cases dealing with the death penalty
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3/7/11
How are the members of the state supreme court
chosen?
 A) They are elected by popular vote.
 B) They are elected by magistrates
 C) They are appointed by the governor
 D) They are appointed by the legislature
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3/8/11
1)Who has the burden of proof in a criminal case?
 A) accused
 B) plaintiff
 C) defense
 D) state.
 2) Who has the burden of proof in a civil case?
 A) accused
 B) plaintiff.
 C) defense
 D) state
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3/9/11
1)What are the most serious crimes called?
 A) misdemeanors
 B) insurrections
 C) felonies
 D) torts
 2)Fines for misdemeanors are generally less than
 A) $100
 B) $500
 C) $1000.
 D) $1500
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3/10/11
1) A juvenile in Georgia is one who is under the
age of
 A) 15
 B) 16
 C) 17.
 D) 18
 2)Juveniles in Georgia are NOT guaranteed the
right to
 A) a fair trial
 B) an attorney
 C) bail when being detained.
 D) protection from self-incrimination
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3/11/11
Delinquent juveniles are those who
 A) commit traffic offenses
 B) are neglected or abused by parents of
guardians
 C) are under seventeen years of age and who
commit acts that would be crimes if they were
committed by adults.
 D) are under eighteen years of age and who
commit act that would not be considered crimes if
they were committed by adults
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3/14/11
What scandal took place when Georgia’s governor
and some legislators were bribed to sell public
land to private developers at below-market
prices?
 A. Trail of Tears
 B. Yazoo land fraud
 C. Mississippi land fraud
 D. Georgia’s land lottery
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3/15
Why did Georgia give up land claims in what is
now Mississippi and Alabama?
 A)the federal gov’t paid millions to settle the
Yazoo land fraud disputed Georgia’s right to the
land
 B) the state could not claim the land because the
General Assembly illegally sold it to private
companies
 C) the state did not have the millions of dollars
required to purchase the land from Spain
 D) the federal government wanted to set that
land aside for the Indian population.
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3/16/11
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Explain what nullification was and what state’s
rights had to do with it.
3/17
Which was NOT a provision of the land lottery?
A) War veterans were given extra chances.
 B) A person had to be over 21 to participate
 C) A person had to pay a fee to participate
 D) Only men could participate.
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3/21
Who gave the tract of land that became the
University of Georgia?
 A) Native Americans
 B) Federal government
 C) General Assembly
 D) Colonial charter
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3/22
Which church sent circuit riders to frontier
settlements to provide monthly services?
 A)Baptist
 B)Catholic
 C)Episcopal
 D)Methodist
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3/23
All records from the Yazoo land fraud were
burned in public in Georgia’s capital city of
 A) Savannah
 B) Louisville
 C) Atlanta
 D) Athens
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3/24
Why was Louisville chosen as Georgia’s capital in
1786?
 A) It was more centrally located
 B) It was the state’s largest city
 C) It was the most important center for trade
 D) It played an important role in the American
revolution
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3/25
Which invention did NOT contribute directly to
the industrialization of the United States during
the period of western expansion?
 A) cotton gin
 B) mechanical reaper
 C) Franklin pot-bellied stove
 D) water-powered spinning machine
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