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	THE CAPITOL QUIZ Student Journal for Utah Government a workbook on the structure of Utah's government, important state symbols, and the functions of the State Capitol Building   THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT Legislative: Two Main jobs: 1 _________________________ 2 _________________________ Group One: The House of Representatives There are _______ representatives altogether. Each representative is elected from a district of about ________ people. Representative a are elected to serve for _____ years Group Two: The Senate There are _________ state senators altogether. Each state senator is elected from a district of about __________ people. State senators are elected to serve for ___________ years. The Legislature meets every year for _____ days during the months of ____________, ____________, and________________.   The House of Representative Room This room is on the West end of the third floor of the Capitol building. It had 75 desks, one for each member of the House of Representatives. The State Senate had a smaller room like this one. On the north side of the third floor. It has 29 desks.   Executive: The highest position is the office of _________________________________ The Governor has three main jobs: 1 _________________________ 2 _________________________ 3 _________________________ The Governor is elected to serve for _______ years. Our Governor is _________________________________ Other offices in the executive branch of Utah's government are: secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer, attorney general.   Judicial: The highest court in Utah is the_____________________________ The Utah Supreme Court has _______ judges. Two Main jobs: 1 _________________________ 2 _________________________ A Supreme Court judge is appointed to serve for _______ years when retention vote is taken. Other courts in the judicial branch of Utah's government are: district courts, city courts, justice courts, and juvenile courts.   The Rotunda The rotunda reaches 165 feet at its highest point. A 95-foot chain hangs from the ceiling. The chain weighs 7,000 pounds and holds a chandelier which weighs another 6,000 pounds. The beautiful grey and white marble comes from the state of Georgia. The seagulls painted on the ceiling may look small, but they actually have a 6-foot wingspan.   HOW NEW LAWS ARE CREATED: Working with our State Senators and Representatives, people with ideas that will help Utah be even better write down their ideas and give them to the Legislature. A bill is ___________________________________. Groups from the House and the Senate study the bill. When the groups come back together they discuss the bills. Finally the Senators and Representatives vote on whether they think the bill is a good idea. If both groups vote in favor of the bill, it goes to the governor. If the governor agrees, he signs the bill and it becomes a new law. If the governor disagrees, he vetoes the bill and it does not become law.   UTAH'S STATE SEAL: Utah's State Seal appears on a blue background on the Utah State Flag. The symbols have special meaning: American Eagle: __________________________________________________ Beehive: ________________________________________________________ Sego Lily: ______________________________________________________ American Flag: __________________________________________________ 1847: __________________________________________________________ 1896: __________________________________________________________ Utah became the ____th State on __________________.   FACTS ABOUT THE CAPITOL: The length of the building is ________________ feet. The width of the building is ________________ feet. The height of the building is ________________ feet. The grey and white marble inside the Capitol building came from ___________________. The marble columns in the Capitol are the longest solid marble columns in the United States. When the marble was being shipped to Utah, only _____ marble columns could fit on one train car. The brown marble used in parts of the Capitol building came from ________________, Utah. The grey stone used for the outside of the building is called ___________. This stone came from ________________ near Salt Lake City. The Capitol building is open _________ of the year, from ______ until ______. The Utah State Capitol took nearly three years to build, and was dedicated on ___________________. In this year ______ the Utah State Capitol building is ______ years old.   TO VIEW QUIZ ANSWERS, CLICK HERE.