Legislative Branch

Which chamber of Congress is elected based on population?

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• The President

The following is a type of legislature with two houses

• unicameral

• bicameral

• legislative branch

• tricameral

the staggered-nature of Senate terms so that no more than 1/3 of its members must face the voters during a given election

• Continuous Body

• Session

• gerrymandering

• constituency

the length of time an official serves; the two-year period during which Congress assembles

• session

• term

• continuous body

Match the correct term: the number of seats distributed to each state in the House of Representatives

• reapportionment

• apportionment

• distrbution

• constituents

Identify the term: the area of people represented by Congress (state-wide/districts)

• Constituency

• Demographics

• States

• Districts

Match the term: the redrawing of congressional districts to favor one political party over another

• redistricting

• gerrymandering

• scamming

• apportionment

the period of time during which Congress meets to conduct legislative business

• period

• session

• term

the upper house of Congress; membership is equal among states

• President

• House of Representative

• Congress

• Senate

How many members are in the House of Representative

• 433

• 435

• 100

• 150