Structure and Branches Review

1.) Which qualification for House members is not in the Constitution?

• must be at least 25 years old
• must have been a citizen for at least seven years
• must be at least 30 years old
• must live in the State from which chosen

2. Which statement about the Senate is true?

• It has two members from each State.
• Its members are chosen by State legislatures.
• Each member represents one congressional district.
• Seats are apportioned among the States according to their populations.

3. Which fact disqualifies a person from representing Utah in the Senate?

• The candidate was born in Guatemala.
• The candidate is 43 years old.
• The candidate lives in Utah but works in Idaho.
• The candidate has been a citizen for eight years.

4. The Framers of the Constitution favored bicameralism because

• two houses could block the acts of a single President.
• it allowed for both equal and proportional representation of the States in Congress
• Great Britain had only one house of Parliament.
• one house would spend more money than two.

5. Which of the following is true of the House of Representatives?

• It currently has 100 members.
• The total number of seats each state has in the House is fixed by the Constitution.
• The number of terms a representative may serve is fixed by the Constitution.
• Every State is represented by at least one member

6. Senators are elected to serve

• two-year terms.
• three-year terms.
• four-year terms
• six-year terms

7. Why is the Senate called a continuous body?

• a. They have higher qualifications
• b. They have longer terms
• c. They have at-large representation
• d. They only elect 1/3 every two years

8. Every 10 years, data is gathered about the population in each state by the ___

• President
• Reapportionment
• Census
• National Voters Act

9. Which of these officials is responsible for making laws?

• a federal judge
• the governor of a state
• a United States senator
• the Secretary of Defense

10. What is reapportionment?

• when Senate seats get redistributed based on population shifts
• when states draw district lines to favor their political party
• when seats in the House of Representatives are redistributed based on population shifts
• when only 2/3 of the Senate is up for reelection at once.