Legislative Branch Quiz

The Legislative Branch's major job is to ____________

• make our country's laws
• enforce our country's laws
• interpret our country's laws

The two houses of Congress are *Choose ALL correct answers*

• Senate
• House of Delegates
• House of Representatives
• President

A majority is

• more than half
• less than half

A minority is

• more than half
• less than half

____________ is based on the number of people (population) and is the largest house

• House of Representatives
• Senate

Each representative is elected for a __________ term

• six year
• two year

There are ________ representatives in the House.

• 100
• 435
• 1

___________ is a count of the people that happens every ten years

• Census
• Election
• Expel

_______________ is the presiding officer of the house.

• Speaker of the House
• President pro Tempe

In order to be a representative, the person must 1. Be at least 25 years old 2. Be a United States citizen for at least SEVEN years 3. Live in the state they are representing. Mr Clean is 32 years old and was born in America. He lives in Texas, but wants to be elected in California. Does he meet all of the requirements? Why or why not?