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Legislative Branch

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many members of the House of Representatives are there?

a)

100

b)

435

c)

320

d)

265

2.

How is the number of members in the House of Representatives determined?

a)

Equality

b)

How big the state is

c)

The state's population

d)

The President picks

3.

Who is the leader of the House of Representatives?

a)

Vice President

b)

President Pro Temopre

c)

Superintendent of the House

d)

Speaker of the House

4.

What is the term length of a member of the House of Representatives?

a)

Life

b)

2 years

c)

4 years

d)

6 years

5.

Jack is considering a run for the House of Representatives. He is a US Citizen by birth. How old must he be?

a)

25

b)

35

c)

30

d)

21

6.

How many members are in the Senate?

a)

50

b)

435

c)

100

d)

310

7.

How is the number of Senators in the Senate determined?

a)

Population of the state

b)

Equality

c)

President picks

d)

A prescient set by congresses in the past

8.

Who is the leader of the Senate?

a)

Senator-in-chief

b)

Secretary of State

c)

Superintendent of the Senate

d)

Vice President

9.

What is the term length of a Senator?

a)

6 years

b)

5 years

c)

2 years

d)

4 years

10.

Gwen is considering running for Senate. She is a US citizen by naturalization. How long would she have to have been a citizen of the US and how old would she have to be?

a)

7 years a citizen and 25 years old

b)

9 years a citizen and 30 years old

c)

14 years a citizen and 35 years old

d)

5 years a citizen and 21 years old

11.

True/False: Bills involving money originate in the Senate

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Who is responsible for confirming Presidential appointees for cabinet department heads and other top government offices?

a)

Congress

b)

Senate

c)

House of Representatives

d)

Supreme Court

13.

After being introduced on the floor, a bill moves to...

a)

The appropriate committee.

b)

The President’s desk.

c)

A floor debate.

d)

A roll-call vote.

14.

Congress is considered a bicameral body because...

a)

The Great Compromise established equal representation in the House.

b)

It has a House of Representatives and a Senate.

c)

It has 535 members.

d)

The Legislative branch is more powerful than the Executive branch.

15.

Which one of the following choices is an expressed/enumerated power of Congress?

a)

Establish Prisons

b)

Create Schools

c)

Create treaties

d)

Coin money

16.

Where does the trial of an impeached official/judge take place?

a)

Senate

b)

House of representatives

c)

Supreme Court

d)

Joint session of Congress