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WorksheetsUnit 8 Review
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 5hrs 15mins
What is the purpose of the legislative branch?
Enforce laws
Create laws
Convict bills
Translate public will into policy
Name a type of bill.
(a)
When does the president pro tempore serve?
When Senate is in session
When the president elects them to
When the vice president is out
When the clock strikes twelve
Which description best fits a Standing Committee?
Permanent, separate for each house, deal with policy matters, handles most legislative business
Review proposed bills more closely, separate for each house, created to deal with specific problems
Permanent, includes both houses, deals with issues pertaining to both houses
Temporary, includes both houses, created to iron out differences between two versions of a bill
Which description best fits a Subcommittee?
Permanent, separate for each house, deal with policy matters, handles most legislative business
Review proposed bills more closely, separate for each house, created to deal with specific problems
Permanent, includes both houses, deals with issues pertaining to both houses
Temporary, includes both houses, created to iron out differences between two versions of a bill
Which description best fits a Conference committee?
Permanent, separate for each house, deal with policy matters, handles most legislative business
Review proposed bills more closely, separate for each house, created to deal with specific problems
Permanent, includes both houses, deals with issues pertaining to both houses
Temporary, includes both houses, created to iron out differences between two versions of a bill
Which description best fits a Joint committee?
Permanent, separate for each house, deal with policy matters, handles most legislative business
Review proposed bills more closely, separate for each house, created to deal with specific problems
Permanent, includes both houses, deals with issues pertaining to both houses
Temporary, includes both houses, created to iron out differences between two versions of a bill
Which of these options is UNRELATED to the other options?
20th amendment
January 3rd
Term limits
January 20th
Sets starting date for legislative branch and inauguration date for president
Who is our Vice President currently?
(a)
What are the efforts a legislator makes back home called?
Pigeonhole efforts
Grassroots efforts
Prorogue efforts
Committee efforts
Is there a term limit for Congress?
No, there is no term limit
Yes, 2 or 6 years
What is responsible for determining how many representatives for each state get?(hint: happens every ten years)
State of the union address
Inauguration
Gerrymandering
Census
Senate can end a special session with a 2/3 vote.
True
False
One must be 30 years old (at least) to Qualify to be a senator.
True
False
One must be a resident of their state to represent it.
True
False
The length of a term in the house of representatives is 6 years.
True
False
Senate has 100 members, two per state.
False
True
Where do all revenue bills start?
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Senate
Electoral college
House of representatives
What is the limit to how much money Congress can borrow?
There is no limit
2/3 up National GDP
Tax income bracket level
Less than the maximum Constituencies
Which amendment prohibits poll taxing?
16th
17th
24th
27th
Who's this guy?
Mr. Gerrymander
Geico
