WorksheetsGovernment Game
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The most senior Senator of the majority party in the Senate usually has the role of presiding over the Senate, but unlike in the House it is merely a formal and powerless role. What is the title of this position?
Speaker of the house
minority leader
president pro tempore
Vice president
Mark all of the following that are part of the characteristics of the House of Representatives:
Members must be 25+ years old
Each state has representation based on it's population
The number of members from a state can increase or decrease
Bills regarding spending and revenue must originate in this chamber of Congress
This position is the presiding officer, the administrative head of the House, the partisan leader of the majority party in the House, and an elected representative of a single congressional district. Since 1947, the holder of this position has been second in line to succeed the president in an emergency, after the vice president.
speaker of the house
Minority leader
president pro tempore
minority whip
This is where proposed bills are first sent and are based on a specific policy area. There are 20 of these committees in the House and 16 in the Senate.
Standing committees
subcommittees
Joint committees
Confrence Committee
Members of the house are aportionated by......
States geographic size
States economic size
States population
States needs
The process by which seats in the House of Representatives are distributed among the fifty states is called
Bicameralism
Filibuster
Oversight
Apportionment
Dividing legislators into two separate assemblies or houses is called
Apportionment
Bicameralism
Representation
Gerrymandering
What is Virginias state beverage
Dr Pepper
Sweet Tea
Water
Milk
This is explicitly stated in the Constitution
Enumerated Power
Implied power
Inherent Power
Congressional power
This is not specifically detailed in the Constitution but inferred as necessary to achieve the objectives of the national government.
Congressional power
Eunmerated power
Implied power
Inherent power
This must be assumed to exist as a direct result of the country’s existence.
Implied power
Inherent power
Congressional power
Enumerated power
The process of redistricting can cause problems because districts are often drawn to benefit one political party. What is this called?
gerrymandering
bipartisan
the Great Compromise
enumerated powers
The process of redistricting can cause problems because
districts are often drawn to benefit one political party
districts are predictable due to political upheavals
states have been known to create more districts than they have been apportioned
states can gain but never lose districts
This is considered one of the most important powers that Congress has and it is listed as the first of the powers of Congress in Article I of the Constitution.
citizenship
impeachment
taxtion
gerrymandering
If the president vetos a bill that has been passed by Congress, there is nothing that can be done and that bill is dead.
true
False
A bill that is regarding spending or revenue
have to be written by the President
can only be introduced in the House of Representatives
can be introduced in the House and the Senate
can only be introduced in the Senate
Which one of the following is NOT a way in which a bill can be killed?
Refusing to vote a bill out of committee
Refusing to hold a hearing on a bill in committee
Presidential veto
Attaching amendments to a bill
Constitutional amendment that provided for the direct election of Senators.
13th
27th
17th
15th
To run for the senate you must be how old?
35
30
20
25
Who has the authority to try impeachment cases?
Judicial
Executive
House of Rep.
Senate
