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FSQLEG

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 4mins

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1.

Identify the title that best completes the graphic organizer.

a)

qualifications to run for the House of Representatives

b)

qualifications to run for Governor of Florida

c)

qualifications to run for President

d)

qualifications to run for Senate

2.

The information below describes a committee in the U.S. Congress.

A group of Senators serve on the Foreign Relations Committee. This committee discusses treaties between the United States and other countries. It also oversees programs that give aid to other countries and that supply weapons to U.S. allies. This committee is a...?

a)

subcommittee

b)

select committee

c)

standing committee

d)

conference committee

3.

Which person or group has this role in the United States government that is described below?

...shall have the Power to To lay and and collect Taxes....throughout the United States...

Article I, U.S. Constitution

a)

the Congress

b)

the President

c)

the Supreme Court

d)

the Federal Reserve Board

4.

What are the two houses of the United States Congress?

a)

Senate and House of Laws

b)

Senate and House of Delegates

c)

Senate and House of Commons

d)

Senate and House of Representatives

5.

What is the purpose of a Conference Committee review of a bill that has already been approved by the House of Representatives and the Senate?

a)

to create a calendar indicating when the new law will go into effect

b)

to fact-check the accuracy of the content before the president sees it

c)

to work out differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill

d)

to create an agreement between the House and Senate, so the president cannot veto the bill

6.

Which step is missing from the law-making process at the local, state, and federal levels?

a)

vote by the citizens

b)

review by the courts

c)

revision by the executive

d)

approval by the legislature

7.

What is one of Congress's main powers?

a)

interpret legislation

b)

enforce legislation

c)

create legislation

d)

veto legislation

8.

Which statement best describes a similarity in the law-making process at the local, state, and federal levels?

a)

Laws are approved by the courts.

b)

Laws are signed by the executive.

c)

Laws are approved by the citizens.

d)

Laws are signed by the bill's author.