more review material for key terms and concepts about the legislative branch

1. Civics
&
Econ
JEOPARDY

2. Congress 2
Vocabulary
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Leadership
100 200 300 400 500
Potpourri
100 200 300 400 500
Constitution
100 200 300 400 500
Duties
Quals and terms
F. J.

3. What is a
trustee?
Votes on bills according to
the views of the voters

4. What is casework?
Helping constituents
resolve problems with the
government

5. What is a delegate?
A member who believes
the voters sent her to
Congress to exercise her
own best, informed
judgement

6. What is a partisan?
A member that votes the
party line - loyal to party
goals above everything
else

7. What is a politico?
A member who tries to
balance party loyalty with
views of the voters who
elected him, and his own
best, informed judgement

8. What is the minimum age
requirement for a
representative?
25 years of age

9. What is six years?
The length of a Senator’s
term of office

10. What is a Senator?
Represents an entire state in
Congress

11. What is one-third?
The percentage or fraction
of Senators up for
reelection every two years

12. What is to have been a U.S.
citizen for at least 7 years?
The citizenship
requirement for a
representative

13. What is the census?
The U.S. population count
conducted every 10 years

14. What is a caucus?
An informal group that
shares a common goal or
characteristic

15. What are the voting
methods available to
Congress?
Voice, standing and rollcall

16. What are
constituents?
The people and voters
represented by a member
of Congress

17. What are state
legislatures?
[in North Carolina - the General
Assembly]
The group or body that
draws up or maps out
congressional districts

18. Who are the assistant
floor leaders, or
In a House of Congress,
whips?
the ones responsible to get
a count of how many pro
and con votes there are
for a bill

19. Who is the President
pro tempore?
Presides over the Senate
when the Vice-president is
not there [which is most of
the time]

20. Daily
Double

21. Who, or what, is the
Senate Majority
Leader?
The most powerful
leadership position in the
Senate

22. What is the only time
the Vice-president may
vote?
If there is a tie vote in
the Senate

23. Who, or what, is the
Speaker of the House?
Becomes President if
something prevented the
President and Vicepresident from continuing
in office

24. Who were the only
Presidents to be
impeached?
Andrew Johnson and Bill
Clinton

25. What are Congress’s
War Powers?
Raise and maintain an
army and navy, declare
war

26. What are things the
Senate must approve?
Treaties and presidential
appointments to federal
offices or courts

27. What is the North Carolina
9th Congressional District?
Includes eastern Union
County, and parts of
Mecklenburg, Anson,
Richmond, Gaston and
Cabarrus Counties

28. What are powers denied
to Congress?
Limit free speech,
establish an official
religion, tax exports, put
someone in jail without
cause

29. What is Article One of the
Constitution?
The part of the
Constitution that
establishes Congress and
sets out its powers

30. Daily
Double

31. What is the elastic clause?
Nickname for the
Necessary and Proper
Clause [Art. I, Sec. 8, ¶
18]

32. What are Congressional
sessions?
The name of the two parts
into which a term of
Congress is divided

33. What is two?
The number of Senators
from each state

34. Who are members of the
House of Representatives?
Tend to focus on local, or
district-wide issues

36. FINAL
JEOPARDY

37. CATEGORY
Legislation

38. The number of votes
needed in the House
for a simple majority

39. What is 218?