Unit 4 Chapter 11

Question 1

Define The Term: Bicameral

Answer 1

2 Houses

Question 2

Define The Term: Census

Answer 2

Official Counting of The Population

Question 3

Define The Term: Reapportionment

Answer 3

Assigning representatives to states based on census results

Question 4

Define the Term: Gerrymandering

Answer 4

Redrawing Districts in order to favor one party

Question 5

Define the Term: Congressional District

Answer 5

The area of people/land that a representative represents

Question 6

Define the Term: Single-Member District

Answer 6

One district-One representative

Question 7

Define the Term: Majority Leader

Answer 7

The leader of the majority party in each house

Question 8

Define the Term: Minority Leader

Answer 8

The leader of the minority party in each house

Question 9

Define the Term: Majority Whip

Answer 9

The communications leader and vote collector for the majority party in each house

Question 10

Define the Term: Minority Whip

Answer 10

The communications leader and vote collector for the minority party in each house

Question 11

Define the Term: President Pro Tem

Answer 11

Honorary position given to the majority party

Question 12

Who elects party leadership (leader/ whip) in each chamber?

Answer 12

The members of that party in that chamber

Question 13

What is the only congressional office listed in the constitution

Answer 13

Speaker of The House

Question 14

What Article of the constitution creates Congress?

Answer 14

Article 1

Question 15

How old do you have to be in order to be elected as a representative

Answer 15

25

Question 16

How old do you have to be in order to be elected as a Senator?

Answer 16

30

Question 17

Why is there a citizenship requirement in order to serve in congress?

Answer 17

To prevent foreign influence

Question 18

How much of the House of Representatives is up for reelection every 2 years?

Answer 18

All 435

Question 19

How much of the Senate is up for reelection every 2 years?

Answer 19

1/3

Question 20

Why was the house capped at 435?

Answer 20

To contain the number of representatives/Pracaticality

Question 21

Approx. how many people does each representative represent today?

Answer 21

741,000

Question 22

How many people did each representative represent at the founding of the country?

Answer 22

30,000

Question 23

Who elects Senators into office today?

Answer 23

The people in each state

Question 24

Who elects Senators into office when the constitution was written?

Answer 24

State Legislatures

Question 25

Who is the current Speaker of The House?

Answer 25

Nancy Pelosi

Question 26

Who is the current Majority Leader In The Senate?

Answer 26

Mitch McConnell

Question 27

Who breaks a tie in the event of a 50/50 split in the Senate?

Answer 27

The Vice President

Question 28

Which chamber has the power of impeachment?

Answer 28

The House

Question 29

Define the Term: Impeachment

Answer 29

To bring charges of wrongdoing against a federal civil servant

Question 30

Who presides over Impeachment Trials in the Senate if the President is the one who was charged?

Answer 30

The Chief Justice of SCOTUS

Question 31

What punishment can be handed down to a person who has been impeached?

Answer 31

Removal From Office and barring from any further office

Question 32

Define the Term: Term Limits

Answer 32

A limitation on how many terms a congressman can have