Unit 3: Legislative Branch What do you know?

Question 1: The Legislative branch is where the laws are looked over to see if they are constitutional or unconstitutional. True or False

Another name for the Legislative branch is . President Senate Congress Question 2: Another name for the Legislative branch is                                                              . President Senate Congress 

Question 3: The Legislative branch is made up of two house, the Senate and the House of Representatives, this is also known as a unicameral legislation. True or False 

Question 4: The work done by Congress (Legislative branch) is done in the                                                           which is located in Washington D.C. White House Supreme Court Capital Building

Question 5: The House of Representatives numbers for each state is based on that state's                                        . population  equality needs 

Question 6: To gain the information needed to determine the number of people is each state, the federal government will conduct a census, survey of how many people are in each home, every 20 years. True or False 

Question 7: The number of Senator each state has is                   ,  because it is based on equality for each state. 4 2 6 

an American citizen for 9 years Question 8: To be a Senator there are only 3 requirements.  They are being 30 years old or older,                                                                                       , and a resident in the state that you are representing. college educated a politician an American citizen for 9 years

Question 9: A Senator can be elected to their position as many times as the people vote them in and each term is 10 years long. True or  False 

Question 10: There is a total of                                Representatives in the House of Representatives and NY has 29 of them. 500 435 425

Question 11: To be a Representative for the House of Representatives a person needs to be at least 25 years or older, An American citizen for 7 years and be a resident of that state. True  or  False

Question 12: If you are elected to be a Representative for the House of Representatives then you have to be re- elected in 2 years because your term is only 2 years long. True  or False 

Question 13: A session, when Congress meets to make laws, begins in                                                 and ends sometime in mid-                                                       . December                             February January                                  November September                             August

Question 14: If Congress is not in session, but a problem happens the                                                          can call them back to help deal with this issue.  This happened in 1941 when Pearl Harbor was attacked and the United State to make a declaration of war against Japan. Supreme Court Congress President

Question 15: The most important job that Congress has is to punish certain crimes and to see if a political official, like the president, needs to be impeached. True or  False