Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The Constitution creates a
bicameral legislature. What does that mean.
a. | Congress has one body called the
House of Representatives | c. | Congress has two
houses, House and Senate | b. | Congress has one body called the Senate | d. | Both the House and Senate are elected every bi year for 2
years |
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What was the historical reason
for the creation of a bicameral legislature?
a. | England had a
king | c. | The British were smarter than the
Founding Fathers who created Congress | b. | Britain had a House of Commons and a House of
Lourdes | d. | Britain had a parliament and a
senate |
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How was a bicameral legislature
a compromise between the Virginia plan and the New Jersey plan?
a. | It established a House based on
state population and a Senate which gave each state 2 senators. | c. | It established a House based on state population and a
Senate which gave each state 6 senators. | b. | It said each state will have the exact same number of members in
Congress | d. | It made the Senate superior to the
House |
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Which statement is
true?
a. | The House is unable to check the
Senate | c. | The senate is unable to check the
House | b. | The Founders wanted the House to check on the Senate but the Senate could not
check the House | d. | The Founding Fathers wanted each
house of Congress to check on each other. |
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What do we call the length of
time officials serve after and election?
a. | a term of a
session | c. | a
session | b. | a term | d. | a primary
term |
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What happens on noon of the 3rd
day of January of every odd-numbered year?
a. | an incumbent
session | c. | a new
session | b. | 1933 session | d. | a new term |
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What do they call a regular
period of time during which Congress conducts business?
a. | a term | c. | a collaboration | b. | a session | d. | a bicameral adjournment |
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What does Congress do if it
cannot finish the work it is doing and want to continue later?
a. | it veto’s the
work | c. | it
adjourns | b. | it conducts a prorogue | d. | it starts a new term |
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If Congress cannot agree on
when they should adjourn what can the President do?
a. | nothing | c. | fire the Senate | b. | call a special term | d. | issue a prorogue |
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What is a
prorogue?
a. | Initial steps to creating a
law | c. | Presidential
veto | b. | Order from the President for Congress to
adjourn | d. | Order from the Congress for the President to
adjourn |
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Who can call a special session
of Congress?
a. | the
President | c. | the
Senate | b. | the House | d. | the Supreme Court |
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12.
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The legislative body used by
Israel is called
a. | the
Congress | c. | the
Diet | b. | the Parliament | d. | the Knesset |
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What does a legislative body
do?
a. | makes
laws | c. | enforces the
laws | b. | says if laws are constitutional | d. | vetoes laws |
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