Review 10-1: The National Legislature 1. What is the historical reason for Americans choosing a bicameral legislature? 2. What is a practical reason for Americans choosing a bicameral legislature? 3. What is a theoretical reason for Americans choosing a bicameral legislature? 4. What is a term of Congress? 5. What is a session of Congress? 6. How many sessions are there in a term of Congress?
Review 10-2: The House of Representatives Using information from this section, complete the chart below, which shows data related to the House of Representatives. Characteristics of House 1. Size 2. Terms 3. Date of Election Characteristics of Its Members 4. Age 5. Length of Citizenship 6. Residence Description Qualifications Match the descriptions in Column I with the terms in Column II. Write the correct letter in each blank. Column I 17. held between presidential elections 18. representative chosen from the State as a whole 19. distributed 20. district drawn to the advantage of the political party in control of a State legislature 21. geographical district from which a representative is chosen from a field of candidates Column II a. apportioned b. off-year election c. single-member district d. at-large district e. gerrymandered
Review 10-3: The Senate Using information from this section, compare data about the Senate with data about the House by filling in the blanks in the chart below. Characteristic House Senate Size 435 1. Term Length 2 years 2. Date of Elections Tuesday following first Monday in November of each even numbered year 3. Qualifications House Senate Age At least 25 years 4. Length of Citizenship At least 7 years 5. Residence Inhabitant of the State 6. How Chosen House Senate Originally By voters in district 7. Today By voters in district 8. Complete each sentence by writing the correct term in the blank provided. 9. The Senate is a, that is, all of its seats are never up for election at the same time. 10. are the people and interests the senators represent.
Review 10-4: The Members of Congress Answer the questions below on the roles played by members of Congress and the compensation and privileges of the job. Roles Played by a Member of Congress 1. Legislator: What does a legislator do? 2. Committee Member: What do members do as part of a congressional committee? 3. Trustee: How does a member of Congress act as a trustee? 4. Delegate: How does a member of Congress act as a delegate? 5. Partisan: How does a member of Congress act as a partisan? 6. Politico: How does a member of Congress act as a politico? Compensation and Privileges 7. Salary: What is the current salary of a member of Congress? 8. Non-salary Compensation: What are some fringe benefits for members of Congress? 9. Privileges: To what does the phrase cloak of legislative immunity refer? continue on the back
Use the cartoon below to answer questions 10-13. 10. What attitude toward the senator does the cartoon seem to convey? a. sympathy b. disapproval c. objectivity d. approval 11. Which of the following characteristics does NOT describe this senator? a. He considers himself to be the servant of his constituents. b. He has access to the media. c. He is relatively free from concern about his constituents' interests. d. He is white, male, and middle-aged. 12. Who are the men in the cartoon meant to represent? a. a senator and a constituent c. a senator and a representative b. a senator and a reporter d. a senator and a pollster 13. What point is the cartoonist trying to make? a. Members of Congress feel that most people do not appreciate the difficulties of law-making. b. Some senators see themselves as privileged and exempt from public opinion. c. Constituents want favors from members of Congress, not just laws. d. The press is obligated to expose corruption in Congress.