Mr. Goto

Senior Government

Topic:THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH - CONGRESS

Unit 5 Review Game (Wed. 4/7/04)

State Standard:

2SS-P4Analyze the structure, powers, and roles of the legislative branch of the United States.

Objectives and Expectations for Learning:

Students will review their knowledge gained through the unit covering the legislative branch and Congress.

Anticipatory Set:

Give students a couple minutes to look over their notes and study guides.

Direct Instruction:

The class will compete against each other in a jeopardy style review game. The winning section of the class will receive extra credit

Guided Practice:

Questions that students are unable to answer will need to be explained. Those that are answered correctly may have extra information added to them by the teacher or the teacher may present other questions about that answer to the class.

Closure:

Winning team receives extra credit points on the test tomorrow.

Class reminders: Test Tomorrow

Summative Assessment:

Students and the teacher can assess knowledge gained through this unit by the class's performance during the review game.

Final unit assessment comes tomorrow

DOUBLE JEOPARDY QUESTIONS

-What are the four things that can happen to a bill once it reaches the President?

Passes: sign or no action, Veto: refuse, Pocket Veto

-What are the four different methods of Congressional voting?

Trustee (judgment), Delegate (people), Partisan (party), Politicos (all)

Potpourri / Since the power of Congress to tax is directly stated in the Constitution, what type of power does that make it?
EXPRESSED POWER /
What is the term for the misuse of your political office for the benefit of one person's financial gain?
GRAFT
/ Who are the people in each house chosen as the strongest advocates for their political party?
PARTY LEADERS / The elastic clause allows Congress to make laws regarding everything necessary and proper giving Congress what type of power?
IMPLIED POWERS / What is the term for the redrawing of district lines to the benefit of one political party?
GERRYMANDERING
Bill to Law / What term is used when a President basically refuses to sign a bill?
VETO / Before a bill is debated on the floor of either house, what group debates it go first?
TO COMMITTEE / What type of bill must attach itself to a larger bill in order to get passed?
RIDER
/ What is the stalling tactic allowing a Senator to "talk a bill to death"?
FILIBUSTER / Which of the five concepts of Democracy is necessary in order for a Conference Committee to be successful?
NECCESSITY OF COMPROMISE
Committees
/ What is the title of the person who presides over a committee?
COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN / What type of committee permanently covers specific subject matters, like economics or foreign affairs, and is?
STANDING COMMITTEES
/ What informal rule is used to determine who will sit as chairman of a committee?
SENIORITY RULE / Which committee in the House of Representatives monitors bills going to the floor for debate, also known as the "traffic cop"?
HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE / What is the name of the meeting that takes place between the House and the Senate to iron out the differences between different versions of the same bill?
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Senate / What is the title of the person who presides over the Senate in the absence of the Vice President?
PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE
/
What is the minimum age requirement for a member of the US Senate?
30 YEARS OLD
/ Which one of the qualifications are the same for a member of the House as well as the Senate?
RESIDENT OF THEIR STATE /
This type of voting district allows everyone in the state to vote for their representatives?
AT LARGE DISTRICTS / What is the Senate called referring to the fact that not all of the seats are up for election at the same time?
CONTINUOUS BODY
House / What is the title of the person who presides over the House of Representatives?
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
/ How long, in years, is a term for members of the House?TWO YEARS /
What is the minimum age requirement for a member of the US House of Representatives?
25 YEARS OLD
/ What word is used to describe the redistribution of seats in the House based on the census taken every ten years?
REAPPOIRTION /
This type of voting district allows members of a district to only vote for local representatives from their area?
SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS
Legislative Branch / Congressional sessions convene at noon on this date annually?
JANUARY 3RD / What word is used to describe a legislative body with two houses, like the United States Congress?
BICAMERAL / What is the name for a meeting of Congress called for by the President of the United States?
SPECIAL SESSION / Of the four different ways a Congressman can vote, which one states they will combine the ideas of the other three?
POLITICOS / What article number of the Constitution defines the US Legislative Branch?
ARTICLE I
100 / 200 / 300 / 400 / 500