CONGRESS REVIEW SHEET
1. What is a bicameral Congress? (Congress Vocabulary words)
2. How long do Representatives serve? How long do Senators serve? (Chart comparing House
and Senate)
3. What are the qualifications for being a Senator? Representative?
4. How many Representatives are in the House? How many Senators are in the Senate?
5. How long is a session of Congress? When does the session begin (date)?
6. What does it mean to adjourn? What does it mean to have the power to prorogue?
7. What does apportioned mean?
8. How often does the House of Representatives reapportion its members among the states?
Who determines how many seats each state should have?
9. What is a single-member district?
10. Give four examples of an at-large district?
11. What does it mean to gerrymander? What is the significance of the case, Wesberry v.
Sanders (1964)?
12. Who are constituencies? Who are incumbents?
13. Who is a representative listening to when he follows the DELEGATE model of
representation? Who is a representative listening to when she follows a TRUSTEE model?
Who is a representative listening to when he follows a PARTISAN model?
14. Who is Congress managing when it is exercising its OVERSIGHT FUNCTION?
15. Besides the salary, what are THREE perks of being a member of Congress?
16. What is an expressed power? Give three examples. (Powers Chart)
17. What is an implied power? What clause in the Constitution gives Congress implied powers?
18. What does it mean to be a strict constructionist? What does it mean to be a liberal
constructionist?
19. Who has the power to declare war?
20. What is eminent domain?
21. Who is the leader of the House? Who is the leader of the Senate?
22. What does it mean to be the majority party? What does it mean to be the minority party?
23. Where do most members of Congress get work done?
24. What is the difference between a standing committee and a select committee?
25. What are the steps to how a bill becomes a law? What does a conference committee do in
the process of how a bill becomes a law?
Know your vocab.
Know the powers of Congress.
Know the bill process.