2. Jeopardy 10 20 30 40 50 Senate House of Reps About Congress Leaders of
Congress at Work 10 20 30 40 50

3. the House of Representatives is _______ years. – 10 points
The term for a member of
the House of Representatives
is _______ years. – 10 points
Category

4. Because Congress has two houses, our legislative branch
is ____________. – 20 points
Category

5. The number of representatives
in the House of Reps. in each
state is based on __________.
– 30 points

6. Drawing lines to favor one
political party over another
is known as____________.
– 40 points

7. The Supreme Court case
that established the “one-
person, one-vote” rule for
House of Representatives
districts is ___________ vs.
____________.– 50 points

8. Members of the U.S.
Senate serve terms of
________ years.
– 10 points

9. Add… the age that you must
be to be a U.S. Senator to the
number of Senators in the U.S.
Senate. – 20 points

10. What is a U.S. Senators
constituency?– 30 points

11. Because only 33 or 34 U.S.
Senators are up for re-election
every two years, and not all
of them, the U.S. Senate is
considered to be a __________
_________ – 40 points

12. Name Michigan’s two
United State’s Senators.
– 50 points

13. The person who holds
the most powerful position
in the House of Reps.
is known as the __________.
– 10 points

14. The ________________
presides over the Senate’s
proceedings.– 20 points

15. The _______________
presides over the Senate
whenever the vice-president
is not presiding. – 30 points

16. A __________ job is to
make sure that the rest of
his/her political party is
voting in line with the
party’s leadership.
– 40 points

17. The president can take these three courses of action with a bill.
– 50 points

18. Powers of Congress written
specifically in the
Constitution are known as
___________ powers.
– 10 points

19. Powers of Congress not written
in the Constitution are known as
__________ powers. – 20 points

20. Implied powers are given to
Congress through the
_______________ clause.
– 30 points

21. Someone who holds very
closely to the Constitution
when Congressional powers
are concerned are known as…
________ ____________.
– 40 points

22. Someone who favors a
loose interpretation of the
Constitution is known as a…
– 50 points

23. Changes to most bills in
Congress take place in the
___________ phase of the
lawmaking process.
– 10 points

24. A Committee of Congressman
who meet in regular meetings
on particular issue areas are
known as _____________
committees. – 20 points

25. A Committee that meets for
a limited time period that is
made up of both House and
Senate members. – 30 points

26. In the Senate, members are
allowed to talk a bill to death,
this practice is known as a
____________. – 40 points

27. In order to stop a filibuster
_____ votes are needed.
– 50 points

28. takes for a bill to become a law.
Final Jeopardy
Name the 6 steps that it
takes for a bill to become
a law.