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Unit 4 Review Sheet


Short Answer Directions: Answer all questions NEATLY and in NUMERICAL ORDER on a separate piece
of paper. Each question is worth 1 point.

1. What two houses make up the legislative branch?


2. Which house in the legislative branch has the number of representatives per state based on the state
population?
3. Define bicameral
4. Which house of the legislative branch approves presidential appointments?
5. What are the titles for the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate?
6. What branch of government has control over the United States’ defense spending?
7. Why is the population size kept as equal as possible in Congressional Districts?
8. When does the House of Representatives elect the President of the United States?
9. Define impeachment
10. Why was the Voting Rights Act of 1965 created?
11. Define override
12. Define Speaker of the House
13. Define filibuster
14. What political institution in MD is most like the United States Congress?
15. Which government body in MD is most similar to the U.S> House of Representatives?
16. What are the three legal requirements to become a member of the U.S. House of Representatives?
17. Define expressed powers
18. What group of people is responsible for approving the annual Maryland state budget?
19. What is the best way to limit the terms of members of Congress?
20. What is one of the main power of the President of the U.S. Senate?
21. What branch of the MD government has the power to levy taxes, establish educational policy, and set
marriage standards but NOT interpret laws?
22. Who may introduce a bill to Congress?
23. Which house does a revenue bill originate in?
24. What is the primary responsibility of the federal legislative branch?
25. Who is the presiding officer of the United States Senate?
26. What percentage is needed for a bill to pass in both houses?
27. Define majority rule
28. What is the main reason why Congress passes civil rights legislation?
29. Why would both the Republican and Democrat Party need to raise campaign money before an
election?
30. Define Political Action Committees
31. Why do people join third parties?
32. Why is the mass media sometimes referred to as the “fourth branch of government?”
33. Define separation of powers
34. What did the Anti-Federalist believe needed to be added to the Constitution?
35. Why is the United States’ Constitution considered a “living document?”
36. Define “elastic clause”
37. Explain why the United States Congress would need to use the “elastic clause.”
38. Where does the govt. get its power according to the Declaration of Independence and the U.S.
Constitution?
39. Define confederacy
40. Define representative democracy
41. Define federal
42. Define authoritarian government
43. What are the characteristics of a federal government?
44. In what types of governments would freedom of speech be limited?
45. Define scarcity
46. Define opportunity cost
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Essay Directions: Answer the questions below using the Short Essay Format. Have someone proof read
your answer, and THEN write the second copy in paragraph form on the back. Watch out for FORBIDDEN
WORDS! Each essay is worth 10 points.

47. Describe the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Give an example of how the Civil Rights Act of
1964 could be violated for both race and gender. Include details and examples to support your position.

48. Describe the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Give an example of how the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 could be violated. Include details and examples to support your position.

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