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Vocabulary
100
What is the number of members in the House of Representatives?
435
100
What is the number of Senators?
100
100
What is the title of the President when he controls the military?
Commander-in-Chief
100
What is the title of the person who is in charge of the Supreme Court?
Chief Justice
100
What is impeachment?
the process of accusing a public official of wrong doing
200
What is the amount of time given to a Representative to debate?
5 minutes
200
Who is the person who presides over the Senate?
Vice-President
200
What is the salary of the President?
$400,000
200
What is the name of the courts at the intermediate level in the federal court system?
Court of Appeals
200
What is appropriation?
public funds set aside for a specific purpose
300
What is the way members of the House of Representatives vote on bills?
electronic voting
300
What is the amount time a Senator can use in the Senate to debate?
unlimited
300
What is speech the President, by law, must give to both the Senate and the House of Representatives?
State of the Union
300
What is the month that the Supreme Court starts it's term?
October 1st
300
What is appellate?
having power to review court decisions
400
What is the title of the person who presides over the House of Representatives?
Speaker of the House
400
How do Senators vote on bills in the Senate?
Must be present
400
What are some of the 14 cabinet positions?
Labor, Commerce and Energy
400
What is the number of Associate Justices?
8
400
What is ex post facto law?
a law that would make an act a criminal offense after it was committed
500
What is the name of the woman who is Speaker of the House?
Nancy Pelosi
500
What is the name of the person who presides over the Senate in the absence of the Vice-President?
President Pro Tempore
500
What is the number of Senators needed to approve appointments by the President?
2/3
500
What is the name of the Chief Justice?
John Roberts
500
What is revenue?
income a government collects to cover expenses