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Question 1

Internal boundaries

Answer 1

used at the subnational scale to divide countries into smaller units

Question 2

Electoral Geography

Answer 2

using spatial thinking techniques and tools to analyze elections and voting patterns

Question 3

Voting Districts

Answer 3

subdivision for electing members to a legislative body

Question 4

Census

Answer 4

count of the population

Question 5

Reapportionment

Answer 5

changing the number of reps granted to each state to reflect its population

Question 6

Redistricting

Answer 6

when voting districts are redrawn due to changes in population

Question 7

Gerrymandering

Answer 7

redistricting that gives an advantage to a particular political party by concentrating voting strength

Question 8

Cracking

Answer 8

dispersing a group into several districts to prevent a majority

Question 9

Packing

Answer 9

combining like-minded voters into one district to prevent them from impacting other elections.

Question 10

Stacking

Answer 10

diluting a minority-populated district with majority populations

Question 11

Hijacking

Answer 11

redrawing two districts in order to force two elected reps of the same party to run against each other

Question 12

Kidnapping

Answer 12

moving an area where an elected rep has support to another area where they do not

Question 13

Balanced

Answer 13

each district should have approximately the same number of people

Question 14

Contiguous

Answer 14

able to be reached by road from every other part of the district

Question 15

Compact

Answer 15

as small as possible