4.6 Internal Boundaries

Question 1

Ferderalism

Answer 1

Shared power between the national and local government

Question 2

Electoral Geography

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Electorate

Answer 3

People eligible to vote

Question 4

Voting Districts

Answer 4

Internal boundaries that divide a country’s electorate into subnational regions

Question 5

Census

Answer 5

Count of a population

Question 6

Reapportionment

Answer 6

Changing the number of representatives granted to each state so it reflects the state’s population

Question 7

Gerrymandering

Answer 7

Drawing of boundaries for political districts by the party in power to protect or increase its power

Question 8

Who is the term Gerrymandering named after?

Answer 8

Elbridge Gerry

Question 9

Cracking

Answer 9

Dispersing a group into several districts to prevent a majority

Question 10

Packing

Answer 10

Combining like-minded voters into one district to prevent them from affecting elections in other districts

Question 11

Stacking

Answer 11

Diluting a minority-populated district with majority populations

Question 12

Hijacking

Answer 12

Redrawing two districts in order to force two elected representatives of the same party to run against each other

Question 13

Kidnapping

Answer 13

Moving an area where an elected representative has support to an area where he or she does not have support