AP Government Test unit 2

Question 1

Bills to raise revenue can only be generated in

Answer 1

The house of representatives

Question 2

Issues articles of impeachment against president/ federal judiciary

Answer 2

The house of representatives

Question 3

Tries impeached officials

Answer 3

The Senate

Question 4

Confirm ambassadors with a majority vote and ratify treaties entered into by president with a 2/3 vote

Answer 4

The Senate

Question 5

Consider legislation and exercise oversight of bureaucratic agencies

Answer 5

Standing Committees

Question 6

Contain members of the house and Senate

Answer 6

Joint committee

Question 7

Resolves differences between house and Senate versions of a bill

Answer 7

Conference committee

Question 8

Investigates issues in response to a scandal or crisis

Answer 8

Select committee

Question 9

Bodies of voters electing a representative or senator

Answer 9

Constituency

Question 10

When census data is used to determine the number of representatives for each state

Answer 10

Apportionment

Question 11

When states redraw boundaries of the electoral districts

Answer 11

Redistricting

Question 12

When redistricting is used to intentionally benefit a specific interest/voting group

Answer 12

Gerrymandering

Question 13

When district boundaries are drawn into strange shapes to benefit a political party

Answer 13

Partisan gerrymandering

Question 14

When voters of a minority ethnically make up an electoral majority within that electoral district

Answer 14

Majority-minority district

Question 15

When a population is distributed unevenly among legislative districts

Answer 15

Malapportionment

Question 16

When someone has been in office before

Answer 16

Incumbency