Ch 5 - Legislative Branch

Question 0

Census

Answer 0

A counting of the number of people in a specific area

Question 1

Apportionment

Answer 1

The proportional distribution of congressional seats among states

Question 2

Number of members in the house

Answer 2

435

Question 3

Gerrymandering

Answer 3

Drawing district boundaries so as to purposely favor the party in power

Question 4

3 qualifications for Congress members

Answer 4

Age, citizenship, and state residency

Question 5

Seniority system

Answer 5

The practice of giving committee chair to the member who has the most years of continuous service on that committee

Question 6

Select committees

Answer 6

Used for investigations

Question 7

Joint committees

Answer 7

Members from both houses meet in a single committee

Question 8

Parliamentarian

Answer 8

Advises house officers in parliamentary rules and house rules

Question 9

Sergeant at arms

Answer 9

Chief protocol and law enforcement officer for his house

Question 10

Franking privilege

Answer 10

Congressmen are not charged postage on their office mail

Question 11

Congressional immunity

Answer 11

Congress members exemption from most arrests and from liability for speeches on floor

Question 12

Censure

Answer 12

Officially condemn

Question 13

Resolution

Answer 13

A formal statement of opinion or determination adopted by a legislative assembly

Question 14

Filibuster

Answer 14

An attempt to kill a bill by stalling the vote on it

Question 15

Discharge petition

Answer 15

A petition to get a bill out of a committee before the committee votes on it.

Question 16

Committee of the Whole

Answer 16

When the whole House sits as one committee

Question 17

Cloture

Answer 17

Three fifths of senators vote to limit each senator to one hour of speaking

Question 18

Pocket veto

Answer 18

When a president ignores a bill, and congress adjourns within the next ten days, the bill is dead