chapter 10

Question 1

a legislature made up of 2 houses

Answer 1

bicameral

Question 2

period of time 1 congress lasts

Answer 2

term

Question 3

period of time during which, each year, congress assembles and conducts business

Answer 3

session

Question 4

begins and ends

Answer 4

convenes and adjourns

Question 5

temporary suspension of business

Answer 5

recess

Question 6

a meeting to deal with an emergency situation

Answer 6

special session

Question 7

end or discontinue a session

Answer 7

prorogue

Question 8

to distribute

Answer 8

apportion

Question 9

to redistribute (seats in the House after each census)

Answer 9

reapportion

Question 10

congressional elections that occur during non presidential election years

Answer 10

off-year elections

Question 11

elected from the state as a whole rather than from a particular district

Answer 11

at large

Question 12

drawn to the advantage of the political party that controls the state’s legislature

Answer 12

gerrymandering

Question 13

current officeholder

Answer 13

incumbent

Question 14

all seats are never up for election at the same time

Answer 14

continuous body

Question 15

the people and interests the Congressperson represents

Answer 15

constituency

Question 16

believe that each question they face must be decided on its merits

Answer 16

trustees

Question 17

see themselves as agents of the people who elected them

Answer 17

delegates

Question 18

lawmakers who owe their first allegiance to their political party

Answer 18

partisans

Question 19

attempt to combine the basic elements of the trustee, delegate, and partisan roles

Answer 19

politicos