Chapter 10

Question 1

concurrent

Answer 1

sharing authority

Question 2

electoral college

Answer 2

a set of people, called electors, who are chosen to elect the president and vice president of the United States

Question 3

federal state

Answer 3

the organization of a state in the which power is shared between the federal government and internal regional units

Question 4

gerrymandering

Answer 4

the dividing of legislative boundaries to give on political party an advantage in elections

Question 5

majority-minority districts

Answer 5

an electoral district in which the majority of voters are members of an ethnic or racial minority

Question 6

reapportionment

Answer 6

the redistribution of representative seats among states based on shifts in population

Question 7

redistricting

Answer 7

the redrawing of internal territorial and political boundaries

Question 8

unitary state

Answer 8

an organization of a state in which power is concentrated in a central government