Chapter 10 (Congress)

Question 1

Period of time during which, each year, Congress assembles and conducts business

Answer 1

Session

Question 2

President may call one of these to deal with an emergency situation

Answer 2

Special Session

Question 3

Congress will suspend its regular session as it sees fit until its next session

Answer 3

Adjourn

Question 4

Congress began its first one of these in March and it lasted for two years

Answer 4

Term

Question 5

Constitution provides that the total number of seats in the House of Representatives shall be distributed among the states based on their population

Answer 5

Apportion

Question 6

Voters in each district elect one of the state’s representatives form among a field of candidates running for a seat in the house from that district

Answer 6

Single-Member District

Question 7

Congressional elections that occur in non presidential years

Answer 7

Off-Year Election

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Gerrymandering

Question 9

The person who currently holds a political office

Answer 9

Incumbent

Question 10

The senate is referred to as this, because all of its seats are never up for election at the same time.

Answer 10

Continuous Body

Question 11

The people back home that senators and representatives are representing while they serve in Congress

Answer 11

Constituents

Question 12

The redistribution of seats in the House of Representatives every ten years after each census

Answer 12

Reapportion

Question 13

Name for when a session of Congress begins

Answer 13

Convene

Question 14

When Congress temporarily suspends business

Answer 14

Recess

Question 15

Term for when the President can end or discontinue a session of Congress

Answer 15

Prorogue

Question 16

When an election for a state’s representatives is conducted on a whole, rather than from particular districts.

Answer 16

At-Large