Chapter 10 SG Vocab

Question 1

Bicameral

Answer 1

There are 2 houses of government

Question 2

Term

Answer 2

Length of time an elected official serves

Question 3

Session

Answer 3

1 year time period during which congress conducts its business (there are 2 sessions per term)

Question 4

Convene

Answer 4

Begins

Question 5

Adjourn

Answer 5

To suspend business until the next session

Question 6

Recess

Answer 6

To suspend business temporarily during a session

Question 7

Prorogue

Answer 7

The president has the power to end a session when the 2 houses can’t agree

Question 8

Sine die

Answer 8

Neither house can adjourn without the consent of the other

Question 9

Special Session

Answer 9

When the president calls congress together for an emergency meeting

Question 10

Apportion

Answer 10

Distributed

Question 11

Reapportion

Answer 11

The seats are redistributed every 10 years in the house

Question 12

Off-Year election

Answer 12

The congressional elections that occur between presidential election

Question 13

Single-member district

Answer 13

Voters in each district elect one of the states representatives to run for a seat

Question 14

District

Answer 14

435 districts in the country

Question 15

Gerrymandering

Answer 15

The drawing up of district lines to the advantage of the party in power

Question 16

Incumbent

Answer 16

Current office holder

Question 17

Continuous body

Answer 17

All seats are never up for election at the same time

Question 18

Constituency

Answer 18

The people the senators represent

Question 19

Delegate

Answer 19

See themselves as the agents of the people who elected them

Question 20

Trustee

Answer 20

Believe that each question they face must be decided according to conscience and judgement

Question 21

Partisan

Answer 21

Believe that they owed their first allegiance to their political party

Question 22

Politico

Answer 22

Trys to combine and balance the believers of the delegate, trustee and partisan

Question 23

Oversight function

Answer 23

Process through which congress checks to see if the executive branch is following its policies/laws

Question 24

Speech And Debate clause

Answer 24

Protects congressman from law suits for libel or slander arising from their speech in congress

Question 25

Bill

Answer 25

Proposed law