Gov Vocab Quiz 1/12

Question 1

Two branches/chambers

Answer 1

Bicameral

Question 2

Powers listed in the constitution

Answer 2

Expressed Powers

Question 3

Powers granted to Federal Gov’t

Answer 3

Enumerated powers

Question 4

Those powers granted to the national government under the United States Constitution

Answer 4

Delegated Powers

Question 5

Political powers granted to the United States government that aren’t explicitly stated in the Constitution

Answer 5

Implied Powers

Question 6

Congress can make all laws that are “necessary and proper” for carrying out its duties.

Answer 6

Elastic Clause

Question 7

a body of voters in a specified area who elect a representative to a legislative body.

Answer 7

Constituency

Question 8

They try to ensure that their fellow political party legislators attend voting sessions and vote according to their party’s official policy

Answer 8

Party whip

Question 9

the head of the majority party in the house or senate

Answer 9

Majority leader

Question 10

the head of the minority party in the house or senate

Answer 10

Minority leader

Question 11

The political and parliamentary leader of the House of Representatives

Answer 11

Speaker of the House

Question 12

a high-ranking senator of the majority party who presides over the US Senate in the absence of the vice president.

Answer 12

President Pro-Tempore

Question 13

that nominee’s appointment must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate

Answer 13

Confirmation

Question 14

money received by a government from taxes and non-tax sources

Answer 14

Revenue

Question 15

Elected leader votes based on how voters wish to see them vote

Answer 15

Delegate

Question 16

Elected leader uses own judgement and opinion when voting on bills

Answer 16

Trustee

Question 17

Uses personal judgement and wishes of voters when voting on bills

Answer 17

Politico

Question 18

Population survey every 10 years

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Census

Question 19

Reassigning 435 house seats to states based on population

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Reapportionment

Question 20

Redrawing the district boundaries

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Redistricting

Question 21

consider matters brought forth by the governor or introduced by its members to create legislation that becomes law - has primary control of redistricting process

Answer 21

State Legislatures

Question 22

manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency)/district so as to favor one party or class.

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Gerrymandering

Question 23

Any system where one group has significantly more influence than another

Answer 23

Malapportionment

Question 24

one in which a racial or ethnic minority makes up a large enough share of the electorate to assure that the community has a reasonable chance to elect the candidate of their choice.

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Majority-minority districts

Question 25

regarded as fully secure, for either a certain political party or the incumbent representative personally, or a combination of both.

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Safe districts

Question 26

expresses the principle that individuals should have equal representation in voting.

Answer 26

“One man, One vote”

Question 27

are permanent legislative panels established by the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate rules

Answer 27

Standing Committee

Question 28

a subdivision of a United States congressional committee that considers specified matters and reports back to the full committee.

Answer 28

Subcommittee

Question 29

Congressional committee or state legislative session debates, amends, and rewrites proposed legislation.

Answer 29

Markup

Question 30

conducts the committee meetings and guides the committee through the agenda items

Answer 30

Committee Chair

Question 31

to set a congressional bill aside in committee without considering it

Answer 31

Pigeonhole

Question 32

additional provision added to a bill or other measure under the consideration by a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill

Answer 32

Riders

Question 33

Bills that bring jobs, money, or other opportunities to a member of congress' home district/state

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Pork-barrel legislation

Question 34

politicians trade support for one issue or piece of legislation in exchange for another politician's support

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Logrolling

Question 35

The Senate tradition of unlimited debate, designed to prolong debate and delay or prevent a vote on a bill, resolution, amendment, or other debatable question.

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Filibuster

Question 36

Senate limits debate on a measure or matter.

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Cloture

Question 37

rule sets the time limit on debate and determines whether and how a bill may be amended, one of the most powerful committees in congress because of its “gatekeeping” power over the terms on which legislation will reach the floor of the House of Representatives.

Answer 37

House Rules Committee

Question 38

all Representatives serve and which meets in the House Chamber for the consideration of measures from the Union calendar

Answer 38

Committee of the Whole

Question 39

effectively eliminate the opportunity to consider amendments, other than those reported by the committee reporting the bill.

Answer 39

Closed rule

Question 40

permits floor amendments within the overall time allocated to the bill.

Answer 40

Open rule

Question 41

bringing a bill out of committee and to the floor for consideration without a report from the committee without giving committee further consideration of said bill.

Answer 41

Discharge petition

Question 42

A temporary committee that is set up when the House and Senate have each passed different versions of the same law.

Answer 42

Conference Committee

Question 43

One does not wish a particular measure or nomination or bill to reach the floor for consideration

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Hold

Question 44

An agreement on the rules of debate for proposed legislation in the Senate that is approved by all the members

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Unanimous consent

Question 45

approval of agreement by the state

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Ratification

Question 46

The power of the President to refuse to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevent its enactment into law

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Veto

Question 47

Congress adjourns during the ten-day period. The president cannot return the bill to Congress. The president's decision not to sign the legislation and Congress does not have the opportunity to override.

Answer 47

Pocket Veto

Question 48

A joint resolution enacted by Congress to provide budget authority for federal agencies and programs to continue operating in the absence of regular appropriations.

Answer 48

Continuing resolution

Question 49

persons who strongly support their party's policies and are reluctant to compromise with political opponents

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Partisan

Question 50

when control of the executive branch and the legislative branch is split between two political parties, respectively, and in semi-presidential systems, when the executive branch itself is split between two parties.

Answer 50

Divided government

Question 51

An outgoing politician is an elected official whose successor has already been elected or will be soon

Answer 51

Lame-duck appointments

Question 52

A belief that constituents are more effectively represented by legislators who are similar to them in such key demographic characteristics as race, gender, ethnicity, or religion.

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Descriptive representation

Question 53

the ability of a legislator to represent the agenda or interests of a group to which he or she does not personally belong.

Answer 53

Substantive representation

Question 54

Establishes the Legislative brach - House of Representatives and Senate

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U.S. Constitution, Article 1

Question 55

granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws

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14th Amendment

Question 56

U.S. Supreme Court case that held that federal courts could hear cases alleging that a state's drawing of electoral boundaries, i.e. redistricting, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution.

Answer 56

Baker v. Carr

Question 57

the justices decided that using racial reasons for redistricting is unconstitutional

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Shaw v. Reno

Question 58

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Answer 58

15th Amendment