UNIT 4: Chapter Nine - 4.6, Pages 231-233

Question 1

Internal Boundaries

Answer 1

Used at the subnational scale to divide countries into smaller units. Create borders between countries.

Question 2

Electoral Geography

Answer 2

Using spatial thinking techniques and tools to analyze elections and voting patterns.

Question 3

Voting Districts

Answer 3

Internal boundaries that divide a country’s electorate into subnational regions.

Question 4

Electorate

Answer 4

People of a country who are eligible to vote.

Question 5

Census

Answer 5

A count of the population.

Question 6

Reapportionment

Answer 6

Changing the number of representatives granted to each state so it reflects the state’s population.

Question 7

Redistricting

Answer 7

State legislatures or state committees redrawing district boundaries so that each district contains roughly the same number of people.

Question 8

Gerrymandering

Answer 8

The drawing of boundaries for political districts by the party in power to protect or increase its power.

Question 9

Cracking

Answer 9

Dispersing a group into several districts to prevent a majority.

Question 10

Packing

Answer 10

Combining like-minded voters into one district to prevent them from affecting elections in other districts.

Question 11

Stacking

Answer 11

Diluting a minority-populated district with majority populations.

Question 12

Hijacking

Answer 12

Redrawing two districts in order to force two elected representatives of the same party to run against each other.

Question 13

Kidnapping

Answer 13

Moving an area where an elected representative has support to an area where he or she does not have support.