Unit 4: Political Patterns And Processes Chapter 9: Topic 4.6

Question 1

Are used at the sub national scale to divide countries into smaller units

Answer 1

Internal Boundaries

Question 2

using spatial thinking techniques & tools to analyze elections & voting patterns

Answer 2

Electoral Geography

Question 3

Internal boundaries that divide a country’s electorate into sub national regions

Answer 3

Voting Districts

Question 4

People of a country who are eligible to vote

Answer 4

Electorate

Question 5

Count of the population every 10 years

Answer 5

Census

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Reapportionment

Question 7

Redrawing state boundaries so each district contains roughly the same number of people

Answer 7

Redistricting

Question 8

Drawing of boundaries for political districts by the party in power to protect or increase its power

Answer 8

Gerrymandering

Question 9

Dispersing a group into several districts to prevent a majority

Answer 9

Cracking

Question 10

Combining like minded voters into 1 district to prevent them from affecting elections in other districts

Answer 10

Packing

Question 11

Diluting a minority populated district with majority populations

Answer 11

Stacking

Question 12

Redrawing 2 districts in order to force 2 elected representatives of the same party to run against each other

Answer 12

Hijacking

Question 13

Moving an area where an elected representative has support to an area where he or she doesn’t have support

Answer 13

Kidnapping