FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CHAPTER 10 AP GOV

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CHAPTER 10 AP GOV

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Question 1: open rule

Answer:

Rule that permits unlimited amendments to a bill under consideration by the House.

Question 2: redistricting

Answer:

Drawing of legislative district boundary lines following each ten-year census.

Question 3: bicameral

Answer:

any legislative body that consists of two separate chambers or houses; in the United States, the Senate represents 50 statewide voter constituencies, and the House of Representatives represents voters in 435 seperate districts.

Question 4: filibuster

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Delaying tactic by a senator or group of senators, using the Senate's unlimited debate rule to prevent a vote on a bill.

Question 5: open seat

Answer:

Seat in a legislature for which no incumbent is running for reelection.

Question 6: home style

Answer:

Activities of Congress members specifically directed at their home constituencies.

Question 7: party vote

Answer:

Majority of Democrats voting in opposition to a majority of Republicans.

Question 8: unanimous consent agreement

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Negotiated by the majority and minority leaders of the Senate, it specifies when a bill will be taken up on the floor, what amendments will be considered, and when a vote will be taken.

Question 9: roll-call vote

Answer:

Vote of the full House or Senate at which all members' individual votes are recorded and made public.

Question 10: congressional session

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Each Congress elected in November of even-numbered years meets the following Januray 3 and remains in session for two years. Since the first Congress to meet under the Constitution in 1789, Congresses have beem numbered by session.

Question 11: congressional hearings

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Congressional committee sessions in which members listen to witnesses who provide information and opinions on matters of interest to the committee, including pending legislation.

Question 12: packing

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Redustricting in which partisan voters are concentrated in a single district, "wasting" their majority vote and allowing the opposition to win by modest majorities in other districts.

Question 13: affirmative racial gerrymandering

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Drawing district boundary lines to maximize minority representation.

Question 14: incumbent gerrymandering

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Drawing legislative district boundaries to advantage incumbent legislators.

Question 15: markup

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line-by-line revision of a bill in committee by editing each phrase and word.

Question 16: cloture

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Vote to end debate-that is, to end a filibuster-which requires a three-fifths vote of the entire membership of the Senate.

Question 17: subcommittees

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Specialized committees within standing committees; subcommittee recommendations must be approved by the full standing committee before submission to the floor.

Question 18: congressional investigation

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Congressional committee hearings on alleged misdeeds or scandals.

Question 19: party unity

Answer:

Percentage of Democrats and Republicans who stick with their party on party votes.

Question 20: advice and consent

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The constituional power of the U.S. Senate to reject or ratify (by a two-thirds vote) treaties made by the president.

Question 21: oversight

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Congressional monitoring of the activaties of executive branch agencies to determine if the laws are being faithfuly executed.

Question 22: pork barreling

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Legislation designed to make government benefits, including jobs and projects used as political patronage, flow to a particular district or state.

Question 23: constituency

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The votes in a legislator's home district.

Question 24: trustees

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Legislators who feel obligated to use their own best judgement in decision making.

Question 25: apportionment

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The allocation of legislaative seats to jurisdictions based on population. Seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are apportioned to the states on the basis of their population after every ten-year census

Question 26: closed rule

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Rule that forbids adding any amendments to a bill under consideration by the House.

Question 27: bipartisanship

Answer:

Agreement by members if bith the Democratic and the Republican parties.

Question 28: standing committee

Answer:

Permanent committee of the House or Senate that deals with matters within a specified subject area.