Chapter 10 Vocab

Question 1

Term

Answer 1

Length of the job

Question 2

Session

Answer 2

When congress assembles and does business

Question 3

Convenes

Answer 3

Second session

Question 4

Adjourns

Answer 4

Suspend until next session

Question 5

Recess

Answer 5

Break time during a session

Question 6

Prorogue

Answer 6

Power to end a session only president

Question 7

Special session

Answer 7

Meeting to deal with emergency only by president

Question 8

Apportioned

Answer 8

Distributed - based on a states population for representatives

Question 9

Reapportion

Answer 9

Redistribute

Question 10

Off year elections

Answer 10

Congressional elections that fall in non presidential election year

Question 11

Single member district

Answer 11

The voters vote for one of the people running

Question 12

At large

Answer 12

Elected from a state as a whole

Question 13

Gerrymandered

Answer 13

a district is drawn to the advantage of supple candidate

Question 14

Incumbent

Answer 14

Person who currently holds office

Question 15

Continuous body

Answer 15

Al, of the seats in senate are never up for election at the same time

Question 16

Constituencies

Answer 16

The people and interests the senators represent

Question 17

Delegate

Answer 17

Agents of the people who elected them

Question 18

Trustees

Answer 18

Believe that each question that face must be decided on its merits

Question 19

Partisans

Answer 19

They owe their first allegiance to there political party

Question 20

Politicos

Answer 20

Attempt to combine the basic elements of the delegate, trustee and partisan roles

Question 21

Bills

Answer 21

Proposed laws

Question 22

Floor consideration

Answer 22

Considered and acted upon by the full membership of the house or senate

Question 23

Oversight function

Answer 23

Where congress checks the expect five branch to see if their carrying out certain policies

Question 24

Franking privilege

Answer 24

Well known benefit that allows them to mail letters and other materials postage free by substituting their facsimile signature for the postage

Question 25

Bicameral

Answer 25

Legislature made of two houses