Unit 3 Vocabulary Quiz

Two-year period of time during which Congress meets

 

• Term

• Congressional break
• Session

• Congressional session

One-year period of time during which Congress assembles and conducts business

• session
• congress period
• session break
• term

To suspend the actions of a legislative body (or a court case, meeting, etc.) with the intention of resuming it later

• adjournment
• postponement
• interruption
• suspension

The redistribution of seats within a legislative body (could mean taking away seats from certain states or simply redrawing districts to balance populations)

• Redistrict

• Redefinition
• Apportionment
• Gerrymandering

The redrawing of electoral district lines to favor a particular party or candidate; often results in awkwardly shaped districts.

• Redistricting
• Voter suppression
• Political campaigning
• Gerrymandering

Congressional elections that occur halfway between presidential election years

• General elections
• Midterm elections
• Primary elections
• Special elections

A brief break both houses of Congress take throughout the year

• recess
• breakout
• session
• intermission

An extraordinary session of a legislative body typically called to deal with an emergency or a special topic

• special session
• annual conference
• emergency meeting
• regular session

The people and interests that an elected official represents

• electorate
• voter base
• political party
• constituency

Rule requiring that legislative districts have the same number of people

• one man, one vote

• voters
• political party
• campaign donors