AP Government Vocabulary review

Congressman votes in favor of a bill that his constitutents favor. He is voting as a?

• Trustee

• Delegate

• Pluralist

Children are most likely to adopt the party identification

• of their parents
• of their friends
• of their teachers
• endorsed by the media

The doctrine of stare decisis is significant for which of the following reasons?

• it establishes the jurisdiction of federal courts in litigation involving two or more states
• it is the principle that affirms that courts are bound to prior decisions
• it is the policy by which the Supreme Court decides which of the appellate cases it will hear
• it directs states to provide a lawyer for people who cannot pay for their own legal defense

Which of the following clauses in the Constitution justifies the implied powers doctrine?

• the necessary and proper clause
• privileges and immunities clause
• due process clause 
• commerce clause

Which of the following identifies the formal procedure for ending a filibuster?

• logrolling 
• pocket veto
• cloture
• discharge petition

Which of the following types of committees deals with broad areas of public policy and can be found in both houses of Congress?

• Rules
• Select
• Joint
• Standing

Establishing the boundaries of the US congressional districts to give one party an advantage over another party is referred to as

• apportionment
• reapportionment
• gerrymandering
• filibustering

Congress is most likely to exert oversight of the executive bureaucracy in which of the following ways?

• directly selecting the head of an executive agency
• impeaching the head of an executive agency
• using the Court to block implementation of proposed regulations
• controlling an executive agency's annual budget

Which of the following statements about voting behavior in national elections is most accurate?

• men are more likely to vote than women
• blue collar workers are more likely to vote than are professionals
• those with less than a high school  education are more likely to vote than are college graduates
• seniors citizens are more likely to vote than are college students

The supremacy clause in the Constitution states that

• federal law takes precedence over state law when the laws conflict
• only Congress may declare war
• the federal government has the right to regulate interstate commerce
• the Supreme Court has the power to overturn decisions of lower courts