TEST - STRUCTURE OF CONGRESS

A national count of all people living in a country;

• Census

• Prorogue

• Adjourn

• Bicameral

The voters who live in a specific state or district who are represented by a specific office-holder.

• adjourn

• bicameral

• constituents

• gerrymandering

To end a session of Congress.

• adjourn

• bicameral

• prorogue

• gerrymandering

The intentional breaking of the rules for drawing Congressional Districts to favor one specific

                                 political party.

• gerrymandering

• census

• adjourn

• bicameral

The power of the President to send Congress “home” for the rest of a session.

• prorogue

• constituents

• adjourn

• bicameral

With just a fraction of its seats up for election at any one time, the Senate is the only 

in Congress.

• continuous body

• term

• gerrymandered

• apportioned

 Seats in the House of Representatives are _______________ among the States according to their 

populations.

• TERM

• APPORTIONED

• AT-LARGE

• GERRYMANDERED

Since U.S. Senators are elected by the whole state, it is said they are elected __-_____.

• At-Large

• term

• apportioned

• continuous

A ____ of Congress lasts two years, during which time NO one is up for re-election.

• option

• census

• adjourn

• term

The United States Congress is _________, meaning it has two houses: the Senate and the 

House of Representatives.

• term

• bicameral

• doubled up

• two