AP GoPo Unit 2 Topics 1-3 Practice Quiz

House of Congress based on equal representation for all states. Members have 6 year terms and 1/3 of the seats are up for election every 2 years. Has 100 members and has been viewed viewed as the upper house with more powers and a responsibilities of the 2 houses.

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• Parliament

Established the principle of "one person, one vote", ordered state legislative districts to be as near equal as possible in population. The Court asserted that the federal courts had the right to tell states to reapportion their districts for more equal representation.

• Baker v. Carr (1962)

• Shaw v. Reno (1993)

• Shelby v. Holder (2013)

Drawing the boundaries of legislative districts in bizarre or unusual shapes to favor one party.

• Minority-Majority District

• Gerrymandering

• Redistricting

• Reapportionment

Which of the following statements about the Senate is true?

• Each state is represented in the Senate according to its population.

• The Senate, unlike the House, has a Rules Committee.

• The Senate is more responsible than the House for initiating appropriations legislation.

• Individual senators can exercise substantial influence over the legislative process.

Which of the following is NOT true of the Congress?

• Each house determines its own leadership and rules

• Terms of Congress last for two years

• Congress is unicameral in nature

• Only the president may call special sessions of Congress

House of Congress based on equal representation for all states. Members have 6 year terms and 1/3 of the seats are up for election every 2 years. Has 100 members and has been viewed viewed as the upper house with more powers and a responsibilities of the 2 houses.

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• Parliament

Power of the Senate to approve, or not approve of, the president's nominations to federal courts, agencies, ambassadors, etc.; the Senate also ratifies treaties agreed to by the president

• Enumerated Powers

• Implied Powers

• Advice and Consent Powers

• Reserved Powers

All of the following are ways that the legislative branch can check the powers of the executive branch EXCEPT:

• Congress may pass a law declaring a presidential action unconstitutional.

• The Senate may refuse to approve a presidential appointment.

• Congress may override a presidential veto.

• Congress may remove the president through its impeachment and conviction powers.

The --- confirms or denies presidential appointments to the Federal bureaucracy. 

• Supreme Court
• Congress
• House of Representatives 
• Senate

What is the difference between gerrymandering and redistricting?

• Gerrymandering is beneficial to all political parties, redistricting only benefits the majority party.

• Gerrymandering is legal, redistricting is illegal.

• Redistricting changes district lines, gerrymandering does not.

• Gerrymandering is illegal, redistricting is not.