WorksheetsReapportionment Redistricting Gerrymandering
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Cracking is....
on the left
on the left
on the right
on the right
Which statement is entirely correct?
Each state receives three senators and two House of Representatives members.
Each state receives two House of Representatives members, and the number of senators is based on population.
Each state receives two senators, and the number of House of Representatives members is based on population.
Each state receives 10 senators and 10 House of Representatives members.
What is the process of dividing the seats in the House of Representatives among the 50 states called?
Redistricting
Reapportionment
Gerrymandering
Party Loyalty
Where do the population numbers used for reapportionment come from?
The number of people who voted in the last election
The number of births in an area since the last reapportionment
The number of deaths in an area since the last reapportionment
The most recent census
How often does the United States give the census?
Every 10 years
Every other year
Every 50 years
Every 25 years
What is the process of redrawing district lines for national and state elections based on the most recent census called?
Reapportionment
Gerrymandering
Single-Issue Voting
Redistricting
What word refers to manipulating district boundaries in an election to favor a particular political party?
Reapportionment
Redistricting
Gerrymandering
Straight-Ticket Voting
True or False: In most cases, gerrymandering is accomplished by squeezing as many voters from the opposite party into as few districts as possible thereby ensuring the remaining districts are won by the party drawing the lines.
True
False
What does redistricting mean?
Accurately counting all citizens in the country
Distributing the 435 seats in the House based on population shifts
Redrawing the boundaries of legislative districts
Drawing the map for the political benefit of one party or group
What does gerrymandering mean?
Accurately counting all citizens in the country
Distributing the 435 seats in the House based on population shifts
Redrawing the boundaries of legislative districts
Drawing the map for the political benefit of one party or group
States may gain or lose congressional representation as population levels change. This process is called:
gerrymandering
redistricting
realignment
reapportionment
Only the ____ is reapportioned based on population changes.
Senate
House of Representatives
Congressional districts change every _____ years.
3
5
10
15
What is the first step in the reapportionment/redistricting process?
have state legislatures draw district lines
determine how many people each representative will represent
do the census
determine the number of representatives each state will have
Why is redistricting necessary after every census and what are the rules for redistricting?
People move in and out of a state.
The president gets to decide how many representatives each state has.
Each district must have approximately the same number of people.
Each district must have contiguous territory.
Every state must have the same number of people.
Who redraws district lines?
(a)
The party in power draws district lines to
benefit everyone.
allow for equal representation.
their political benefit.
The process of drawing congressional districts to the advantage of a political party is called
incumbent advantage
reapportionment
gerrymandering
censure
Describe one rule for redistricting.
What are the implications of gaining or losing seats in a state?
