AP Government & Politics
Unit 5 Identifications
Directions: Using your textbook and/or other supplementary resources, define (and identify the significance of) each of the
following terms. You may format these in a way that works best for you: flashcards, graphic organizer, Keynote/PowerPoint
presentation. (Remember, if you color code and use drawings/images, then you’ll get a few bonus points on the assignment.)
These terms will be due the day of your test for this unit. This will act as a good study guide for this unit!
1. bicameral legislature
28. conference committees
2. general powers of Congress
29. select committees
3. “special powers” given to each congressional
house
30. committee chairs
4. qualifications for being Senator
31. seniority system
32. caucus
5. qualifications for being a member of the House
of Representatives
33. congressional staff
6. incumbent
34. House Rules Committee
7. franking privilege
35. House Committee on Ways & Means
8. “servicing” the constituency
36. filibuster
9. casework
37. “How a Bill Becomes a Law” – process
10. pork barrel
38. logrolling
11. Speaker of the House
39. legislative oversight (congressional oversight)
12. President of the Senate
40. War Powers Resolution (1973)
13. President Pro Tempore
14. majority leader
15. minority leader
16. party whips
17. descriptive representation v. substantive
representation
18. congressional districting
19. apportionment/reapportionment
20. Reapportionment Act of 1929
21. gerrymandering
22. Baker v. Carr (1962)
23. Wesberry v. Sanders (1964)
24. Shaw v. Reno (1993)
25. Bush v. Vera (1996)
26. standing committees
27. joint committees