Question

A. Identify TWO types of political boundaries shown on the map above.

B. Explain how ONE type of boundary on the map impacts human populations. Be sure to explain how the boundaries both unite and divide people.
C. Explain the role of the U.S. Census in determining congressional districts.
D. Define gerrymandering
E. Describe the role of gerrymandering in U.S. electoral politics.
F-Explain how the map above represents gerrymandering

Answer 1

a. Two types of political boundaries shown on the map above are political boundaries and delimited boundaries.

b. Political boundaries are imaginary lines/boundaries that separate territories, like different states. These boundaries can divide people because they can separate people who share the same culture, language, or ethnicity. Political boundaries can unite people by promoting the group identity of the people in the boundary. Political boundaries can also unite people through a shared culture created from different cultures mixing together, or shared traditions. For example, people in the states have an affiliation to a sports team that unites people who support the same team, like people from Florida/Tallahassee who support FSU's seminoles are united through their support for the team and can share traditions that they have.

c. The US Census conducts the census in 10 year intervals. The census will determine the number of seats that each state gets in the House of Representatives, which is based on their population(s).

d. Gerrymandering is when people manipulate the congressional districts' boundaries in order to create an advantage or disadvantage to a certain party.

e. The role of gerrymandering in US electoral politics is to benefit one party or to disadvantage another. For example, you can either pack or crack a district. Packing is when the districts are created to clump all of the minority or opposition party into as few districts as possible, to give them less votes and power. This could lead to the other party winning the elections. Cracking is when districts are created to disperse or crack the minority or opposing party into many different districts so they won't be the majority in their districts. This also leads the other party to have the majority and win the elections.

f. The map above represents gerrymandering because the congressional districts aren't drawn proportionally. There are 4 very large districts which could be due to cracking and a couple medium sized districts, and a good number of very small districts which would indicate packing.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

C. The Census Bureau conducts the census at 10-year intervals. At the conclusion of each census, the results are used to calculate the number of House memberships to which each state is entitled

D. The drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit a party, group, or incumbent.