Understand the significance of the following names and terms:

Article I
Gerrymandering
Seventeenth Amendment
Seven Functions of Congress
Speaker of the House
House Majority and Minority leaders
House Rules Committee
President of the Senate
President Pro Tempore
Senate Majority and Minority Leaders
Party Whips
Filibuster
Confirmation
Authorization and Appropriation
Congressional Committees
Seniority Rule
Conference Committees
Article II
NAFTA
Presidential Veto
Line Item Veto
Executive Office of the President
The Cabinet
Vice President

Be prepared to discuss (and be tested on):
1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the American system of constitutional democracy as opposed to parliamentary systems?
2. What is the nature of leadership in the American system of government?
3. In the American constutional system,  what ensures that government will be responsive ?