What does the empty list passed in the assert function mean?

Question

sorry for the weird title.

I am currently learning Django, and going through their tutorial. In Part 5, it discusses test cases which I am understanding well.

However, I am unclear what the last line of the snippet means.

    def test_future_question(self):
        #questions with a pub_date in the future aren't displayed on the index page.
        create_question(question_text="Future question.", days=30)
        response = self.client.get(reverse('polls:index'))
        self.assertContains(response, "No polls are available.")
        self.assertQuerysetEqual(response.context['latest_question_list'], [])

Why must we pass an empty list? It doesn't make any sense to me, and I am just wanting to learn why.

Thank you!