- Question 14 (1 point) (1) Listen One might study religions of the world to: gain insights into religious traditions figure out what religions have in common learn tolerance and appreciation of differences all of the above
- 1. Why is the House the part of Congress that is closest to the people? Why were they given the power to introduce all bills dealing with revenue?What would a shorter electoral cycle insure? 2.Why is the Senate a more deliberative body than the House? 3.What are the advantages to incumbency? Describe the 6 main components. 4.What is reapport ionment? When does it occur? What is redistricting? 5.How can the process of reappointment and redistricting affect incumbency advantage? 6.What is gerrymandering? Where did the term originate?When is it unconstitutional? What is a "safe seat?" What was different when congressional districts were more competitive? 8.What is a majority -minority district?When is it illegal? Describe the difference between descriptive representation and substantive representation (not in the book)
- Question 12 (1 point) 1) Listen Jacques Derrida: argued that you had to live in the culture that you were studying thought that structures in the mind formed similarities across cultures went beyond ordinary interpretation of texts to discover new cultural meanings was a counterpart of Sigmund Freud's
- The phenomenological approach to religion: assumes that there are no commonly shared elements of religion among diverse cultures treats the sacred as a universal fact relies solely on primary texts asks broad questions such as "why does God exist?"
- Polytheism is: the belief that the sacred is everywhere the belief in many gods the belief in one god the belief in no god
