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Freshman Seminar COR 1203
Midterm Review
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Undergraduate 1
09/26/2011

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Government 
Definition
Institution that sets policies for our society; it is a structure and institution that resolves conflicts; allocates resources and benefits 
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Politics 
Definition

How the institution sets policies; the direction they go to resolve conflicts 

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Catalyst for Change 
Definition
pop culture is valuable; our pop culture can be a catalyst for change in our society; can spark change before it happens 
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Interactive 
Definition
a theory that where pop culture and politics affect eachother at the same time. 
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Informative 
Definition
A type of purpose for political movies/TV/music where the main objective is to improve knowledge of a certain subject to an audience 
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Educate 
Definition
A type of purpose that can teach both the negative and positive aspects of a certain political topic which provides more knowleadge about an event, person or concept
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Satiric 
Definition
satire; overly exaggerating a certain topic in order to emphasize the problems with that topic (i.e. Saturday Night Live) 
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Cathartic 
Definition
a puprose of pol movies/tv/music in order to help people have a better understanding of an event or to help release tension or fear (i.e. Not Ready to Make Nice) 
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Change-Driven 
Definition
the artist wants to see change, so they ultimately uses certain med to help evoke that change 
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How do they determine the number of reps in the House of Representatives? 
Definition
The population of the specific states. The greater the population the more reps
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Are their term limits for Congress members? 
Definition
No, there is no term limits 
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Senators go up for re-election every ____ years.
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Term
Hous of representatives go up for re-election every ____ years. 
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2
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How many total Congressmen are there?
Definition
535
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How many Senators does each state have? 
Definition
2
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What are the 3 major functions of Congress? 
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(1) Lawmaking (2) Representation (3) Oversight
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What is the only way to stop a Filibuster? 
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Cloture Must get 60 votes from senators (majority of Senate) which limits the debate to 30 hours. 
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What is a Filibuster? 
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Senator holds the floor and can talk for as long as your can stand and talk 
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What is soft money? 
Definition
Regards campaign money that can be donated to a specific party which can be unlimited 
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What is hard money? 
Definition
When you give money to a specific political candidate (limited) 
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