What quality does the CBO have that Congressional committees lack?
How does the government use monetary policy to try to steer the economy?
Why does the growth of entitlement spending pose a challenge for the government?
What were the two specific parts of the Supreme Court’s decision in the Bakke case (1978)?
How is Brown v. Board of Education (1954) related to the Equal Protection Clause?
What are the various parts of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
What power did Congress use to pass civil rights legislation?
What was the relationship between women’s suffrage and the abolitionist movement?
How is redistricting and gerrymandering related to the equal protection clauses?
What is the relationship between Roe v. Wade (1973) and privacy?
Why are civil liberties and safety often in tension with one another?
How often does the Supreme Court overturn decisions made by the appellate courts?

Choose the description that best matches each word. write the correct letter in the blank. 1. ostinato a. large, extended composition for chorus and orchestra 2. atonality b. full orchestra 3. musicology c. festive, march-like opening to a play or “semi-opera” 4. concerto d. small group of solo instruments 5. minimalism e. music contrasting a full orchestra and solo instruments 6. art song f. music played under the action to influence the mood 7. strophic form g. a vocal song focusing on artistic expression 8. incidental h. each stanza of a poem is set to the same music 9. oratorio i. repeated musical pattern that provides unity to a piece 10. dissonance j. steady beat; simple harmonies; short, repetitive melody 11. concertino k. harsh, unstable sounding of pitches; harmonic tension 12. tutti l. all 12 tones of chromatic scale, no tonal center 13. entrada m. the historical and scientific study of music