Refer to the Newsela article "PRO/CON: Should We Abolish the Electoral College?" Part A

Read the text under the heading "PRO: Let's Give All Voters an Equal Voice."

Which claim does the author make as a pro for doing away with the Electoral College.

The way the federal government is set up ensures that the minority has a voice.

The Senate and the House of Representatives have an equal voice in shaping government.

The popular vote determines the winner in a presidential election.

It is important to ensure that small states have an equal voice.
Question 2
Part B

Read this excerpt from the article.

The U. S. Senate gives states equal representation with two senators each. The House of Representatives, however, allocates representation based on population.

Does this excerpt provide evidence that effectively supports the claim identified in Part A?

No, because it does not provide an explanation for how the federal government is set up.

Yes, because it gives evidence that the Constitution provides a voice for minorities.

Yes, because it provides an example of the way in which the federal government gives smaller states a voice.

No, because it describes the legislature alone and not other parts of government.

demand is the need and oportunity to buy a given good or service.

answer:   migrations were important in the neolithic period. "two major migrations passing through southeastern europe were confirmed by the means of archaeo-genetic studies."

the first migration was the early neolithic period -- 6,000 before common era (bce) -- when the first farmers, from anatolia -- asia minor -- spread through europe. the second migration occurred during the early bronze age (3,000-2,500 bce) when the so-called "steppe population," from the eurasian steppe, replaced much of northern europe's previous population.

the first farmers of northern and western europe passed through southeastern europe with limited hunter-gatherer genetic admixture, which occurs when two or more previously isolated populations begin interbreeding. however, some groups that remained mixed extensively -- without the male-biased, hunter-gatherer admixture that prevailed later in the north and west, according to latest discoveries. southeastern europe continued to be a nexus between east and west, with intermittent genetic contact with the steppe people up to 2,000 years before the migrations that replaced much of northern europe's population.

"in some places, hunter-gatherers and incoming farmers seem to have mixed very quickly," says iain mathieson, a geneticist at the university of pennsylvania, who was first author of the paper. "but, mostly, the two groups remained isolated, at least for the first few hundred years. these hunter-gatherers had been living there for thousands of years, and it must have been quite a shock to have these new people show up -- with a completely different lifestyle and appearance."