Author: chris

• What reasons were used by Monroe to justify this foreign policy pronouncement, and how do they relate to arguments made during the revolutionary and early republic periods?

• The Monroe Doctrine became one of the crucial foundations of American foreign policy over the next century; what was the occasion for Monroe’s articulation of this doctrine, and what were the circumstances motivating its adoption?

What is the conscience? How does “natural law” work to inform our conscience?

How does Catholic theology understand the sacraments as “means of grace”?

How is a sacrament both a sign and a symbol?

What makes the symbol or cultural artifact so powerful as a representative icon of the company?

How important is it to commerce in a country that the people of the country have been exposed to crosscultural influences because of colonization or intercultural exchanges?

How might geography and environment influence things like society, thought, politics, and religious beliefs?

What influences did managing the movement of water have on developing civilizations?

Compare the Tang Empress Wu Zetian (also known as Empress Wu or as Wu Zhao; ruled China around 690-705 AD) with either the Pharaoh Cleopatra (ruled Egypt around 51-31 BC) or the Pharaoh Hatshepsut (ruled Egypt around 1478-1458 BC).