God of our fathers, known of old— lord of our far-flung battle-line— beneath whose awful hand we hold dominion over palm and pine— in “recessional” by rudyard kipling, what does the phrase “palm” and “pine” say about the british empire? its boundaries were expansive, including countries in arctic and tropical climates. its political structure was both strong and flexible. its traditional religions were growing at a fast pace. its culture was eclectic, borrowing from many different traditions and practices.

Delegates: representatives who cast votes at a political party's national convention. binding: if a primary or caucus is “binding” that means the delegates won in that contest are legally bound to vote for a particular candidate at the parties national convention.a primary is a preliminary election used to determine a party's nominee for a specific office. the winner of the party's caucus, or primary, wins the party nomination for that state. then the delegates meet at their party's national party convention, which is a formal gathering of all party delegates from all states.