What is cultural pluralism? i am really confused by the cultural part.. this is for sociology.

A term used when smaller groups in a  larger society keep their unique cultural identities, and their values and practices are accepted by the wider culture provided they are consistent with the laws and values of the wider society

Its where there are more than one cultures

Prior to the creation of the us constitution, the general view of representative government is that it only worked in very small-scale environments- essentially a city-state or smaller. otherwise, the actual reflection of popular will declined in the representatives (ie, the difference between 1 representative per 100 citizens and 1 representative per 10,000 citizens), and generally the whole process became inefficient and self-destructive.james madison, however, was like 'no beezy'. he remarked that small republics were prone to faction and thus collapsed quickly. a large republic, he said, had so many interests and factions that none could rule, and thus they had to moderate and compromise.