Briefly provide an example of the role the World Health Organization (WHO)plays in battling disease.
What will be an ideal response?
Perhaps no problem was more horrible and deadly as smallpox. The disease killed between 200 and 300 million people in the twentieth century. By 1979, the WHO had exterminated the virus causing smallpox through a long campaign of vaccinations around the world.
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Which of the following best summarizes the supreme court's ruling in brown v. Board of education?
A) racially segregated schools can never be equal B) states that segregate need to spend more money to make african american schools equal C) the federal judiciary, but not congress, has the power to enforce civil rights D) school segregation was unfair but did not violate the fourteenth amendment
Which of the following policies would support the imposition of tariffs?
a. Free trade b. Imperialism c. Zero sum game d. Mercantilism e. Comparative advantage
Shays' Rebellion plays an important role in American history for which of the following reasons?
A. It represents the first major battle to occur in the southern colonies during the American Revolution. B. It anticipated the states' rights battle. C. It was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War. D. It made obvious the weaknesses of the government under the Articles of Confederation. E. It enabled the colonists to reorganize and gain the upper hand against the British in the Revolutionary War.
Political parties are not essential institutions in democratic republics
Indicate whether the statement is true or false