Imperial overstretch is best defined as
a. when a country becomes geographically too big to rule.
b. when a country strikes a balance between being isolationist and highly interventionist.
c. an approach that relies on self-help and independent strategies in foreign policy.
d. when an imperializing country has too many colonies to be able to support.
e. the historic tendency for superpowers to overspend militarily and weaken their economies leaving them vulnerable to rivals.
E
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a. The rational basis standard applies only to racial classifications; the intermediate standard applies to gender and sexual orientation classifications.— b. The intermediate standard of review is applied to a broader array of classifications than the rational basis standard. c. It is easier for the government to demonstrate a rational basis for a law than to meet the requirements of the intermediate standard. d. Those who dislike a law will have an easier time getting it overturned if the Supreme Court applies the intermediate standard instead of the rational basis test.
In _________________ America acknowledged but did not formally support Beijing’s position that Taiwan was a Chinese province and that there was only one China, the PRC, and only one Chinese government.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).