In a direct democracy, voters designate a relatively small number of people to represent their interests
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
False
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If you thought you were getting an inferior public education because of your ethnicity, which part of the Constitution would you rely on most heavily to justify your case?
a. the First Amendment b. the Fourteenth Amendment c. the Nineteenth Amendment d. the Equal Rights Amendment
What norm did the United Nations High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Changes endorse in 2005?
a. A collective international responsibility to protect civilians from the effects of war and human rights abuses b. A collective need to define terrorism and agree on a universal response c. A need to recognize that state sovereignty cannot be violated unless human rights abuses reach the level of genocide d. A need to revise UN human rights machinery to exclude those states that are gross violators of human rights e. A need to remove the power to intervene on behalf of human rights from the exclusive domain of the Security Council
What allowed the penny press to thrive in the 19th century?
A. Constant and aggressive coverage of politics was the most attractive strategy. B. Maintaining low prices to ensure that newspapers were widely available. C. Expanding the news to include human interest stories and coverage of crime, business, and social events. D. Embracing long-form stories for the Sunday editions combined with extensive advertising of new products.
________________ helps people make sense of the political world and predicts their behavior within it
a. Partisan identification b. Telephone polling c. Public opinion d. Grassroots activism e. Family influence