What is the basis for China’s claims to sovereignty over the islands in the South China Sea?

a. Their proximity to China’s coast.
b. China’s occupation of the islands late in World War II.
c. Historical rights based on discovery.
d. The 1951 U.S. peace treaty with Japan.


c. Historical rights based on discovery.

Political Science

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If age and gender caused variability in response to a particular pharmaceutical drug in elderly people, and we only test 70-year-old females, age and gender would be

A) manipulated independent variables. B) constants. C) manipulated dependent variables. D) nonmanipulated independent variables.

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Which of the following persons is an advocate of judicial restraint in policymaking?

a. Robert Bork b. Laurence Tribe c. John Ely d. All of the above are true.

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According to Lorenz, the rapid development of _______________ has upset the balance between our ability to kill and our inhibitions against doing so

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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NATO intervention in the former Yugoslavia to help prevent human rights abuses is a good example of the intersection of which two types of security?

A) Economic and human B) Economic and religious C) Human and international D) International and economic E) Religious and human

Political Science