Which of the following best describes a structuralist explanation of the causes of World War I?

a. The great powers did not share values, identities, and norms, which made an outbreak of war inevitable.
b. World leaders made deliberate choices in a quest for power that led to the outbreak of the war.
c. The changing global distribution of power and the way the great powers were aligned

against each othercreated an environment conducive to armed conflict.
d. The absence of powerful international institutions made diplomacy difficult and cooperation impossible asstates sought their own self-interest.


c

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a. The U.S. Constitution mandates a two-party system. b. All constitutional powers are shared. c. There is always a divided government. d. Parties have been nonideological since the mid-1990s.

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What does it mean to be a liberal or conservative? Is ideology more important than practical politics?

What will be an ideal response?

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A policy whereby the state promotes certain export industries by providing government subsidies or other forms of assistance is known as

a. strategic trade. c. embedded liberalism. b. comparative advantage. d. industrial policy.

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In doing research on a natural disaster, we would consider the natural event as

A) the independent variable. B) an act of God. C) the dependent variable. D) something we can manipulate.

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