According to the World Bank, what factor appears to have the greatest impact on whether or not a country will have a civil war?
a. drug violence
b. having previously been a colony
c. sharing a border with a state currently engaging in a civil war
d. having previously had a civil war
d
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As of 2018, which region of the world has hosted the most UN peacekeeping missions?
A. South Asia B. Latin America C. Middle East D. Africa
In which of the following examples is voter participation an independent variable?
a.) In rural areas, voter participation is higher. b.) Campaigning seems to have no effect on voter participation. c.) Voter participation has a direct effect on spending on the next cycle of elections. d.) Charitable donations by candidates have a negative effect on voter participation.
Inner-city youths vary in their understandings of and relationships with the values and codes of the street. Among these youths, ___________.
A. about half are raised a "street oriented" environment B. decent youths maintain and enforce the code of the streets C. decent youths are expected to know the code of the streets D. street oriented youths never have the opportunity to absorb decent values
No matter how well organized, electoral alliances fail ______.
A. if they try to be all things to all people B. because they cannot always clearly differentiate their message from other alliances C. if they cannot get enough people to vote for their candidates D. because there are always too many divisions within an alliance