What California proposition resulted in people who were convicted of relatively minor crimes being sent to prison for life?
a. Three Strikes and You’re Out
b. Clean Up the Streets
c. Zero Tolerance
d. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
e. Just Desserts
ANS: A
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A) No linear relationship exists. B) A negative relationship exists. C) A less than perfect positive relationship exists. D) A relationship may exist in either direction.
Voter turnout rates in America today are
A. higher than they were for previous generations. B. lower than they were for previous generations. C. higher than in most European democracies. D. about the same as they were for previous generations. E. not recorded by scholars.
What does Waltz conclude about competition between the United States and Iran to dominate the Persian Gulf region?
a. Most of the other states in the region will likely choose to ally with Iran over the United States because they have more to fear from America's massive military might than from Iran's much smaller force. b. The competition between the United States and Iran is based on ideological concerns rather than on material strategic concerns and will likely disappear as ideological fervor in both countries dwindles. c. Most of the other states in the region will likely choose to ally with Iran over the United States because they share Iran's Islamic faith. d. Most of the other states in the region will likely choose to ally with the United States over Iran because Iran is a more proximate threat. e. Iranian influence in the region will gradually increase as its neighbors react against the potentially destabilizing effect of America's pro-democratic agenda on their own regimes.
State capacity measures:
a. the number of citizens in a country capable of working b. the ability to successfully and efficiently deliver public goods and services to citizens c. the amount and value of natural resources a country has d. the ability a nation has to interact with other countries in the world