Unlike the tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber proposed by the United States in 2017, the trade restrictions imposed on Iran in 2005 were considered sanctions because ______.

a. Iran, unlike Canada, is not a traditional ally of the United States
b. the Iran sanctions were multilateral, while the proposed tariffs on Canada were unilateral
c. it is against international law to impose sanctions on developed countries such as Canada
d. the Iran sanctions had a political, rather than economic, purpose


d. the Iran sanctions had a political, rather than economic, purpose

Political Science

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Coalitions are:

a. Groups that join permanently to support a certain issue. b. Ongoing associations of persons and organizations. c. Groups that focus on producing or influencing something external to the group itself. d. Temporary associations created to consolidate power in support of a specific issue.

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Each justice has three or four ________, recent law school graduates who temporarily work for him or her, do research, help prepare the justice with background information, and assist with the writing of opinions.

a. assistant justices b. associate justices c. bailiffs d. law clerks

Political Science

Which of the following does not have a unitary government?

a. Japan b. France c. United States d. None of these

Political Science

Whether minority students have the right to be educated in their first language is primarily an issue of __________

a. judicial restraint b. multiculturalism c. checks and balances d. parliamentary procedure

Political Science