Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The state can be defined as a political body that is organized for government and civil rule.
2. After World War II, much of geopolitics focused on the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
3. One major strand of structural functionalism suggests that pluralism consists of political elites from similar interest groups and organizations that vie for power.
4. Citizenship has always been universal, meaning that both men and women could vote for their representatives.
5. Dictators who organized political life and public sphere around men were building a core of masculinity.


1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE
5. FALSE

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