Which of the following is a result of desertification?
a. improved water quality
b. improved air quality
c. decreased food production
d. decreased downstream flooding
c. decreased food production
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The United States pursues its economic policy goals through which of the following?
A. foreign aid B. World Bank C. International Monetary Fund (IMF) D. all of these: the World Bank, foreign aid, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) E. None of these answers is correct.
The government of Melize does not impose strict restrictions on private sector investments but tries to control economic inequality in the society by creating policies to redistribute economic wealth and protect the poor
The government imposes high taxes on the wealthy sections of the society to provide public goods and other facilities that favor economic growth. Melize is an example of a ________. A. social democracy B. laissez faire economy C. planned economy D. free-market system E. command economy
Which of the following were designed to give more discretion and flexibility to the recipient governments within one broadly defined policy area.
a. Categorical grants b. Grants-in-aid c. Block grants d. Unfunded mandates
Alexis De Tocqueville, a French political theorist who came to America in the early nineteenth century to view American democracy stated, "No countries need associations more to prevent either despotism of parties or the arbitrary rule of a prince- than those words without a democratic state." He goes onto list three reasons why Americans join interest groups after experiencing political culture first hand. Which is not a reason Americans do not typically join interest groups?
a. To write a social grievance. b. For social enjoyment. c. To combat moral troubles. d. Because political leaders suggest it.