Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. The quick collapse of the Italian city-states and the Hanseatic League in northern Europe after the rise of the territorial state is an example of how the roles of political institutions change rapidly in the face of information revolutions.
2. Cheap flows of information have increased channels of contact between societies, while increasing the costs of control for governments.
3. Information technology provided crucial intermediate causes of the Arab Spring, primarily by enhancing the ability of citizens in Arab countries to compare their lives with the lives of others and by facilitating coordination of protests.
4. First movers are rarely the creators of the standards and architecture of information systems.
5. Drug cartels and paramilitaries in Latin America account for dramatically more acts of terrorism than al-Qaeda.
1. F
2. T
3. T
4. F
5. T
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A key phrase in the Canadian Constitution influencing Canadian rights is the:
A. Nunavut clause B. Separate but Equal clause C. Regional Balance of Powers clause D. Similar in Principle clause
Which of the following statements is true?
a. The Soviet command economy is still the guiding principle of the Russian economy. b. Mikhail Gorbachev's failure in trying to bring reform to the Soviet economy was his unwillingness to actually make the changes he proposed c. Boris Yeltsin succeeded where Gorbachev failed because he made changes in the economy in a slow, steady fashion that produced no dramatic results d. Boris Yeltsin built on Gorbachev's changes by instituting "shock therapy" by lifting price controls on selected consumer goods.
The lieutenant governor takes temporary control of the governorship whenever the governor leaves the state on official or unofficial business.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
What is credit claiming?
a. an advantage derived from the incumbent’s record b. a disadvantage of an incumbent’s failures c. a tool used by the comptroller to collect campaign fees d. a tool used by candidates to collect debts from contributors