Usury is the practice of:
a. offering loans at interest rates far above the legal limit
b. setting up illegal gambling schemes
c. extorting money from small businesses for "protection"
d. making illegal illicit sex videos
a
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Personal power is also referred to as
a. authority. b. autonomy. c. autocracy. d. ascription.
___________ is the process by which distinct groups merge and become integrated as one
a. Pluralism b. Colonialism c. Segregation d. Assimilation
"We invent the automobile to get us between two points faster, and suddenly we find we have to build new roads. And that means we have to invent traffic regulations... and then we have to invent a whole new organization called the highway patrol.". This assessment supports the idea that
a. necessity is the mother of invention. b. if a new invention is to come into being, the cultural base must be large enough to support it. c. invention is the mother of necessity. d. if people have the power to create material innovations they also have the power to destroy them.
Which of the following is a discretionary power of a prosecutor?
a. impose sentences b. enforce specific laws c. recommend sentences d. arrest or detain people