What 1901 event transformed the Texas economy from an agricultural climate to a more oil-based climate?
a. Spindletop
b. Standard Oil Company's monopolization in the United States
c. the Texas Revolution
d. admission as a state into the United States
e. the Spanish American War
a
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Which of the following scenarios is most indicative of the first stage of the norms life cycle?
a. Kimi and Fumi are powerless to avoid eating foods laced with pesticides because nobody cares about the issue. b. Elena and Olivia can buy any foods they want without worrying about pesticide use because the assumption that food is raised without pesticides is a given. c. Bob and Jerry travel to nine countries speaking passionately about the harmful effects of pesticides and urging people to eliminate their usage. d. Kishan and Kartik attend a government hearing where leaders are discussing the issue of overuse of pesticides.
Which of the following is an example of a temporary interest?
A) U.S. support for Iraq during its 1980s war with Iran B) The U.S. keeping hostile powers out of the western hemisphere C) Chinese export subsidies that cost Americans jobs D) Russian military force applied in Georgia and Chechnya
Which of the following is an example of "groupthink" that might occur in a university setting?
a. The leaders of the student government trying to do what they think is most popular. b. The members of a fraternity all accepting that athletics are more important than academics. c. A group of students protesting against an increase in tuition and fees done without student input. d. The professors largely accepting the idea that their main purpose is to prepare students to think for themselves.
Which statement explains why taxes in Germany are considered less progressive than in the United States?
a. Germany's taxes focus more on wealth than consumption, so they have a proportionally lower impact on the poor. b. Germany's taxes focus more on consumption than income, so they have a proportionally higher impact on the poor. c. Germany's taxes focus more on income than real estate, so they have a proportionally higher impact on renters than homeowners. d. Germany's taxes focus more on real estate than consumption, so they have a proportionally higher impact on non-productive sectors of the economy.