To what does the term "Third House" refer?
A. retired and former legislators who advise current legislators
B. the state-owned residence in which the governor lives
C. a group that possesses great political power and functions like a third chamber of the state legislature
D. the initiative industry, which employs paid signature gatherers in order to qualify many initiative measures for the ballot
Answer: C
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What does a government corporation do?
a. generatesignificant profit for the federal government b. provide services that could be provided by the private sector c. break up monopolies and promote free-market principles d. expand international trade
Most of the power in Congress is found in
A. the chairmanship of committees and subcommittees. B. specialized caucuses. C. state delegations. D. party leaders. E. caucuses.
What does the imperial overstretch theory argue?
a. Powerful nations tend to over-expand and weaken. b. Powerful nations tend to expand and get stronger. c. The Soviet economic and political system was inherently weak. d. Halfway reforms are bound to be bungled. e. A good economic and political system should be backed by geographical expansion to keep the country's economy steady.
Modernization theory failed in part because
A) community norms upheld tradition too strongly to modernize. B) developed countries extracted all of the profits of modernization. C) environmental conditions proved too challenging for modernization. D) the Great Recession hit and destroyed the world's industrial base. E) there were already lots of developed countries that provided competition.