What makes presidential elections unique when compared with other elections?
a. Presidential elections have the smallest constituency.
b. Presidential elections receive less media coverage than other elections.
c. The president and the vice president are the only elected officials who answer to a national electorate.
d. There are more candidates in general presidential elections.
e. They are held in odd years.
ANS: C
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d. In terms of GDP, China has grown faster than other rapidly developing countries. e. GDP per capita in China is low when compared to more developed economies.
Mr. Marsh conducts an experiment that he cannot translate into real life. The treatment is not realistic. This threat to external validity is called
A) reactivity. B) artificial treatment. C) maturation. D) Hawthorne Effect.
Which of the following best describes bipartisanship?
a. an electoral process based on party rather than individual candidates b. the shifting of party alliances within the electorate c. the process of cooperating through compromise d. control of the Senate and House by the opposite party of the executive
Initially, the effects of colonialism hindered the creation of a unified state; contemporary leaders have failed to ______________ which has undermined building a stable society
a. support the military b. protect the country from foreign investment c. carefully invest the country's oil wealth d. foster tribal identities