Although there has been a trend toward increasing democracies, all of the following were reported in 2012 EXCEPT:
a. there was more persecution of dissidents and journalists worldwide.
b. the regions of the Middle East and North Africa faced more declines than gains in recent years.
c. the area of Central Africa showed great gains in democracy and a decline in violence.
d. despite the hopefulness of the "Arab Spring," most governments responded with repression.
e. global declines in freedom outweighed gains.
c
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Which of the following statements about techniques used in dating fossil remains is NOT true?
A. The potassium-argon technique is used to date inorganic substances such as rock. B. Electron spin resonance is used to date rocks and minerals between 1,000 and 1,000,000 years old. C. Potassium-argon dating is most accurate on specimens over 500,000 years old. D. Carbon-14 dating is most accurate on specimens more than 70,000 years old. E. Carbon-14 techniques are used to date organic material.
The term ‘hominin' refers to:
a. all great apes b. modern humans and now extinct bipedal relatives c. all bipedal apes d. only modern humans e. only extinct bipedal relatives
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a. Pakistan. b. Iran. c. Vietnam. d. People's Republic of China. e. Sweden.