How did Reagan's administration alter U.S. environmental policy in the 1980s?
A. It drastically reduced the EPA's funding and oversight ability.
B. It shifted focus from planting new forests to protecting old ones.
C. It privatized national parks, resulting in increased overall funding.
D. It tripled U.S. oil production by deregulating offshore drilling operations.
Answer: A
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The northern region of Mesopotamia is known as
A) Assyria. B) Ur. C) Sumer. D) Palestine. E) Akkad.
For women, the most important effect of the Revolution and reform was to:
A) expand the vote to women in most states. B) radically change their legal role in society. C) reassert men's absolute dominance over women. D) change expectations of women's position more than laws.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. According to Connell, since specific groups of men control most of the resources required to implement claims for justice, men and boys are significant gatekeepers for gender inequality. 2. Equality between men and women has been a doctrine well recognized in international law since 1978. 3. When men are present only as a background category in a policy discourse about women, it is difficult to raise issues about men’s and boys’ interests, problems, or differences. 4. The men who receive most of the benefits of gender inequality and the men who pay most of the costs are not the same individuals. 5. Men’s support and participation is largely absent in the history of efforts towards gender equality.
In the realm of religion, in the late nineteenth century, which of the following is not true?
A) Greater tolerance, or perhaps indifference to religion, led to more acceptance of religious diversity. B) Reconciliation between the Catholic Church and most Protestant denominations C) Persistent anti-Semitism continued in Eastern Europe. D) Germany and Austria-Hungary granted citizenship to Jews. E) Most European society refused to accept Jews as social equals.