Before being considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee, nominees for __________ must survive a preliminary vote by the nominee's two home-state senators
a. the Supreme Court
b. circuit court
c. district court
d. state Supreme Court
Answer: c
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The only state that has a senator that is neither a Democrat nor a Republican is
a. Vermont. b. California. c. Virginia. d. Massachusetts. e. Florida
______ frequently result from a split between soft-liners and hard-liners in an authoritarian regime.
A. Top-down democratic transitions B. Bottom-up democratic transitions C. Waves of democratization D. Collective action issues
Which of the following best articulates why U.S. dependence on foreign oil could be viewed as a national security issue?
a. The United States has become energy independent during the last decade. b. The need for oil is expected to decline during the next two decades. c. Solar power is now more prevalent in the United States than in any other country. d. The United States only imports oil from its allies. e. The United States spends billions on oil from nations that might be hostile.
The structuralist argument asserts that in democracies, political disputes are resolved by compromise and that this carries over to foreign relations in all of the following ways except
a. the politics of compromise that extends from domestic to foreign relations. b. the domestic processes of democracies lead to moderate solutions in foreign relations. c. democratic institutions force the government to maintain its commitments. d. democracies generally have stronger economies and can offer more foreign aid.