In representative government, citizens exercise power ______.

a. directly
b. indirectly
c. efficiently
d. passively


b. indirectly

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Which best reflects the conclusions of most tests of the idea of rational decision making?

a. People do tend to make rational decision. b. Individually people make rational decisions, but collectively that yields decisions that do not appear rational. c. Individually people do not make rational decisions, but collectively the decisions do appear rational. d. Neither individuals nor the public at large appear to be making rational decisions much of the time. e. The data is inconclusive and not even preliminary conclusions.

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The United States belongs to a mutual defense treaty where every member pledges that if one member is attacked, all other members will rally to their defense. This organization, which includes many European nations, is called

  a. the United Nations.  b. ANZUS.  c. the Rio Treaty.  d. NATO. 

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"Spin" is when a campaign puts forward the most favorable possible interpretation for their candidate on any circumstance occurring in the campaign

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are both ______ international organizations.

a. global, multiple-issue b. regional, single-issue c. global, single-issue d. regional, multiple-issue

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