The 2008 election was unusual because
a. it produced an evenly divided Senate for the first time in a century.
b. the same party won not only the presidency but also majority control in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
c. it was the first time a non-Christian won the presidency.
d. an independent candidate won the presidency for the first time.
e. one party won the presidency and Senate, while the other won the House of Representatives.
b
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Today's international system
a. is beset by too many forces for change to allow anyone to be able truly to predict the course of the future. b. offers us a rather easily predictable future assuming that major North–South conflicts do not occur. c. is in most ways similar to the system created by the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648. Few changes have taken place, and few changes are foreseeable for the future. d. is beset by international conflicts caused almost exclusively by the advance of science and technology. If this forward rush can be harnessed and controlled, it is likely that conflict can be reduced and even eliminated in the present system.
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Fill in the blank with correct word
The term state is most closely synonymous with which of these terms?
a. Colony b. Empire c. Government d. Nation
How does the process a parliamentary system uses to oust a chief executive differ from that available in the United States?
a. The prime minister can dissolve parliament rather than resigning from office. b. Parliamentary systems rely on the political system instead of the legal system. c. Parliamentary systems use a national referendum rather than the electoral college. d. Parliamentary systems can hold a vote of no confidence instead of using the impeachment process.