A leader in a small African country is being investigated for corruption and embezzlement. To avoid being investigated further,he starts a war with a neighboring country. This is an example of ______.

a. frustration-aggression theory
b. diversionary theory
c. multipolarism
d. war weariness


b. diversionary theory

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In statistics, a subset of people drawn from the larger group of all the people of interest is a

A) Parameter. B) Population. C) Reference group. D) Sample.

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In _____, the Supreme Court upheld Title II of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, a federal statute aimed at loan-sharking

a. Katzenbach v. McClung (1964) b. Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States (1964) c. Perez v. United States (1971) d. United States v. Lopez (1995)

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State constitutional provisions for local government:

A. give local governments as much autonomy in the state system as state governments have in the federal system. B. usually put no restrictions on local governments' financial powers. C. often allow local governments to possess only those powers granted by the state. D. seldom prescribe the structures of government that localities may have.

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Presidential directives that change an environmental rule on allowable pollutants by firms are __________ and take immediate effect

A)unconditional B)classified C)gridlocked D)self-executing

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