Which of the following statements is true of fracking?
A) It has turned the United States into the number-one oil producer in the world as of 2014.
B) It greatly contributes to the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
C) It is a costly process owing to high prices of oil and gas.
D) It involves pumping a high-pressure mixture of iron and sulfur into oil-or gas-bearing underground rock.
E) It is commonly known as gas well dewatering.
A
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Both military and civilian governments of Nigeria have tended to adopt what kind of economic posture?
a. One characterized by laissez-faire, with the state playing a minimal role in the economy b. An interventionist one with the state intruding unhindered into the major sectors of the economy c. A mixed one involving some government planning and intervention, but with a strong market-based economy as well d. A command economy involving the government setting five-year economic plans for the entire economy e. A predatory one in which political leaders regularly use their positions for economic benefit
The "fifth modernization" refers to China's
a. movement toward global domination. b. movement toward democracy. c. movement toward a partnership with Japan. d. movement toward a partnership with the United States.
The emotional power of nationalism is best epitomized by ________
a. absolutist monarchs who tried to replace local with national consciousness b. administering different peoples as one unit c. imperial powers utilizing a divide-and-conquer strategy in their colonies d. the French Revolution e. the American Revolution
Under Woodrow Wilson, the Democratic Party
A. rejected the policies of progressivism. B. continued to adhere to the same basic policies that it did in the nineteenth century. C. began a radical change by endorsing the idea that government should become involved in the economy. D. shattered into three very distinct parties that were extraordinarily antagonistic toward each other. E. adopted a policy of isolating the United States from the affairs of the rest of the world.