Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein describe the contemporary House of Representatives as
a. both non-partisan and non-ideological.
b. having centralized leadership and ideologically polarized parties.
c. having relatively weak parties and weak leadership.
d. hostile to President Bush’s agenda.
b. having centralized leadership and ideologically polarized parties.
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Every member of the United Nations has a seat on the
A) General Assembly. B) Security Council. C) United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). D) Secretariat. E) Executive Session Center.
How many countries have a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council?
a. 10 b. 5 c. 9 d. 15 e. 1
Revisionist states upset a balance of power by definition because they
a. announce their goal to be the takeover of their neighbors. b. add to their power, thus implying a threat to other states. c. adopt an ideology that opposes the established status quo. d. attack another state without warning. e. ally with a coalition of other states and adopt aggressive policies.
In creating a national government with a system of checks and balances, the Framers sought to ________________.
A. Limit the ability of any branch of the national government to become too powerful B. Ensure that government would be accountable to the public C. Guarantee the supremacy of the states over the national government D. Ensure the president was the nation's true leader who would get the final say about most things