_________ occurs when the Congress and presidency are controlled by different political parties, increasing the likelihood for interbranch disagreement and conflict
a. Bipartisanship c. Separation of powers
b. Divided government d. Earmarking
B
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Which of the following statements about Brazil is untrue?
a. It is highly rural, with over 85 percent of the population living in the Amazon. b. Approximately half of Brazil is in the Amazon Basin. c. It is the fifth-largest country in the world. d. It hosted the international Earth Summit in 1992. e. It has a large indigenous population in the Amazon.
Article VI of the U.S. Constitution contains the supremacy clause. What is the importance of this clause?
a. It requires that the individual state constitutions will be the “supreme law of the land” and that the national constitution may not override them. b. It creates the standard that no other law, state constitution, or government action may override the U.S. Constitution, which is considered the “supreme law of the land.” c. It states that Congress is supreme over the other two branches of government. d. It provides that no single government has supremacy over another. e. It establishes the supremacy of the American citizen as the ultimate power.
Which of the following types of harassment occurs when employers request or demand sexual favors in return for advancement in employment?
a. quid pro quo b. hostile working environment c. abuse of power d. de facto
Which of the following represents a weakness of dependency theory?
a. Fernando Cardoso's failure to turn around Brazil's economy after being elected president and relying heavily on dependency theory to guide his policies b. The phenomenon of "dual economies" in the Third World c. Failure to explain why some "peripheral" countries in East Asia grew faster than the United States and Europe in the 1980s and 1990s d. Attribution of the North-South divide to historical imperialism and the nature of capitalist globalization e. The inability to account for the failure of many poor countries to benefit from global economic liberalization to the extent that orthodox liberal economic theory predicted