Which of the following best describes the term "sovereign state"?
a. A group of senior military officials that have seized control of the existing government.
b. A nation ruled by the tenets of democracy.
c. A country that has broken away from an autocratic government to form an independent, self-governing entity.
d. A community with solid borders that is ruled by a monarch.
e. A well-defined territory overseen by a single government that makes and enforces laws.
e
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Before the 2003 Iraq War, columnist Robert Kagan argued that
a. Europeans were still used to the old realist way of thinking. b. Europeans were too used to complex interdependence to confront dangerous dictators. c. Europeans could not appreciate the level of complex interdependence that was threatened by dangerous dictators. d. the United States was too accustomed to complex interdependence with Europe to coerce them into joining a military alliance. e. the United States was too immersed in complex interdependence with the Middle East and the politics of oil to mount an effective military operation there.
The policy of deploying enough nuclear weapons so that an enemy would not, in theory, attack the United States for fear of being attacked in retaliation was the basis for the policy of
A) balance of power. B) isolationism. C) strategic deterrence. D) tactical deterrence. E) concurrent concern.
An experimental design employs two groups: a(n) __________group and a(n) __________group
a) Experimental; control b) Pretest; Posttest c) Experimental; Posttest d) Pretest; Control
Experiments are conducted not only to find evidence for a position, but also to
A) avoid tentative conclusions. B) prove one's theory. C) rule out rival hypotheses. D) determine the absolute truth.