Warming that occurs because the sun's heat is trapped in the atmosphere by carbon dioxide and other gases is
a. the ozone effect.
b. the greenhouse effect.
c. the chief cause of acid rain.
d. the major cause of the "China Syndrome."
b
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Military forces as interest aggregators and leaders of governments are unique in that they
A. are superbly organized and efficient. B. are well-suited to governing civilian populations. C. maintain a monopoly on coercive force. D. tend to have high levels of legitimacy.
One of the reasons the reporting of national news is relatively uniform among news sources is that
A. modern journalists have become fairly lazy and use mostly wire reports to create news copy for the network newscasts. B. the government dictates much of what is reported. C. there are only a few important events each day that merit news coverage. D. many outlets take their news from a single source, the Associated Press. E. reporters are not given much freedom by their editors.
Political scientists use ___________ when operationally
defining the ability to make well-informed decisions. a. math skills b. literacy rates c. average years of education per person d. the percentage of population with a high-school education
What were the "Proximity Talks" the Obama administration engaged in when confronting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
a. George Mitchell, the U.S. Middle East Envoy, would meet each side separately and seek to improve the atmosphere for negotiations to eventually lead to direct talks. b. The repudiation of the U.S. acknowledgment of the land seized by Israel during the Six-Day War. c. The negotiation of building homes and schools on the Gaza Strip as a step toward peaceful resettlement of the area. d. The talks held with leaders of "Arab Spring" states, with the stated goal that peace in the region would encourage peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. e. The summit held between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the efforts of Iran to develop nuclear weapons.