Your American government class is discussing political socialization. The professor asks you to reflect on your earliest memory of an experience that demonstrates diffuse support for the American political system. What might your answer be?
a. registering to vote
b. captaining a sports team
c. learning the Pledge of Allegiance
d. voting in a mock presidential election during a high school assembly
Answer: c
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A) lack of a functioning oil economy. B) religious conflict between Sunni and Shiite branches of Islam. C) continued crackdown on open protest of the government. D) resurgence of the Ba'ath Party as a democratic force. E) failure to establish a free and independent press.
The government has failed in building human capital partly because of ______.
a. no specialization b. weak performance management systems c. the Civil Service Reform Act d. the Government Performance and Results Act
Identify the correlation between annual income and activity as a convention delegate
A) Most convention delegates have annual incomes much higher than average voters. B) Most convention delegates have annual incomes much lower than average voters. C) Most convention delegates have annual incomes much higher than even high-income voters. D) Most convention delegates have annual incomes similar to average voters.
What is the main difference between the military security concerns of the pre- and post-World War II eras?
a. Global powers are now much more willing to enter into direct military conflicts against each other. b. Wars are now fought by transnational entities rather than by individual nations. c. The rules of warfare have now eliminated the risk of civilians being killed by acts of war. d. Direct conflicts between major powers have been replaced by civil conflicts outside of the developed world.