When the New York Times decides to present schoolteachers as the good guys and politicians cutting their budgets as bad guys, it is engaging in __________
a. interpreting
b. agenda setting
c. newsmaking
d. censoring
Answer: a
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Realists believe that the main cause of the Cold War was
a. discordant geostrategic interests. b. concordant geopolitical interests. c. misperceptions between the superpowers. d. mutual disdain between Americana and soviet leaders. e. None of the above is true.
The idea of secularism held by most leaders in the Indian nationalist movement at the time of independence was that the state should be a
a. neutral arbiter among religions b. protector of religious minorities c. modernizer reducing the influence of all religions d. protector of the Hindu majority
In comparison to older states, the new states have ________
A. greater capacity to tax and extract revenue from their citizens B. greater difficulty in providing adequate government services to their citizens C. greater ability to effectively police their own borders D. greater power to monopolize the means of violence within their territory E. greater efficacy in running their states as full-fledged democracies
The Norwegian Americans of the fictional "Lake Wobegon," Minnesota do not constitute a subculture because __________
A) they are not politically radical B) their politics and culture are mainstream C) they never seek out independence D) their culture is not appreciated by the nation at large