Under the 12th Amendment, who chooses the vice president if neither candidate receives a majority of the Electoral College vote?
a. the Senate
b. the House of Representatives
c. the Supreme Court
d. the popular vote
a. the Senate
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Mutually assured destruction (MAD) is based on the __________.
A. launch on warning B. launch on impact C. first-strike capability D. second-strike capability
A (an) ____________________________________ is the probability (e.g., .05) that a relationship found in a probability sample occurred just by chance (sampling error) and doesn’t really exist in the population
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which of the following could be considered a cost of an international alliance?
A)Alliances automatically lead to attempts at world hegemony, which destabilizes international relations. B)Alliances create well-defined protocols that rationalize and strengthen diplomacy, making states outside those alliances suspicious. C)Alliances tend to spur counteralliances, which increases international tension and leads to more conflict. D)Alliances complicate the ability of states to share information with one another, which increases the chances of misperception and conflict.
Which of the following best defines a state?
A. the people or political parties that govern and make laws B. rules governing how people get into power and how government works C. where the state governs, and is governed by, people of one nation D. a sovereign organization with compulsory membership that claims a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence within a territory