Geographical determinism argues that:

a. a country’s borders should be determined by geographic features like rives and mountains
b. humans change the geographic landscapes to suit their needs
c. development is based on physical and natural factors beyond human control
d. once humans harness the physical environment they will make progress towards development


c. development is based on physical and natural factors beyond human control

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When Madison proposed independent executive and judicial branches that could contain efforts by the states to subvert national policy, which of the following was he establishing?

A. habeas corpus B. federalism C. states' rights D. checks and balances

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In a nation as large as the United States, the Athenian kind of democracy is

a. absolutely necessary. b. challenging, but attainable. c. logistically impossible. d. helped by the fact that in addition to the large geographic size, there also exists a large population. e. is necessary for full democratic rights.

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County governments can be described as which of the following?

a. administrative units of the state government  b. overseeing entities for the city governments  c. reliant on revenue from taxes on businesses  d. primary providers of municipal law enforcement 

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