Which country has used its large supply of oil to ensure the functioning of OPEC?
A. Kuwait
B. Venezuela
C. Saudi Arabia
D. Qatar
Answer: C
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A. plenary sessions B. expansive influence C. disregard for nations' sovereignty D. limited power
When dictators liberalize in an attempt to co-opt opposition groups, they are trying to strengthen their hold on power. If they miscalculate and assume that the opposition is weak when in fact it is strong, their liberalizing attempts might embolden the opposition groups and eventually lead to a democratic transition. But if the opposition group is actually weak, and the dictator mistakenly thinks it is strong, then the dictator will not dare to liberalize in the first place, which is unfortunate for civil society whose members could have benefited from the liberalization. If you were a member of the opposition (civil society) and you were interested in a transition to democracy, or at least a liberalization of the regime, would you be better off in the situation in which the dictator
(liberalizers) knew for sure the exact strength of civil society, or in the situation in which the dictator was uncertain whether civil society was strong or not? A. The opposition is always better off under conditions of certainty. B. The opposition is always better off under conditions of uncertainty. C. It would depend on whether the opposition was strong or weak. A weak opposition would prefer certainty, but a strong opposition would probably prefer uncertainty.
Officially, the secretary of state is the president's chief foreign policy advisor
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
As the population of the New World increased, the town meeting form of government was gradually replaced with an indirect democratic system colonists called a(n)
A) Direct Democracy B) Monarchy C) Oligarchy D) Republic E) Democracy