A hegemon in the international system is best described as __________

a. a power that approaches foreign policy by "hedging its bets" and working with countries that do not get along with each other in order to protect its own interests
b. a dominant power that maintains and protects the stability of its own system, leaving other countries to fend for themselves in terms of military actions and economic protection
c. a lesser power that seeks to destroy the stability of a regional or global system in order to obtain more power for itself
d. a dominant power that maintains and protects the stability of a regional or global system by providing services such as military assistance and economic protection


d

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a. federal; federal b. state; state c. state; local d. federal; state e. state; federal

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The following statements are all true of social race except

a. it means the same as biological race. b. past examples include the "Irish race." c. countries classify races differently. d. that it is used to justify discrimination. e. the categories change over time.

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In 1956 and 1968, the Soviet Union deployed forces in which two Warsaw Pact states? (Choose all that apply.)

a. Hungary b. East Germany c. Czechoslovakia d. Poland

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Based on political theory, representatives are divided into which two groups?

a. delegates and trustees  b. moralistic and individualistic  c. expressed and implied  d. federal and state 

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