A less common, but still utilized approach for selecting the party’s candidate is for voters to show up at the polling place and request either a Republican or Democrat ballot, regardless of how they are registered with the Board of Elections. This approach is called

a. open primary.
b. closed primary.
c. the caucus.
d. open referendum.
e. cross-party poll.


ANS: A

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a. Traditionalism b. Behavioralism c. Postbehavioralism d. None of the Above e. All of the Above

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In a world imperial system,

a. states are empowered to set their own policies, and there is no higher authority above them. b. two major powers share nearly equal control over the world. c. human loyalties and political obligations are not fixed primarily by territorial boundaries. d. one government has authority over most of the world.

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The power of certain supreme courts to declare acts and laws invalid if they are in conflict with the country's constitution is called:

a. judicial activism b. judicial privilege c. judicial restraint d. judicial review e. judicial supremacy

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Cultures have changed in all of the following ways except by

a. involuntary innovation imposed by outsiders. b. adaptations to their physical environment. c. developing biological races. d. internal inventions. e. innovations adopted from other societies.

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