What is front-loading?
a. the tendency to donate money to the first candidates who enter a presidential race
b. the tendency of major media outlets to call states early in presidential elections
c. the tendency of voters to use early or absentee voting
d. the tendency of states to choose an early date on the nomination calendar
Answer: d
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What does Waltz conclude about competition between the United States and Iran to dominate the Persian Gulf region?
a. Most of the other states in the region will likely choose to ally with Iran over the United States because they have more to fear from America's massive military might than from Iran's much smaller force. b. The competition between the United States and Iran is based on ideological concerns rather than on material strategic concerns and will likely disappear as ideological fervor in both countries dwindles. c. Most of the other states in the region will likely choose to ally with Iran over the United States because they share Iran's Islamic faith. d. Most of the other states in the region will likely choose to ally with the United States over Iran because Iran is a more proximate threat. e. Iranian influence in the region will gradually increase as its neighbors react against the potentially destabilizing effect of America's pro-democratic agenda on their own regimes.
The so-called security dilemma is largely the result of ____________
A. threats B. perceptions C. power distributions D. rational behavior E. national ambition
Use the following data to answer the questions:
Correlation between y and x: r = .584
Sample size: 20
a. Find the slope and intercept, where y is the dependent variable
b. Construct an ANOVA table and indicate whether the regression is significant
c. What is the standard error of the estimate (i.e. the standard deviation of the residuals)?
What conclusion does this chapter make concerning political power?
a. Power is evil for everyone that has it. b. Power is always used for good by good people. c. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. d. Power in itself is neither good nor evil.