Many citizens of City J want their city to enact
an ordinance to prohibit the sale, use, and possession of firecrackers within city limits, but the city council refuses to act. What procedure can these citizens take to force the adoption of the ordinance they favor?
a) a recall election
b) a bond election
c) initiative
d) coattail voting
e) referendum
Answer: C
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a. twice b. three times c. four times d. five times
Human beings may be capable of living to a maximum age of 116 years. This is called the:
a. mortality rate b. life span c. life expectancy d. demographic transition
In evaluating the economic and social disadvantages of African Americans, William Julius Wilson has argued that:
a. racism keeps all racial minorities poor. b. racism is currently the major cause of economic disadvantage among racial minorities. c. racism is irrelevant to the economic status of African Americans. d. the status of African Americans currently has less to do with racism than it does with the simple inheritance of social class.
What is a primary factor in determining whether cohabitants end up in happy marriages?
a. whether one or both have been previously married b. whether one of the partners becomes unemployed c. the age at which the cohabitants begin to live together d. whether the parents approve of the union