The judicial decision in a court case is called the

The Department of Defense is primarily responsible for which of the following?

a. providing for homeland security b. implementing military policy c. developinga comprehensive trade policy d. advising the president about national security threats

In addition to economic standing, the notion of third world implies all of the following except:

A. a colonial history B. an economy based upon fishing C. an underdeveloped level of technological development D. a lack of development of European social/cultural institutions

Which of the following statements about the tendencies of the mainstream media in the United States is true?

a. They frequently report stories that educate citizens about government policies. c. They rarely report stories of political scandal. d. They rarely report stories to help citizens contextualize political problems.

Why would we use counterfactual reasoning?

a. To determine the level of correlation between facts b. To understand facts that occur in the same context but may not be necessarily linked c. To connect events in sequence to identify cause and effect d. To test claims for causality by asking what might have happened if one event had not occurred