One of the primary purposes of the war in Afghanistan that was waged during the George W. Bush administration was to __________

a. prevent the spread of communism
b. remove the Taliban government
c. protect religious freedom
d. retaliate for the bombing of the USS Cole


Answer: b

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Which theory urges that the government keep its hands off the market?

a. classic liberalism b. Christian theory c. realism d. constructivism e. Marxism

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What aspect of the liberal conception of what can bring about world order, one resurrected by the Gulf War of the early 1990s, has more recently been shown to be a weakness?

a. the reliance on international institutions in bringing about world order, ones that involve state-based collective security, when most recent conflicts have been civil wars b. the reliance on state-based collective security systems in an era when transnational terrorism is more of a threat to world order c. the state-centric nature of international institutions, such as the UN, in an era of porous borders and an information revolution d. the lack of an answer about how to deal with cyberterrorism, especially when it can be carried out by non-state organizations

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Opponents of electronic voting, fearing that every vote on a single machine may be lost to computer error or malfunction, urge the use of ballots that leave a so-called __________ trail

Fill in the blank with the right word.

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The United States Postal Service is an example of

a. an independent commission. b. an independent board. c. a government corporation. d. a cabinet. e. an independent agency.

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