The main reason governments pursued economic growth under mercantilism was to ______.

a. reduce poverty
b. spur innovation
c. increase foreign aid
d. build stronger militaries


d. build stronger militaries

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Under the Articles of Confederation, the Congress was headed by

A) ?no one. B) a presiding officer chosen from among its members. C) a popularly-elected president. D) a president chosen by an Electoral College. E) a three-person presiding cabinet.

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This type of regime is characterized by the presence of elections but also the systematic violation of the fairness of elections.

a. modernizing authoritarian b. electoral authoritarian c. neopatrimonial d. personalist

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What have recent IPCC reports claimed about climate change?

A. The rate of climate change has slowed, and it is likely we have many more decades until significant changes are observed. B. Climate change is already occurring and having serious, widespread effects globally. C. New data suggest that climate change is nowhere near as serious as originally thought, and concerns should be limited. D. Climate change has actually reversed its course, and the climate is stabilizing back to the long-term average.

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The sum of squared deviations from the mean is called the

A) Variance. B) Standard deviation. C) Sum of squares. D) Degrees of freedom.

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