Which country contributed to the first wave of colonialism, as they colonized the Americas prior to the mid-1700s?
a. Spain
b. Belgium
c. United States
d. France
a. Spain
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Which of the following statements is true of case law?
A. It is valid only when enacted by legislative bodies of the government. B. It is specific for each state, independent of the nature of a lawsuit. C. It is considered the supreme law of the land. D. It includes interpretations of constitutional provisions. E. It includes the ordinances passed by cities and counties.
The number of political appointments available to the president
A. is constrained by the civil service system. B. puts the president in charge of deciding which individuals will occupy more than 50,000 jobs in government. C. allows the president to appoint a majority of the civilian appointments in the bureaucracy. D. is confined mainly to the military. E. has been dramatically limited by the use of the constitutional amendment process.
John Locke's Two Treatises of Government directly challenges the self-interested view of human nature and the authoritarian political theory of which theorist?
a. Peter Abelard b. Thomas Hobbes c. Immanuel Kant d. Plato e. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
A wealthy country that tends to produce manufactured goods and services for export is known as a(n)
A) developed country. B) home country. C) host country. D) less developed country. E) semi-periphery country.