Who determines the members of the Electoral College in any given presidential election?
a. Nobody really knows – it is one of the great mysteries under the Constitution
b. The voters in each state
c. The national majority of voters
d. The majority party in each state’s legislature
Ans: b. The voters in each state
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A. Germany B. Mexico C. Hungary D. France
What condition should be satisfied if the inquisitorial system of justice is to work well?
a. Judges must be especially professional and competent. b. Lawyers must be highly skilled and experienced. c. Juries must be fair-minded and free of prejudice. d. Access by the media to trials must be strictly limited.
The first method of selecting political party nominees, established in 1800, was the
a. caucus. b. open primary. c. general election. d. direct primary. e. party convention.
In 1990, which treaty came into force with the goal of fostering cooperation to stop the transnational illegal drug trade?
A) International Convention for the Suppression of Financing Terrorists B) International Convention opposed to Crime and Narcotic Drug Trafficking C) UN Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances D) UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime E) UN Convention on Terrorism in the Modern World