Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Depending on the type of democracy, the political chief executive is either a prime minister or a president.
2. Presidential democracies are presidential because they don’t have votes of no confidence--their legislatures can’t remove the government without cause.
3. Democracies that do have legislative responsibility--a vote of no confidence--are only parliamentary.
4. It is possible for a democracy to have an elected head of state who’s not “popularly elected.”
1. True
2. True
3. False
4. True
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a. Vermont b. Connecticut c. Pennsylvania. d. Masters and slave catchers were allowed to pursue fugitive slaves across state lines.
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Choose the correct ascending order of regimes according to the size of W/S (from the smallest to the largest).
a. PR parliamentary democracy, presidential democracy, rigged election, two-party parliamentary b. Rigged election, PR parliamentary, two-party parliamentary, presidential democracy c. Rigged election, presidential democracy, two-party parliamentary, PR parliamentary d. Presidential democracy, PR parliamentary, two-party parliamentary, rigged election
The factor that distinguishes merit system from spoils system is that ________
A. it is generally used to hire only male employees B. it is used to select employees for subordinate positions C. hiring is based on demonstrated skill, training, and performance D. hiring is based on rewarding party loyalists and friends E. employees hired through merit system usually show poor performance