Which of the following is an example of interest groups acting as educators?
a. competing with each other for funding, access to officials, and so on
b. offering opportunities for members to become politically active
c. representing people from all geographical regions of the country
d. providing specialized information to government officials
Ans: d. providing specialized information to government officials
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In King’s model, the totality of an individual’s identity is based on:
a. socially constructed categories of difference. b. the relationship of socially constructed categories of difference to one another. c. the most obvious category of difference. d. the category of difference one chooses to emphasize.
Events in the late 1760s and early 1770s helped to bring about a new consensus in the colonies. What was that consensus?
A) The government could not tax the colonies because they were not represented in Parliament. B) The British constitution could be altered by the passage of new laws. C) Parliament had no lawmaking authority over the colonies except for the right to regulate imperial commerce. D) The American colonies would be free from tyranny only when they were independent of British rule. E) Only by working within the British constitution could the colonies safeguard their liberties.
Why did Napoleon favor the presence of the Roman Catholic Church in France?
A) He recognized the benefit of religion in keeping people content. B) He was a devout Roman Catholic himself. C) His wife was a devout Roman Catholic. D) The church forced his hand by threatening to undermine his position. E) He acquiesced to the pope's demands in order to gain a political ally.
The primary geographical feature early civilizations developed near was
A) Deserts B) Rivers C) Montians D) Sea coasts E) All of the above