Wily Dunston owns a small recreational joint and recently introduced the concept of hologram scratch-off tickets. People buy the tickets for a certain sum of money and scratch off the hologram to check if they have won any prize
The odds are that they invest more and gain less. Which of the following is best exemplified by this scenario?
a. a lottery
b. a federal grant
c. an amusement tax
d. a sin tax
Answer: A
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A) Party chiefs run as candidates for prime minister. B) Citizens vote directly for the each new prime minister. C) Citizens vote for a party member with the knowledge that the next prime minister will be the head of the largest party. D) The prime minister is appointed for a four-year term and can be reappointed one time.
_____ think that it is possible for nations to relate to each other as part of a rule-based community
A) Moral idealists B) Foreign imperialists C) Majoritarianists D) Political realists E) Pluralists
Which of the following best describes the theory of federalism?
a. A division of power between a national government and its regional subdivisions b. A division of power between a state government and its respective agencies c. The fundamental structure of constitutional democracy d. A state that promotes a strong central (federal) government e. A safeguard against the dangers of decentralization
What, according to Schelling, is remarkable about the following conflicts: the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Falklands War, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Gulf War, the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, and the Iraq War of 2003?
a. each involves a nuclear power fighting a non-nuclear power b.none developed into world wars c.each involve a large state invading a small state d. no nuclear weapons were used