Revolutions often occur when:

a. fanatics obtain arms and can violently, successfully attack the state
b. the state is weak—often because of a costly war—and unable or unwilling to address the needs of a significant part of the country
c. foreign armies invade a country and are joined by important local elites
d. elections fail to bring to power the person(s) whom most of the people want to lead them


b. the state is weak—often because of a costly war—and unable or unwilling to address the needs of a significant part of the country

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A. nation-state B. democracy C. republic D. territory

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Genocide refers to the process of

A. deliberately and systematically killing an entire people or the members of a nation. B. combining a majority group and a minority group through intermarriage to form a new group. C. forsaking a cultural identity in order to become part of a different culture. D. expelling a group of people from a territory.

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