Which of the following is NOT a factor that helped Iran's clerics consolidate power in Iran after the revolution?
a. Khomeini's charisma
b. The invasion of Iran in 1980 by Iraq
c. The increase in international petroleum prices, sustaining Iran's oil revenues
d. The government's financing of development programs
e. The U.S. embassy break-in
e
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The most powerful person in the Senate is the
A) majority leader. B) majority whip. C) vice president. D) president pro tempore. E) sergeant-at-arms.
A key group in the rather long list of the 99% of Americans who felt they had been left behind in the wake of the financial bailout of 2008 and who were active in the Occupy Wall Street movement was ______.
a. military veterans b. college students c. upper-class workers d. social welfare recipients
The Supreme Court addressed the constitutionality of a Connecticut law that prohibited the use of contraception by relying on the implied right to __________
a. sexual freedom b. family c. commerce d. privacy
What is a “hung parliament” in Britain?
a. A parliament in which no single party has a majority of seats b. A parliament in which the largest party is hopelessly divided by internal divisions c. A parliament that has many members suspected of wrongdoing, such as illegally padding their expense accounts d. None of the above is true.