Which of the following is true regarding the Iranian judicial system?
a. Judges hold little power in comparison to state prosecutors who are able to bring charges, call juries, and ultimately determine the penalty for guilty offenders.
b. Iran has a Supreme Court that ensures that the laws and actions of government fit with the goals and principles of the constitution.
c. The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction over all matters, and has a chief justice that sits for life.
d. All formal laws recognized by the court are secular in nature, there are private courts run by clerics to implement sharia law.
b
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The political reforms introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev allowing Soviet citizens unprecedented freedom of political expression and providing for the free election of a Congress of People's Deputies were known as which of the following?
a. perestroika b. glasnost c. new Thinking d. the New Frontier e. the New Deal
An ethnic group is
a. a group of people that share a particular form of identity that unites and binds them together. b. a large group that is believed to be related to a common ancestor with a somewhat unstructured leadership. c. made up of large segments of the human population whose members are considered distinct on the basis of genetically-transmitted physical differences. d. a large collective sharing a common history and culture and believed to share a common descent. e. a group made up of a number of families who are believed to be related through birth or marriage to a common ancestor.
Which of the following was not included in the Articles of Confederation?
a. Congress b. the presidency c. a central government d. the ability to declare war
Because of __, the role of party leaders is weakened as well as the 26th amendment
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).