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What makes a parliamentary government different from the United States? It does not have a president or other executive authority that enforces laws and policy separate from lawmakers. Its local or individual state governments have full sovereignty and only coordinate activities for mutual defense. Its legislature has authority over the executive branch, with the ability to select and remove executive leaders. |
Its legislature has authority over the executive branch, with the ability to select and remove executive leaders. |
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Canada and Mexico are similar to the United States because all three countries are described as direct democracies and oligarchies direct democracies and federations indirect democracies and oligarchies indirect democracies and federations |
indirect democracies and federations |
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The country of Oman is ruled by a monarchy, therefore Oman has which type of government? democracy autocracy oligarchy republic |
autocracy |
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Which of the following best describes how a unitary government is different from the government of the United States? It has a central government that exercises complete control over smaller units of government, like states. It does not have a president or other executive authority that enforces laws and policy separate from lawmakers. Its local or individual state governments have full sovereignty and only coordinate activities for mutual defense. Its legislature has authority over the executive branch, with the ability to select and remove executive leaders. |
It has a central government that exercises complete control over smaller units of government, like states. |
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How might several countries all described as federations differ in practice? Some may have smaller units of government like states or provinces while others do not. The state governments may vary in amount of power shared with the central government. Some have a central government that makes decisions for the country while others do not. The state governments could be sovereign governments that do not share power as a central body. |
The state governments may vary in amount of power shared with the central government. |
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This map reflects that Canada joined with the Kyoto Protocol later because of concerns that it could not meet its target goals in time withdrew from the Kyoto Protocol because of concerns that it could not meet its target goals in time refused the Kyoto Protocol along with other countries in order to reduce emissions around the world signed the Kyoto Protocol along with other countries in order to reduce emissions around the world |
withdrew from the Kyoto Protocol because of concerns that it could not meet its target goals in time |
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Which of the following tends to increase when a country is becoming more democratic? resources poverty literacy crime |
literacy |
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Democratization describes a process through which a country’s citizens gain greater access to and participation in government a measurement of the efficiency and sustainability of a country’s government leaders and policies an organization devoted to assisting newly independent countries in modeling autocratic governments an effort of international groups to document events taking place in countries undergoing change |
a process through which a country’s citizens gain greater access to and participation in government |
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Which of the following is a true statement about Freedom House? It is a non-governmental organization based in the United States that monitors and promotes democratization around the world. It is an international group of government officials in Kyoto that find ways to encourage but not directly support democratization. It is a non-governmental organization based on the Kyoto Protocol that monitors and promotes democratization around the world. It is an international group of government officials in the United States that find ways to encourage but not directly support democratization. |
It is a non-governmental organization based in the United States that monitors and promotes democratization around the world. |
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The unblocking of popular social media websites in Myanmar is an indication that natural resources are abundant democratization is taking place natural resources are scarce democratization is a failure |
democratization is taking place |
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Elections in Iraq during Saddam Hussein’s rule were free, valid elections indicating increased levels of democratization fraudulent elections indicating decreased levels of democratization free, valid elections indicating decreased levels of democratization fraudulent elections indicating increased levels of democratization |
fraudulent elections indicating decreased levels of democratization |
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The countries highlighted in this map are major producers of oil and are likely to support international efforts to reduce reliance on fossil fuels corn and are likely to support international efforts to reduce reliance on fossil fuels oil and are not likely to support international efforts to reduce reliance on fossil fuels corn and are not likely to support international efforts to reduce reliance on fossil fuels |
oil and are not likely to support international efforts to reduce reliance on fossil fuels |
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International environmental policies encourage the reduction of reliance on fossil fuels such as natural gas. These policies are most likely to hurt the country of Brazil Russia France Mexico |
Russia |
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