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Choose the normative statement. - ANSWER: ➡ Having a baby is too important to forgo for financial
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reasons.
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__________ is an element or factor that is liable to change, or vary, from case to case. - ANSWER: ➡ a
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variable
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Which of the following is not a good comparative politics question? - ANSWER: ➡ When did the
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Iranian Revolution happen?
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Which of the following is true about the cases Most-Similar-Systems designs? - ANSWER: ➡ the
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outcomes should differ
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To make a concept measureable, researchers would use __________. - ANSWER: ➡ Operationalization
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Shannon O'Neil's article deals with the case of Mexico, a state that has both faced serious security
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problems and made major social and economic advances in recent years. What does O'Neil think best
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accounts for these developments? - ANSWER: ➡ Diversification of the economy beyond oil,
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Privatization of many businesses, Opening of trade with other states
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According to the article by Natasha Bowler, the government of Bahrain has begun taking what action
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against some Shia Muslims, who make up the majority of the country? - ANSWER: ➡ revoking their
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citizenship
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Which of the following is usually considered a definitive characteristic of a modern state? - ANSWER:
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➡ Monopoly on the legitimate use of force
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Which of the following is often considered a failed or fragile state? - ANSWER: ➡ Haiti
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, What does it mean to say that a state is "sovereign"? - ANSWER: ➡ The state is recognized as the sole
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political authority in some territory.
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Who is a proponent of the bellicist theory of state formation? - ANSWER: ➡ Charles Tilly
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What does it mean to say that the state "diffused" globally? - ANSWER: ➡ Over time, the
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organizational form of the state spread around the world.
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"A space in society outside of the organization of the state, in which citizens come together and
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worganize themselves" refers to what? - ANSWER: ➡ a civil society
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Which of the following is not typically identified by political scientists as a major characteristic of
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most modern states? - ANSWER: ➡ propinquity
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Marx's view of the state as a representation of the interests of the bourgeoisie is an example of which
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of the following types of theories of state emergence? - ANSWER: ➡ Economic
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The ways politics and economics interrelate and affect one another is called __________. - ANSWER: ➡
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political economy
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The profits of a French firm operating in Senegal add to the GDP of_________ and the GNI of __________. -
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ANSWER: ➡ Senegal; France
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The measure of income as adjusted to reflect the cost of living is called: - ANSWER: ➡ Purchasing
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power parity (PPP)
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A country that was a leading example in demonstrating the potential successes of state-led
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development in the period after World War II was: - ANSWER: ➡ Japan
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Which of the following would constitute a very worrying economic problem when prices are rising
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rapidly and people expect them to continue doing so in the future? - ANSWER: ➡ Hyperinflation
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