Question 1Not yet answeredMarked out of 1.00Flag questionTipsQuestion textAll of the following represent a true statement about voting behavior in the United States EXCEPT:Question 1Answera.Turnout varies significantly across geographic locations.b.Young voters are less likely than older citizens to turn out in midterm elections.c.There has been a steady increase in turnout since the 2000 presidential election.d.The higher a person's education level, the less likely they are to voteClear my choiceQuestion 2Not yet answeredMarked out of 1.00Flag questionTipsQuestion textWhich of the following best describes the difference between foreign policy in the past and the present?Question 2Answera.Past foreign policy was conducted by the National Security Agency, while present foreign policy includes the State and Defence Departmentsb.Past foreign policy only involved states, while present foreign policy involves non-state actorsc.Past foreign policy was conducted by the State and Defence Departments, while present foreign policy includes the National Security Agencyd.Past foreign policy only involved non-state actors, while present foreign policy involves state actorsClear my choiceQuestion 3Not yet answeredMarked out of 1.00Flag questionTipsQuestion textWhich of the following helped dramatically increase African American turnout in the middle of the twentieth century?Question 3Answera.The end of Latino immigrationb.The Voting Rights Actc.The election of George Wallace to the governorship of Alabamad.The election of an African-American presidentClear my choiceQuestion 4Not yet answeredMarked out of 1.00Flag questionTipsQuestion textGlobal warming, deforestation and conflicts over scarce resources matter because they are all examples of:Question 4Answera.Economic securityb.Military securityc.Environmental securityd.Political SecurityClear my choiceQuestion 5Not yet answeredMarked out of 1.00Flag questionTipsQuestion textUnlike corporations and other institutions, bureaucracies are distinguished by this:Question 5Answera.A rational way of organizingb.A motivation to stop all profitc.A motivation to decrease profitd.An irrational way of organizing

Question 16Not yet answeredMarked out of 1.00Flag questionTipsQuestion textToday in the United States the poverty rate of the elderly is _____.Question 16Answera.decreasingb.the same as that of the general populationc.increasingd.lower than at any point in historyClear my choiceQuestion 17Not yet answeredMarked out of 1.00Flag questionTipsQuestion textParents who rely mostly on reasoning and explanation, and use little (if any) punishment practice aQuestion 17Answera.permissive parenting styleb.authoritarian parenting stylec.uninvolved parenting styled.authoritative parenting styleClear my choiceQuestion 18Not yet answeredMarked out of 1.00Flag questionTipsQuestion textWhen folk beliefs about race are merged with scientific explanations, this refers to:Question 18Answera.genotypeb.ideologyc.phenotyped.taxonomyClear my choiceQuestion 19Not yet answeredMarked out of 1.00Flag questionTipsQuestion textIn 2010, 1 out of every how many Americans was over the age of 100?Question 19Answera.53364b.75c.5786d.3 millionClear my choiceQuestion 20Not yet answeredMarked out of 1.00Flag questionTipsQuestion textWhich of the following is not an aspect of globalization?Question 20Answera.Integrating finance through international tradeb.Integrating cultures through international tradec.Integrating child care through international traded.Integrating governments through international trade

Which statement best describes voting in the United States?A.Turnout is lowest for presidential elections.B.Voting rates are higher than in other democratic nations.C.Turnout is lowest for midterm elections.D.More people vote now than they did in previous decades.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Voter turnout in the United States Group of answer choicestends to be highest during midterm elections.is lower than in nearly every other democracy.shows that the apathy of young citizens has worsened considerably since the early 1990s.has increased in all elections over the past two decades.has declined in all elections over the past two decades.

Question 31Not yet answeredMarked out of 1.00Flag questionTipsQuestion textWhen do citizens gain suffrage in the United States?Question 31Answera.When they reach 21 years of ageb.Whey they do not hold more than one nationalityc.When they reach 18 years of aged.When they are checked for mental competency and education historyClear my choiceQuestion 32Not yet answeredMarked out of 1.00Flag questionTipsQuestion textFill in the blank. The courts generally practice ______________, or a general bias for precedents or existing decisions.Question 32Answera.Stare decisisb.Judicial reviewc.Amicus curiaed.Tort reformClear my choiceQuestion 33Not yet answeredMarked out of 1.00Flag questionTipsQuestion textWhich characteristic of the House of Representatives was NOT intentionally designed to make it more democratic, in comparison to the Senate?Question 33Answera.The House of Representatives is hierarchically organized, whereas the power structure in the Senate is more dispersed.b.Representatives are elected for two-year terms in comparison to six-year terms for Senators.c.The national census determines the number of Representatives for each state, while each state always sends two members to the Senate.Clear my choiceQuestion 34Not yet answeredMarked out of 1.00Flag questionTipsQuestion textWhich president declared war on poverty and hoped to build a great society?Question 34Answera.Abraham Lincolnb.Lyndon Johnsonc.Theodore Rooseveltd.Jimmy CarterClear my choiceQuestion 35Not yet answeredMarked out of 1.00Flag questionTipsQuestion textAfter the 2007-08 Great Recession, the United States experienced the highest levels of unemployment since the Great Depression. Which of the following best describes how the different economic schools of thought would approach unemployment?Question 35Answera.Keynesians insist that it is a result of labor exploitation, while classical economists would encourage an expansion of the money supplyb.Monetarists would encourage government intervention to stimulate demand, while Marxists would use monetary policy to lower interest ratesc.Keynesians would encourage government intervention to stimulate demand, while classical economists would use monetary policy to lower interest ratesd.Marxists insist that it is a result of labor exploitation, while monetarists would encourage an expansion of the money supply

Which statement is true of voting in the United States?A.Voter turnout is about the same for presidential and midterm elections.B.More citizens vote in the United States than in other democratic countries.C.Voter turnout is higher in midterm election years than in presidential election years.D.Fewer citizens vote in the United States than in other democratic countries.