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gender refers to

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the personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being female or male

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gender is a matter of not just difference but also of differences in

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all of the above

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do women or men live longer

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on average, women outlive men by about five years

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female and male athletes over time shows

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women have been closing the gap with men in most athletic performances

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point of describing gender in the israeli kibbutzim is to show

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cultures define gender in different ways

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social organization in which males dominate females

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patriarchy

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social organization in which females dominate males

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matriarchy

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where is womens social power lowest compared to that of a man

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africa

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attitudes and activities that a society links to poeple of each sex

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gender roles

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what courses do men outnumber women

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the sciences

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what share of todays us women are working for income

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60 percent

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a majority of us women in which of the following categories are in the labor force

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all of the above

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glass ceiling

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the barrier that prevents women from reaching the top

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important exception to male domination of the us workplace

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women now own more than 6 million small businesses

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which category of us population is true that women do most of the housework

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all of the above

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in 2007 women in the labor force working full time earned ...... as much as men

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78 percent

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about what share of our countrys richest people are women

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10 percent

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as of 2007 women held about what share of seats in congress

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16 percent

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what nation does the greatest political power of women come closest to that of men

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norway

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women have served in the us armed forces

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since colonial times`

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reason to see women as a minority in the us

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at every class level women have less income wealth education and power than men do

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intersection theory explains that which of the following is a source of social disadvantage

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all of the above

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where would reduce violence against women the most

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the home

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what percentage of rapes and attempted rapes does the woman know her attacher

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90 percent

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most cases of female genital mutilation occur in which of the following places

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africa

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sexual harassment is an important social issue becasue

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half of working women report receiving unwanted sexual attention

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structural functional analysis points out that industrialization encourages

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growing gender equality

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talcott parsons explained that males tend toward...... behavior, while females are more.......

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instrumental; expressive

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engels claimed that mens desire to control their property brought about

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the rise of industry

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type of feminism accepts the basic organization of us society but seeks to give women the same rights and opportunities as men

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liberal feminism

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type of feminism seeks to end patriarchy by eliminating the idea of gender itself

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radical feminism

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opposition to feminism

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directed mostly at socialist and radical feminism

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class at new yorks bronx community college explains that

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many people have mixed racial and ethnic ancestry

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human beings are all

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members of a single biological species

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race refers to...... considered important by a society; ethnicity refers to.....

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biological traits; cultural traits

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family moves and gradually loses cultural traditons is modifying their

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ethnicity

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what is the largest minority category within the us population

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people of hispanic descent

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in the us minorities typically have less

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all of the above

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african americans account for what percentage of the us population

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12.8 percent

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statement about prejudice is true

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all of the above

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using the social distance scale you can correctly say that us college students today

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all of the above

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scapegoat theory states that prejudice is created by

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frustration among disadvantaged people

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authoritarian personality theory states that extreme prejudice is

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a trait of certain individuals

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conflict theory states that prejudice is

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used by powerful people to justify oppressing others

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while prejudice is a matter of...... discrimination is a matter of ......

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attitude; action

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institutional prejudice and discrimination refers to the fact that

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bias is built into the operation in social institutions

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idea that prejudice and discrimination form a vicious cycle means that

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bias is easily continued over time

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claim that defining members of some minority as inferior will make them inferior is one application

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the thomas theorem

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the us is not pluralistic becasue

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all of the above

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assimilation refers to the pattern by which

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minorities gradually adopt patterns of the dominant category

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negro leagues is an example of

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segregation

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douglas massey and nancy denton documented which pattern in the us inner cities

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hypersegregation

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killing of people in the darfur region of africa is a recent example of

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genocide

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when europeans arrived in the americas , native americans

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had inhabited this land for 30,000 years

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native americans gained the right to us citizenship in

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1924

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american dilemma

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the denial of basic rights to african americans by a so called democratic society

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what is correct

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all of the above

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largest category of asian americans in the united states is people of ...... ancestry

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chinese

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which category of the us population is most likely to own and operate a small business

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korean americans

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hispanic population of the us is

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concentrated in the west and also in southern florida

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arab americans are a us minority that

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all of the above

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white ethnics

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non-wasps of european ancestry

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what world region do most of todays immigrants come

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latin america and asia

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as a social institution the economy

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all of the above

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which of the following have brought the greatest changes to the economy

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productive technology

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which of the following is not one of the technological revolutions that transformed all of social life

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the immigration revolution

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as societies industrialized a smaller share of the population works in which of the following locations

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all of the above

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industrial revolution was based on

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new sources of energy

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the postindustrial economy is defined by

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service work and computer technology

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what sector of the economy generates raw materials directly from the natural environment

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primary sector

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turning metals into automobiles is work that falls within the

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secondary sector

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the primary sector is the largest in

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low income nations

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expansion of office work marks the growth of the economys

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tertiary sector

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about what percentage of the labor force perform tertiary sector work

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78 percent

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global economy

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expanding economic activity that moves across national borders

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in a capitalist economic system justice amounts to

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freedom of the marketplace where a person can follow seft interest

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the us is mostly capitalist nation because

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the vast majority of productive businesses are privately owned

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socialism is an economic system in which there is

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all of the above

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in a socialist economic system justice amounts to

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trying to meet the basic needs of all in a equal manner

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political and economic system that combines a mostly market based economy with extensive social welfare programs

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welfare capitalism

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a country with a mostly private economy and extensive social welfare programs is

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sweden

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state capitalism

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privately owned companies cooperate closely with the government

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contrasted to socialist economic systems capitalist economic systems typically

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generate more economic inequality

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capitalist systems emphasize peoples....... while socialist systems emphasize peoples..........

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freedom to pursue their self interest; freedom from basic want

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over the course of the last century the number of poeple involved in agricultural work

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has declined steadily

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yesterdays family farms have given way to

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corporate agribusinesses

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primary labor market

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jobs that provide extensive benefits to workers

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in recent decades union membership

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has declined in the us and other high income nations

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which category of the us population is showing the greatest labor force increase in terms of percentage

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hispanic women

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computers are having which of the following effects on the workplace

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all of the above

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oligoply

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domination of a market by a few producers

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modernization theorists see large corporations as

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responsible for the debt crisis in many poor nations

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dependency theorists see large corporations as

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intensifying global inequality

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politics is a social institution that is defined in terms of a society

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distribution of power, goals and decision making

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max weber defined power as

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the ability to achieve desired ends despite resistance

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preindustrial societies explained max weber are characterized by having

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mostly traditional authority

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industrialization increases the importance of which type of authority

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traditional authority

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the essential difference between power and authority is that

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people perceive authority as legitimate rather than coercive

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people who attract followers like martin luther king display

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charismatic authority

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political system in which of single family rules from generation to generation

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monarchy

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in max webers view monarchy claims legitimacy based on

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traditional authority

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political system in which power resides in the hands of the people as a whole

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democracy

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why is the us not a true democracy

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both a and b but not c

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in 2008 about what percentage of the worlds people lived in countries that can be considered politically free

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46 percent

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political economy

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the interplay of politics and economics

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capitalist societies base their claim to democracy on

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people having personal liberty

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socialist societies base their claim to democracy on

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meeting the basic needs of all

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totalitarian political system

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concentrates power and closely regulates peoples lives

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gun lobby is an example of a

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special interest group

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which of the following statements about political parties in the us is true

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national political power tends to swing from one party to the other over time

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in the us............ people tend to vote democratic while..... people mostly vote republican

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urban; rual

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in the 2008 election what percentage of voters went to the pole

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63 percent

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a pluralist approach to the us political system suggest that

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power is widely dispersed throughout society

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a power elite approach to the us political system suggests that

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an anti democratic bias exists in the capitalist system

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a factor encouraging political revolution

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all of the above

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terrorism refers to

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the use or threat of violence as a political strategy by an individual or group

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the use of violence of governments often against their own people

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state terrorism

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which of the following us wars was the most deadly in terms of loss of lives

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the war in iraq

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about how much annually does the us spend on military

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1.2 trillion

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the military industrial complex refers to

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the close link between the government defense contractors and the militrary

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what strategy has kept the peace between the worlds nuclear superpwers

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deterrence

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