The civil solidarity pact
a. expands the right of citizens to participate in demonstrations.
b. grants the legal rights and benefits to unmarried and gay couples that had previously been available to only married couples.
c. outlaws groups dangerous to French national solidarity..
d. creates jobs for young people.
e. bans the wearing of conspicuous religious symbols.
Q. 2Why did Mussolini use combat groups and punitive expeditions to shore up his government after World War I?
a. The public was forming militias to resist him and his efforts.
b. His efforts to win support for the Socialist Party failed,
c. He thought if the public were frightened, they would turn to him for support.
d. He wanted to threaten resisters.
e. He was seeking to round up resisters and have them arrested.
Q. 3Redistricting of state legislative and U. S. House Congressional seats comes every
a. twenty years and must be based on the U.S. Census.
b. ten years and is based purely on political considerations.
c. ten years unless the state constitution provides otherwise.
d. ten years and must ensure that each district has the same population.
Q. 4Globalization opponent Jos Bov is best known for
a. attacking a McDonald's construction site.
b. coming in second in the 2005 presidential election.
c. advocating closer integration with the European Union.
d. starting the World Social Forum, an annual assembly of anti-globalization activists.
e. instigating the riots in Muslim neighborhoods.
Q. 5During the consolidation stage of totalitarian development, what do revolutionary leaders attempt to do?
a. Reach a consensus with rival factions and form a broad-based coalition.
b. Begin the immediate transformation of society.
c. Eliminate real or imagined rivals for power and place loyal associates in key posts.
d. Calm the public by ending the violence that marked the revolutionary stage.
e. Reinterpret the past and attribute any failures to a clearly identifiable enemy.
Q. 6The result of Baker v. Carr (1962) and Reynolds v. Sims (1964) was the fundamental concept
a. that legislatures were to be more responsive to state problems and therefore to meet a minimum of fourmonths a year.
b. of controls on lobbyists, who otherwise disrupted the business of the legislatures.
c. of one person, one vote, which led to the redistricting of legislative seats based on equity.
d. of one person, one vote, which prevented redistricting for political purposes.
Q. 7One of the causes of the 2005 urban riots in France was
a. government attempts to expel Muslims from France.
b. a law banning the wearing of conspicuous religious symbols.
c. strict government quotas on additional immigrants.
d. persistently high rates of unemployment among Muslim youths.
e. crimes against Muslims.
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