Comparing countries and regions in terms of their levels of development is a difficult exercise because
a. many countries do not report the necessary information.
b. no one country is willing to collect the information.
c. there are differing views about what exactly development means.
d. All of the above are true.
The role of the mass public has changed little throughout the years. Generally, the mass public's __________ has added considerable uncertainty to the president's ability to govern and the contradictions between national security and democracy since Vietnam and the end of the cold war.
a. energy c. apathy
b. engagement d. high levels of interest
On a per capita basis, citizens in high-income countries consume _____ times more electricity than their counterparts in low-income countries.
a. 25 c. 43
b. 38 d. 55
Which of the following is true of hyperpluralism?
a. It can only strengthen the powers of the president.
b. It was reinforced by 9/11.
c. Hyperpluralism has lowered the political contradictions and tensions between the demands of national security and democracy.
d. All of the above are true.
The North-South gap refers to the
a. discrepancy in human and economic development levels between the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
b. discrepancy in development of nuclear weapons between the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
c. low level of development in the Northern hemisphere and the high level of development in the Southern hemisphere.
d. discrepancy in natural resource levels between the Northern and Southern hemispheres.