All American states have _________ governmental systems.
a. unitary
b. socialist
c. federal
d. confederal
e. authoritarian
Q. 2Which of the following was instrumental in dismantling the Soviet Union and became the first president of the Russian Federation?
a. Mikhail Gorbachev
b. Boris Yeltsin
c. Vladimir Putin
d. Dmitry Medvedev
e. Vladimir Lenin
Q. 3Most nations in the world are governed by _________ systems.
a. federal
b. unitary
c. socialist
d. confederal
e. None of the above is true.
Q. 4Which of the following was a reason Tony Blair lost popularity in his second term?
a. Sex scandals involving Downing Street interns
b. His opposition to EU integration
c. Opposition among the British public to participation in the Iraq War
d. A severe economic downturn caused by a drying up of credit
e. Inability to answer question during prime minister's question time effectively
Q. 5All but which of the following is one of the primary types of governmental systems?
a. Federal
b. Unitary
c. Socialist
d. Confederal
e. All of the above are primary types of governmental systems
Q. 6Whose election marked the reestablishment of conservative clerics' control over the elected positions of the country's government?
a. Felipe Caldern
b. Ali Hoseini-Khamenei
c. Lula da Silva
d. Olusegun Obasanjo
e. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Q. 7By at least 2020, the largest demographic group in Texas is projected to be
a. non-Hispanic white.
b. non-Hispanic black.
c. Hispanic.
d. non-Hispanic other.
e. Unspecified.
Q. 8Which Chinese leader authorized the crackdown on protesters in Tiananmen Square?
a. Mao Zedong
b. Jiang Zemin
c. Zhou Enlai
d. Deng Xiaoping
e. Hu Jintao
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