Which of the following is based on religious principles?

Which of the following is based on religious principles?
 
  a. Judicial activism
  b. Shari'a law
  c. Common law
  d. Tort law
  e. Civil law

 Q. 2

Which of the following contends that whether or not a professionalized military will intervene in politics depends on whether it sees its mission as defending the country from internal or external threats?
 
  a. Principal-agent theory
  b. The generalist approach
  c. Praetorianism
  d. New professionalism theory
  e. Militarism

 Q. 3

Which best explains why rulers of the PRI in Mexico allowed the judicial branch of government to gain strength?
 
  a. They hoped that doing so would protect them in case the military overthrew the government.
  b. They wanted to try former military dictators for repressive actions undertaken during their rule.
  c. They hoped by moving toward more democratic institutions like an independent judiciary, they could gain admission to the WTO.
  d. They wanted to make sure that party still had control over any of its members after they became president.
  e. They feared they might lose a presidential election, which would allow their opponents to use a weak judicial branch to support reprisals against them.

 Q. 4

Max Weber's archetype of a modern and efficient bureaucracy was that of
 
  a. Persia.
  b. the United Kingdom.
  c. Austria.
  d. Prussia.
  e. Iran.

 Q. 5

School districts in California get most of their money from
 
  a. property taxes.
  b. sales taxes.
  c. service charges.
  d. other levels of government.

 Q. 6

While in office, Margaret Thatcher
 
  a. increased the size of the United Kingdom's bureaucracy, despite rhetoric to the contrary.
  b. reduced the size of the United Kingdom's bureaucracy by privatizing several government functions.
  c. kept the bureaucracy about the same size, although her reforms did allow the government to take on more responsibility with roughly the same number of employees.
  d. technically reduced the size of the United Kingdom's central government bureaucracy by turning functions over to local governments as part of devolution.
  e. reduced the size of the civilian bureaucracy by having some government functions turned over to the military.

 Q. 7

Counties in California get most of their money from
 
  a. property taxes.
  b. sales taxes.
  c. service charges.
  d. other levels of government.