A majority of the world's population lives in
a. industrialized democracies.
b. current and/or former Communist states.
c. the Global South.
d. Europe.
e. the United States.
Q. 2China, Russia and Poland are examples of
a. industrialized democracies.
b. current and/or former Communist states.
c. the Global South.
d. interest groups.
e. political parties.
Q. 3Industrial democracies are characterized by
a. lack of judicial review.
b. relatively large populations (in the top 10 percent of the most populated countries in the world).
c. government-owned media.
d. competitive elections.
e. lack of popular sovereignty.
Q. 4The greatest difficulty in using the label the Global South to classify countries is
a. the absence of other categories.
b. the great diversity of countries in that category.
c. the favorable bias implied by the label.
d. that so few countries fit the criteria for that category.
e. distinguishing those countries in the category from those that are excluded from it.
Q. 5Russia, China, North Korea, and Cuba are a few of the countries that are usually classified as what type of state?
a. Industrialized democracies
b. Current and former Communist countries
c. The Global South
d. Democracies
e. Capitalist economies
Q. 6Before the end of the cold war, political scientists divided the countries as
a. Industrialized democracies,
b. Current and former Communist countries
c. The Global South
d. Options A, B, and C are true.
e. None of the above is true.
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