The democratic system in Israel guarantees full civil liberties to all citizens.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 2The organization of Germany's Federal Republic has been successful in establishing a stable democracy in all of the following ways EXCEPT
a. it has permitted successful alterations in power.
b. it has helped to assure that undemocratic right-wing parties receive little support.
c. its system of divided powers has kept policy change slow.
d. its introduction of a weak presidency has minimized potential abuse of executive power.
e. its allowances for emergency powers have minimized legislative deadlocks.
Q. 3Reapportionment is the reallocation of seats in a legislative assembly.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 4The victory of Hamas in 2006 Palestinian elections made relations between Israel and Palestine better.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 5Which of the following statements about Germany's participation in the European Union is NOT true?
a. It has forced the country to adopt an unfamiliar free-market economic model.
b. Membership in the European Union has permitted Germany to undertake tasks and to assume roles that it may not have done on its own.
c. Limits have been placed by the country's Constitutional Court on deeper German integration with the European Union.
d. Germany has benefitted economically from European integration.
e. Germany is a member of the European Union, but has not adopted the euro.
Q. 6The U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Baker v. Carr and Reynolds v. Sims mandated reapportionment.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 7Japan has successfully blended Western political forms and Japanese political culture.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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