Failed states contribute to all of the following problems EXCEPT
a. forced migration of displaced peoples
b. global warming
c. regional violence
d. terrorism
Question 2Regional Crime Rates, 2004, show that property crimes are highest in which region of the country?
a. Northeast
b. South
c. West
d. Midwest
Question 3Which of the following countries could be considered to operate as absolutist regimes?
a. Afghanistan and Iran
b. United States, Canada, France
c. Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Swaziland
d. Chile, Mali, Philippines
Question 4Among the findings of an ecological analysis of crime are all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Homicides are highest in the southern states.
b. Rapes are highest in the western states.
c. Rates of homicide in the United States are lower than in other Western industrialized nations.
d. Rates of burglary and arson are highest in the northeastern states.
Question 5Which of the following countries are NOT considered a democracy or emerging democracy?
a. Morocco
b. United States
c. Haiti
d. Libya
Question 6A major reason for the reduction in the crime rate in recent years has been:
a. a decrease in the number of males in the young-adult age bracket
b. increased job opportunities
c. increased levels of education
d. increased spending on law enforcement
Question 7While colonial powers, including the United States, have found it relatively easy to conquer less industrialized and militarized people, what has proven nearly impossible?
a. building up a system of trade with those countries
b. helping them to rebuild
c. ruling the conquered people in a way they viewed as legitimate
d. extracting raw goods and resources from the country
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