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1) The Affordable Care Act is also known as _________.
- aObama policy
- bObama health care
- cObamacare policy
- dObamacare
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2) Britain’s social democratic _________ governed for only thirty of the eighty years following the Great Depression.
- aLabor Party
- bConservative Party
- cNational Party
- dNone of the above
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3) Saudi Arabia has a traditional monarchy.
- aTrue
- bFalse
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4) States have been expanding their responsibilities and activities greatly since the early twentieth century.
- aTrue
- bFalse
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5) Madagascar is a poor neighboring _________ state that spends just 8 percent of its GDP on social welfare.
- aAfrican
- bAsian
- cAustralian
- dNorth American
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6) In a ranking of overall performance put together, the United States ranks thirty-sixth in the world.
- aTrue
- bFalse
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7) Cuba and China are not communist states.
- aTrue
- bFalse
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8) The most basic service that most governments are expected to offer their people is _________.
- aEducation
- bHealth
- cInsurance
- dNone of the above
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9) To measure how economically well off the average person is, GDP is not divided by the population.
- aTrue
- bFalse
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10) The governments of developed economic systems make a considerable effort to ensure social welfare.
- aTrue
- bFalse
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11) Britain did not show great jumps in the government’s role in the economy during both world wars.
- aTrue
- bFalse
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12) In 1979, a nonsocialist government replaced the socialists in Sweden.
- aTrue
- bFalse
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13) Power relationships within the state also help to determine the shape of _________.
- aPower
- bChoice
- cPolicy
- dNone of the above
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14) Electoral democracy results in a “bidding up” of the state’s operations.
- aTrue
- bFalse
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15) _________ makes people more prosperous.
- aLiberalization
- bIndustrialization
- cGlobalization
- dAll of the above