Virginia Tech BIOL 2604 Read. Quiz 2 - All Answers are Correct

As referred to in one of the Plaid Avenger's 2014 Update in 'The State of States' chapter:
what promoted NATO and the US to intervene in Libya?
Select one:
a. Libyan government was sponsoring a genocide
b. Libya invaded another country
c. Libya simply threatened to invade another country
d. Libyan government was sponsoring terrorism
e. Political protest rose up internally against the Libyan government


f. This is a trick question: the Plaid Avenger mentioned those reasons, but was unsure about
what specifically prompted the action.
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Who is the supreme leader of Iran?
Select one:
a. The Prime Minister of Iran
b. The President of Iran
c. The Ayatollah of Iran


d. The King of Iran
e. The Shah of Iran
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Considering Figure 3.1 Sovereign States By Age, which of the following states was NOT
independent/sovereign by 1960?
Select one:
a. Algeria


b. Jordan
c. Egypt
d. Turkey
e. Saudi Arabia
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The only political system that is about politics and economics combined is...
Select one:
a. Dictatorship
b. Monarchy

,c. Democracy
d. Theocracy
e. Communism


f. One-Party State
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As specifically mentioned by the Plaid Avenger in 'The State of States' chapter, what
event started the unraveling of the modern definition of sovereignty?
Select one:
a. An invasion of Georgia
b. A bombing campaign on Yugoslavia


c. An invasion of Iraq
d. A bombing campaign of Iraq
e. A bombing campaign and invasion of Tibat
f. Tibet and Taiwan
g. A UN vote to sanction Russia
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According to Figure 3.4 Political Systems of the World, which of these states is run by a
monarchy?
Select one:
a. Spain
b. Sudan
c. Sweden
d. Kazakhstan
e. Thailand
f. Turkey
g. Morocco


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As predicted by the Plaid Avenger, which of these will probably (possibly, perhaps,
maybe) be the next state in the world?
Select one:
a. Kurdistan
b. Texas

,c. Taiwan
d. Kosovo
e. Palestine


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Which of the following IS NOT a "nation without a state"?
Select one:
a. Kurdistan
b. Chechnya
c. Palestine
d. Bhutan


e. Tibet
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According to Figure 3.4 Political Systems of the World and the text that follows it, which
region of the world has the greatest number of mature, well-established democracies in
it?
Select one:
a. SouthEast Asia
b. SubSaharan Africa


c. Middle East
d. Central Asia
e. Eastern Europe
f. East Asia
g. Latin America
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As referred to by the Plaid Avenger in 'The State of States' chapter, the best example of
a fascist in modern history is/was:
Select one:
a. Muammar Qaddafi of Libya
b. Saddam Hussein of Iraq
c. Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe
d. Hosni Mubarak of Egypt

, e. Adolf Hitler of Germany


f. Joseph Stalin of the USSR
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According to Figure 3.4 Political Systems of the World, which of these states DOES NOT
have a King or Queen still hanging around?
Select one:
a. Norway
b. Thailand
c. South Africa


d. Sweden
e. United Kingdom
f. Spain
g. Japan
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On the far left side of the political spectrum, there is….
Select one:
a. minimal to no central government control over the society


b. more government power
c. control of the country in the hands of very few
d. limited political voice of individuals in the country
e. less power in the hands of the individual people
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Which state is NOT a member of the U.N.?
Select one:
a. Turkey
b. North Korea
c. Iraq
d. China
e. Vatican City


f. Venezuela