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Question # 00026665 Posted By: maqj Updated on: 09/25/2014 05:59 AM Due on: 09/30/2014
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A _______________ is a political system dominated by religious leaders and institutions.

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An example (s) that defies the commonly held notion that more educated and professionals are less religious is (are):

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Currently, ________________ of the world’s Muslims are Sunni.

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Harvey Cox and other scholars predicted, based on evidence from the developed world, that among developing nations the role of religion would:

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In Tibet, the _______________ is viewed as the country’s secular and spiritual leader.

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Islam has two major branches, the Sunnis and the Shi’as. The split between the two groups came about because:

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Latin American Catholics are not monolithic. Beliefs range from conservative___________ to left wing __________________.

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Many of the 20th Century Catholic reform movements in Latin America can be traced to Pope Leo XIII’s criticism of ______________________.

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Since the end of the cold war, ___________________ has replaced _______________ as the major threat to American and European security.

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A full democracy or liberal democracy has more criteria including the following except:

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A simple definition of democracy is:

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According to Crawford Young, cultural pluralism is associated with___________________.

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According to Huntington, the first democratic wave lasted from ________ and was influenced by _________ and ___________.

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An important component of the definition of a liberal democracy is that competitive elections are not meaningful if:

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Barrington Moore, Jr.'s widely acclaimed study of economic and political change identified three discrete paths to modernization based on:

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Between 1990 and 2005, Third World economies grew by:

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By the 1980s, most Latin American authoritarian governments were undermined by__________________.

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During the 1970s and 1980s, in East Asia a number of authoritarian rulers clung to power because:

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Dependency theorist explain political, social and economic underdevelopment by emphasizing:

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Example (s) of ethnic misclassification imposed by outsiders include ______________________-

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Examples of cases in which the spoken language gives political relevance to groups include:

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For many years, a number of developing countries show:

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In 1972 in Burundi, which group was the ruling minority?

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In Kapstein and Converse's study of countries transitioning from authoritarian to democracy 1960-2004, those in which areas experienced less stability?

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In Nigeria, which tribe is considered more modern and commercially successful?

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In South Africa __________ created racial classifications for their entire population that defied international standards.

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In many developing countries, poverty is manifested by:

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In some countries, ethnic divisions may be reinforced by class antagonism. Examples would include:

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In summary, during the 1970s and 1980s, ethnic violence increased in developing countries, and often coincided with the spread of _____________.

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In the early years of the 21st century, much of the Third World suffered from ________________ tensions.

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Modernization theory applied to underdeveloped countries has a number of criticisms including:

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Most analysts consider ethnic identity a ______________.

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Per capita income does not provide a complete picture of national living standards because:

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Philips Cutright determined that when other factors are held constant, strong democracies are correlated with:

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Political scientist have found that higher literacy is associated with:

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Poverty is associated with:

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Proponents of modernization theory are likely to be _______________ and proponents of dependency theory are likely to be ___________.

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Recent survey data from 12 African nations indicate that tribal affilations are a major determinant of______________.

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Since the 1990s, wars between sovereign states has ___________, but internal conflict between cultural, ethnic or religious groups has ________.

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The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite measure of:

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The Third World refers to countries that:

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The average American earns four to five times as much as the average:

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The most dramatic third wave democratic transition involved countries in _________________ as a result of _________________.

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The process of moving from an authoritarian to a democratic regime is:

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The third wave of democratic transition occurred_____________.

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When Burundi held its first free election ___________________________.

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Why is the use of the word "tribe" sometimes controversial?

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_______________ presented the most notorious example of race-based political conflict.

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Federalism is a form of government in which people want to form a union without losing _________________.

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Secession is defined as:

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