What does Gilpin conclude about power?
a. It could be defined as the means by which states achieve their goals.
b. It is the primary, very often the only, goal pursued by modern nation-states.
c. A clear hierarchy of power determines states' ranks in the international system.
d. Because it produces material results, it can be quantified more easily than the more slippery concept of wealth.
a
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Which statement about American military capabilities is accurate?
A)Since the beginning of the Republic,the superiority of American firepower has always been unrivaled by other states. B)For much of its infancy and adolescence, the United States compensated for weak military capabilities by exploiting its geographic advantages. C)Although its capabilities have been challenged by rising global power, the military capabilities of the United States have remained unchanged throughout history. D)In its infancy and adolescence, the United States relied heavily on naval superiority but has recently abandoned that in favor of land troops.
The freedom to form interest groups and to lobby the government is protected by _____
A) the Twenty-fourth Amendment B) Magna Carta C) the Bill of Rights D) the Massachusetts Body of Liberties E) the Seventeenth Amendment