Examine the power relationship between Britain's House of Commons and the House of Lords
A) The House of Lords is the upper house and thus determines most of the country's foreign
policy. The House of Commons deal with domestic affairs.
B) The House of Commons overrides any objection from the House of Lords with a simple
majority vote.
C) The House of Lords is the more powerful branch drafting the majority of legislature and
overriding weak legislating by the House of Commons.
D) The House of Commons works with the prime minister, who uses a "whip" system to
maintain coherence in the House of Lords.
B
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The elites in a society ________
a. are those with the least power b. are those who belong to an inferior race, but are given special protective rights by the government c. have the least influence on the government and the society to which they belong d. are the people who get a disproportionately large part of the society's resources e. comprise the majority of the population
As explained by Roberts, which of the following would be an example of "collective security"?
a. Each state in the system pledges not to attack any other state in the system. b. All states in the system merge their military forces to create a system-wide army. c. All states in the system agree that they will join with an aggressor in an attack against a victim. d. All states in the system agree that if any one state is attacked, the other will join forces with the victim of the attack. e. A group of states join together against an external threat. They pledge to come to each other's aid in the event of an attack by the threatening state.