The words that we choose to describe political behaviors or attributes are called _________.

Praetorianism is

a. the method of controlling bureaucratic appointments during the Soviet period by selecting individuals from a pre-existing list of names. b. a political system where the military is an active participant in politics. c. a setting in which the state focuses on having a strong military force and emphasizes the need to be prepared to use it aggressively. d. the act of overthrowing an existing government. e. a collective, comprised of the heads of the various segments of the armed forces, which oversees policy decisions in some military governments.

While in office, Margaret Thatcher

a. increased the size of the United Kingdom's bureaucracy, despite rhetoric to the contrary. b. reduced the size of the United Kingdom's bureaucracy by privatizing several government functions. c. kept the bureaucracy about the same size, although her reforms did allow the government to take on more responsibility with roughly the same number of employees. d. technically reduced the size of the United Kingdom's central government bureaucracy by turning functions over to local governments as part of devolution. e. reduced the size of the civilian bureaucracy by having some government functions turned over to the military.