The system of state sovereignty emerged in the seventeenth century, when rulers refused to recognize secular authority of the Roman Catholic Church

How will an economic recovery at the national level impact the cities and states?

a. An economic recovery always occurs in cities and states after significant federal spending. b. An economic recovery means demands on government services will be cheaper. c. It will be several years after the economy recovers that states and cities will have enough revenues to meet all their demands for public services. d. A national recovery is spread evenly across the states, so all benefit equally.

Markets and town life in the early feudal period make a good analogy for a possible end to the sovereign state as we know it today because _________

a. they leveled the amount of power among individuals but failed to bring any new ideas or wealth to local communities b. they brought new ideas, wealth, and coalitions and immediately ended the rule of the previously dominant lords c. they demonstrated that new social institutions can develop alongside existing ones d. they brought new coalitions but also increased the level of inequality among individuals