This system of government describes a government where power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers responsible for making decisions on behalf of the populace

The following scatter diagram shows:

a. a tendency for the level of democracy to increase as ethnic diversity increases. b. little association between the level of ethnic diversity and the level of democracy. c. that only countries with low levels of ethnic diversity can achieve a high level of democracy. d. that ethnic diversity explains a great deal of the variation in democracy scores.

The federal bureaucracy consists of the departments, agencies, and offices within the __________that perform the functions of government

a. legislature b. executive branch c. judicial branch d. Senate