The Iranian government is secular in an attempt to reduce factionalism among Sunni Muslims, Shia Muslims, Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians

Which of the following is most accurate regarding the future of Medicare?

a. Medicare will likely need adjustments to meet future demands. b. The Medicare trust fund is expected to run out of money by 2016. c. Medicare is expected to be financially stable for the next 50 years. d. Medicare will be replaced by a private investment program beginning in 2015.

A problem with using Haiti to make the case that colonialism

was the main reason for the gap between developed and less-developed countries is: a. that there are other countries poorer than Haiti. b. that a case study of one country, such as Haiti, cannot control for many other variables contributing to a lack of development. c. Haiti was unique in winning independence from a European colonizer as early as it did, from France in 1804. d. Haiti was not landlocked, unlike many other former European colonies.