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A _______________ is a political system dominated by
religious leaders and institutions.

An example (s) that defies the commonly held
notion that more educated and professionals are less religious is (are):

Currently, ________________ of the world’s Muslims are
Sunni.

Harvey Cox and other scholars predicted, based on evidence
from the developed world, that among
developing nations the role of religion would:

In Tibet, the
_______________ is viewed as the country’s secular and spiritual leader.

Islam has two major branches, the Sunnis and the
Shi’as. The split between the two
groups came about because:

Latin American Catholics are not monolithic. Beliefs range
from conservative___________ to left wing __________________.

Many of the 20th Century Catholic reform movements in Latin
America can be traced to Pope Leo XIII’s criticism of ______________________.

Since the end of the cold war, ___________________ has
replaced _______________ as the major threat to American and European
security.

A full democracy or liberal democracy has more criteria
including the following except:

A simple definition of democracy is:

According to Crawford Young, cultural pluralism is
associated with___________________.

According to Huntington, the first democratic
wave lasted from ________ and was influenced by _________ and
___________.

An important component of the definition of a liberal
democracy is that competitive elections are not meaningful if:

Barrington Moore, Jr.’s widely acclaimed study of economic
and political change identified three discrete paths to modernization based
on:

Between 1990 and 2005, Third World economies grew by:

By the 1980s, most Latin American authoritarian
governments were undermined by__________________.

During the 1970s and 1980s, in East Asia a number of
authoritarian rulers clung to power because:

Dependency theorist explain political, social and economic
underdevelopment by emphasizing:

Example (s) of ethnic misclassification imposed
by outsiders include ______________________-

Examples of cases in which the spoken language gives
political relevance to groups include:

For many years, a number of developing countries show:

In 1972 in Burundi, which group was the ruling
minority?

In Kapstein and Converse’s study of countries
transitioning from authoritarian to democracy 1960-2004, those
in which areas experienced less stability?

In Nigeria, which tribe is considered more modern and
commercially successful?

In South Africa __________ created racial classifications
for their entire population that defied international standards.

In many developing countries, poverty is manifested by:

In some countries, ethnic divisions may be reinforced by
class antagonism. Examples would include:

In summary, during the 1970s and 1980s, ethnic violence
increased in developing countries, and often coincided with the spread of
_____________.

In the early years of the 21st century, much of the Third
World suffered from ________________ tensions.

Modernization theory applied to underdeveloped countries
has a number of criticisms including:

Most analysts consider ethnic identity a
______________.

Per capita income does not provide a complete picture of
national living standards because:

Philips Cutright determined that when other factors are
held constant, strong democracies are correlated with:

Political scientist have found that higher literacy is
associated with:

Poverty is associated with:

Proponents of modernization theory are likely to be
_______________ and proponents of dependency theory are likely to be
___________.

Recent survey data from 12 African nations indicate that
tribal affilations are a major determinant of______________.

Since the 1990s, wars between sovereign states has
___________, but internal conflict between cultural, ethnic or religious
groups has ________.

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite measure
of: