Match the words (1–6) to the sentences (A–F).

1 threat 2 boycott 3 discrimination 4 demonstration 5 injustice 6 march

A Students are walking through the city centre, shouting ‘Down with the government!’ ___ B People believe that the decision of the judge was unfair. ___ C The terrorists say that if their demands are not met, they will blow up the plane. ___ D In protest, citizens refused to buy the company’s products. ___ E The students were not allowed into the university because of the colour of their skin. ___ F People stood outside the embassy with signs saying ‘Free the prisoners’. ___

1. international: struggle for hegemony and empire outstrips the fiscal resources of the state

2. political conflict: conflict between the monarchy and the nobility over the “reform” of the tax system led to paralysis and bankruptcy.

3. the enlightenment: impulse for reform intensifies political conflicts; reinforces traditional aristocratic constitutionalism, one variant of which was laid out in montequieu’s spirit of the laws; introduces new notions of good government, the most radical being popular sovereignty, as in rousseau’s social contract [1762]; the attack on the regime and privileged class by the literary underground of “grub street; ” the broadening influence of public opinion.

4. social antagonisms between two rising groups: the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie

5. ineffective ruler: louis xvi

6. economic hardship, especially the agrarian crisis of 1788-89 generates popular discontent and disorders caused by food shortages.

1) the answer is b

senators serve a six-year term; representatives serve a two-year term, making them more responsive to (and responsible for) voter confidence.

2) the answer is d

to serve as president, one must:   -be a natural-born u.s. citizen of the united states;   be at least thirty-five years old;   be a resident in the united states for at least fourteen years.

3) the answer is a

ella,because it is constitutionally eligible

4) the answer is c: the u.s president

after the roman empire, the catholic church began to unify by taking on many duties of a government.

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