Question 1
Which statement best exemplifies one of the main insights of power resource theory?
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Organization is a source of power.◦
Power depends on coercion tactics.◦
Power is inherent in authoritarian states.◦
Totalitarian states epitomize the ultimate power.Question 2
Which statement best explains the faltering belief in global warming as a real threat, despite evidence of global warming in droughts, crop failures, the collapse of fish stocks, and violent storms?
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The public at large being distracted by a global economic recession.◦
Scientists do not yet have the technology to determine the source of climatic changes.◦
The fossil fuel industry has successfully mounted a public relations campaign challenging the legitimacy of the scientific basis of global warming.◦
There has been an emergence of scientists from around the world contesting the legitimacy of the earlier evidence.
Global Warming
Arctic warming: Drunken trees
World Regions in Global Context: Peoples, Places, and Environments
Global Soil Regions
Changes in Global Mean Temperatures
Global Distribution of Biomes