The hypothesis that oil revenues are the major obstacle to ...

[Shelles]

The hypothesis that oil revenues are the major obstacle to
 
  democracy in the Arab world runs into difficulty because:
  a. countries with large oil revenues tend to be democracies.
  b. researchers have found no correlation between the percentage of national income from oil and democracy.
  c. only four Arab countries derive high percentages of their revenues from oil.
  d. Arab countries that have few or no oil revenues are also authoritarian.

Question 2

The hypothesis that low levels of economic development are
 
  the main reasons for authoritarian rule in the Middle East runs into difficulty because:
  a. Middle Eastern countries are rich as a result of oil revenues.
  b. Middle Eastern countries have high levels of literacy.
  c. while some Middle East countries are poor, several have some of the highest per capita incomes in the world.
  d. Middle Eastern countries have large middle classes.

[IRincones]

Answer to Question 1

Saved me massive time.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: c

[Shelles]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[scottmt]

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