Which of the following describes the flaw in direct democracy that a republic form of government solves?
direct democracy allows laws to be created by majority vote, and a republic is
based on the rule of law
direct democracy allows laws to be created by majority vote, and a republic is
based on the rule of a few elites
direct democracy allows citizens to elect representatives who make laws, and a
republic allows citizens in an assembly to make laws
direct democracy does not allow for citizens in an assembly to make laws, and a
republic allows citizens to elect representatives who make laws
no

97 points what types of changes have been made in the united states to protect people from earthquakes? a. communities are no longer located along fault lines. b. building codes ensure that structures can withstand shaking. c. warnings go off when an earthquake is expected, and people evacuate the area. d. barriers have been built to prevent flooding by a tsunami.

The tea party movement is a. an official third party that challenges both democrats and republicans in national elections. b. an organized challenge to incumbents in the republican party by the most conservative wing of the republican party. c. an organized challenge to incumbents in the democratic party by the most liberal wing of the democratic party. d. an offspring of the green party that runs for state and local office in many midwestern states. e. the now defunct party that gave way to the republican party at the end of the “second party system.”

In writing about her findings in a brazilian shantytown, nancy scheper-hughes’s account of alto do cruzeiro provides a window into the terrible toll of nonconsensual organ harvesting among the poor, as well as how she herself changed over time. how might an anthropologist justify the publication of this ethnographic research when considering the problem of ethnographic authority? a. all of the poor must be given an equal voice, thus polyvocality is justification. b. anthropologists are themselves changed in fieldwork, and so honest reflexivity is justification. c. the horrific conditions made it impossible to ignore, and since she obtained informed consent, this is justification. d. authoritative writing asks us to consider what right we have to report, thus a moral challenge is justification.