When women are promoted to leadership positions, they are more likely than men are to be placed on a appointed to precarious leadership situations associated with greater risk and criticism.

   Glass cliff

Explanation: Glass cliff is known as a phenomenon that occurs in times of crisis or times of decline, simply when the chances of failure, if not the greatest, are high, and then women are placed in leadership positions. It certainly applies to times of crisis in business corporations and also in some important political places,  during political campaigns or elections, when it is necessary to deal with times of crisis, and this is often more successfully done by women leaders.This phenomenon suggests that women will be more likely than men to succeed, and to cope with such crisis times and unstable situations when the chances of failure are greatest.

according to classical republican political theory, which democratic republics would function best?

a.   small republics, with people who had similar interests

b.   large republics, with people who had competing interests

c.   republics made up entirely of landowners

d.   republics made up entirely of servants

the earthquake in haiti was a magnitude of 7.0 according to the u.s geological survey yet the smaller earthquake in haiti killed more than 200,000 and left more than 1.2 million people homeless. the chile earthquake was a magnitude of 8.8 and 500 times more stronger but chile's earthquake only injured 712 people.