In 4-5 sentences, explain what the social contract and rule of law are, and provide two examples of how one or both these work in your life.

Why are people more likely to marry individuals with social and cultural backgrounds very similar to their own? a. parents and other family members always exert pressure to marry within the group. b. people spend a great deal of time alone, and therefore can have few opportunities for meeting people. c. people develop irrational fears of out-group members and are scared to date them. d. people have greater access to individuals like themselves.

Which of the following was a key accomplishment of the people of songhai? a. they had a strong military and became the largest empire in west africa. b. they established a center of islamic scholarship. c. they worked with iron and prospered from the gold-salt trade. d. they dominated in the trade of ivory, enslaved people, and animal skins.

The idea of a progressive income tax, which is still a standard taxing policy in the u.s. today, was aggressively sought by the populist party. select the best answer from the choices provided true or false