In a representative democracy the power of government officials is primarily checked by
a. judges
b. tradition
c. another branch
d. a constitution

In a story containing the following points, which would likely occur last?

Why were the chang and xi rivers important to china’s development? a. they keep invaders out. c. they kept china isolated. b. they provided a route for ships to travel inland. d. they provided boundaries for the different political sections

The tower commission, appointed by president reagan in 1987 to investigate how the iran-contra affair had happened, concluded that most of the blame lay with a. president reagan himself, for careless management of his subordinates b. congress, for poorly drawn legislation that failed to define carefully the role of the president's national security council c. the american people, for failing to pay attention to the conduct of international affairs d. the federal courts, for having allowed excessive power to flow to the executive branch