The Events of the Arab Spring

question 27

Multiple Choice

The events of the Arab Spring

• A) cannot be overturned.
• B) are examples of elite support leading mass revolutions.
• C) were not influenced by mass media.
• D) show that individuals do not matter in international politics.
• E) have led to a clear future of democracy in Egypt and other Arab states.

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Definitions:

Population Size

The total number of individual organisms inhabiting a particular area or environment at a given time.

Inbreeding

The mating of closely related individuals, which can increase the chance of offspring inheriting identical copies of genes from both parents, potentially leading to a greater risk of recessive genetic disorders.

Deleterious Alleles

Deleterious alleles are variants of genes that negatively affect the fitness or survival of an individual carrying them.

Homozygosity

The state of having two identical alleles at a particular gene locus, leading to the expression of a specific trait.