POS 160: quiz 1

ch 1,2,3

1. The text asserts that how we \_______ is linked to how we react to events that define an era.

identify ourselves

2. One result of globalization is

that everything has a "Made in someplace" label, often from a nation-state in the developing world.

3. According to Henry Kissinger, the nation-state is being challenged by internal and external forces that

represent threats to the independence and authority of the nation-state.

4. According to the text, the term "global politics"

is conceptually more inclusive of all kinds of actors than other terms, such as "international politics."

5. Multinational corporations, human rights groups, and environmental organizations can be examples of

transnational actors

6. A civil actor from one country who has dealings with actors in other countries or with an international organization is called a(n)

transnational actor

7. The \_______ is comprised of the people and agencies that control the allocation of public goods and services within a physical territory.

governement

8. A(n) \_______ is the term given to any actor that is not a government or its agent(s).
a. international artificer

nonstate actor

9. A(n) \_______ is a group that has a common language, culture, history, and physical territory.

nation

10. The term \_______ had its origins in Roman law and is a \_______ term in political science.

state; divisive

11. "Nation-state" is a problematic term because

most states are comprised of more than one nation, which accounts for many problems in the modern international system.

12. Many scholars assert that civil wars in states such as Syria and Yemen are the greatest challenge to world politics. They are examples of

ungoverned regions, in which the central governing apparatus proves ineffective.

13. The Brexit vote is an example of which phenomenon?

Economic nationalism

14. The writer Manuel Castells maintains that if the leaders of nation-states want to respond effectively to the four crises he discusses, they must

create collaborative networks with nongovernmental organizations and other nonstate actors, a recommendation that sounds paradoxical given the problems of the four crises.

15. A "theory" is a

simplifying device that helps the analyst decide which facts matter and which facts do not.

16. According to the text, Wight identified which three traditions in the study of international relations theory?

Machiavellian, Grotian, and Kantian

17. The \_______ tradition describes the nature of international politics as experiencing constant conflict.

Machiavellian

18. A(n) \_______ theory is a standard of the correct moral and ethical behavior about how the world should be.

normative

19. The statement "It is not fair that some people are rich, and others are starving. Countries should give more food aid" is an expression of a(n) \_______ theory.

normative

20. The strength of a theory comes from

how well it predicts future events.

21. According to the text, a person's worldview theory

might be inherited or developed from observing society.

22. Which academic institution was the first to have a separate department to study international politics?

University of Wales, Aberystwyth

23. According to the text, \_______ provided the funding to create the first separate university department to study international politics and did so to find ways to help prevent war.

David Davies, a Welsh industrialist

24. After World War I, many scholars of international politics believed the goal of their studies should be to make the world a better place. This is known as

idealism

25. Between the first and second world wars, the academic perspective known as realism developed. According to this perspective,

the world is a dangerous place and people are self-interested at best.

26. The interparadigm debate, according to the text, was not so much four different views of the same world, but instead

four views of different worlds.

27. Which three academic theories of international relations were the primary focus of the 1980s interparadigm debate?

Realism, liberalism, Marxism

28. A \_______ theorist believes that state is the result of class forces.

marxist

29. A \_______ theorist believes that ideas about the world are not fixed but change over time.

constructivist

30. Proponents of the academic theories of international relations see globalization differently because

they have different ideas about what is most important in world politics.

31. Many social scientists who study international relations

seek to explain, predict, or make policy prescriptions.

32. For many social scientists who study international relations, there are four kinds of independent variables. These are

individual, national attributes, systemic, and global.

33. The \_______ level of analysis seeks to explain the preferences of leaders.

individual

34. A state's history, traditions, and political structures are examples of the \_______ level of analysis.

national atrributes

35. A scholar asserts that movement of capital and environmental problems explain an outcome. This is an example of the \_______ level of analysis.

global

36. Respecting the sovereignty of states and following the rule of international law are examples of the \_______ level of analysis.

systemic

37. The process of growing interconnectedness between societies such that events in one part of the world increasingly effect peoples and societies far away is called

globalization

38. Unlike in the physical sciences, social scientists

have difficulty conducting experiments with control groups.

39. What are the three kinds of hypotheses?

Causal, relational, and impact

40. The statement "more rain means more floods" is an example of a(n) \_______ hypothesis.

impact

41. The statement "scarce oil supplies lead to wars" is an example of a(n) \_______ hypothesis.

impact

42. Thucydides wrote that the distribution of power between the Greek city-states caused the Peloponnesian War. This is an example of the \_______ level of analysis.

systemic

43. Constructivist scholars tend to assert that

there is no single historical narrative; therefore, no single perspective holds the truth.

44. "Global polity" means

collective structures and processes for decision-making.

45. Global warming, militant religious groups, and pandemics can all be part of what the text calls a

risk culture

46. Why might some scholars view globalization as a "myth"?

The increase in wealth is too one-sided to be considered global.

47. Some writers believe that the greatest problem with global governance is that

the nonstate institutions are not accountable for their actions.

48. The social theory suggesting all actors make decisions with fixed preferences and seek to maximize benefits and minimize costs is called

rational choice theory

49. The firm that makes a key component of the iPhone outsources production of it to India and Taiwan because

the part can be made cheaply, and the firm spends the savings on research and development.

50. The historical process involving a fundamental shift or transformation in the spatial scale of human social organization that links distant communities is called

globalization

51. According to the text, the Grotian tradition is most concerned with

the rule of law

52. What entity exercises the monopoly of legal force within its territorial bounds?

the state

53. A scholar who is interested in the interactions between corporate and governmental entities would most likely be which type of theorist?

liberal

54. A paradox of globalization is that

some non-Western states have experienced high rates of economic growth despite having non-Western views of the state.

55. Marxist scholars believe that state behavior is determined by

class forces

1. Sovereignty promised

formal equality for all states, which it also guaranteed through institutions.

2. The Peace of \_______ ended the Thirty Years' War.

westphalia

3. The year 1648 represents a dividing line in European history because

the Thirty Years' War ended that year, bringing with it a new template for relations in the international system.

4. Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles

placed the blame for World War I only on Germany.

5. The Congress of Vienna and the European concert system were examples of

attempts to create a permanent balance of power in Europe

6. Prior to the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, why did German military forces attack in the Balkans and North Africa?

To support their ally, Italy

7. Which of the following was not a result of the Treaty of Versailles?

Satisfaction with regards to German territorial aspirations

8. What is the core value of the post-1648 international society that Europeans created?

Sovereign equality

9. In the case of World War I, "total war" meant

the people and resources of entire societies were mobilized for the common purpose.

10. What term best describes the dominance of a particular state in relation to all other states in the international system?

hegemony

11. The theorist \_______ called the period between the two world wars the twenty-year crisis.

carr

12. Article 231 of the Versailles Treaty, which assigned \_______ to Germany for causing World War I, was used to justify reparations.

guilt for World War I

13. Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points included a call for which of the following?

national self-determination

14. The term "appeasement" is usually connected with which person and which event or place?

hitler and czechoslovakia

15. At which international summit did the leaders of France and the United Kingdom acquiesce to Germany's demands for territorial concessions from Czechoslovakia?

Munich

16. The NATO alliance initially represented an important United States commitment to

the defense of Western Europe after 1949.

17. Glasnost means \_______ and is most commonly associated with \_______.

"openness"; Gorbachev

18. The United States and the Soviet Union viewed decolonization as a means to

spread their influence

19. The Cold War began as a result of ideological competition over which region?

Europe

20. When did the concept of modern total war take shape?

WW1

21. What is the term used to describe the retreat from empire throughout most of Asia and Africa after 1945?

decolonization

22. What key defensive policy was associated with the Truman Doctrine?

containment

23. What year was the NATO treaty signed?

1949

24. Khrushchev's policy towards the West was a mixture of seeking coexistence and sometimes pursuing

ideological confrontation

25. What was the term used to describe the reestablishment of friendlier relations between China and the United States?

Rapprochement

26. In what year did the Cuban Missile Crisis take place?

1962

27. World War I

was characterized by trench warfare, evolving military technology, and attrition.

28. The British exit from the European Union (Brexit) can be seen as a victory for which of the following groups or ideas?

economic nationalists

29. Marxism was an important ideology for revolutionary movements in which countries?

Malaya and Vietnam

30. Scholars of the end of European decolonization contend that

there was no singular pattern of decolonization during that period.

31. Many international relations experts believed that \_______ during the Cold War produced a mostly stable international system.

bipolarity

32. The Warsaw Pact was

a mutual defense agreement between communist states in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.

33. The text asserts that the effects of \_______ helped to end the era of European colonialism.

World War 2

34. What phrase was used by President George H. W. Bush to describe the post-Cold War world?

New world order

35. Which term best describes the balance of power in the years immediately after the end of the Cold War?

Unipolar

36. The Warsaw Pact was created in

1955

37. According to the text, which Wilsonian ideals are said to have flourished in the years immediately after the end of the Cold War?

The spread of democratic ideas

38. The text argues that the Cold War

was not "cold" at all for the millions of people who died around the world.

39. According to the text, what term best describes the new class of economic actors of post-communist Russia?

Oligarchs

40. Who termed the United States a "hyperpower"?

Hubert Vedrine

41. Anarchy is a system in which by

there is no central government in the international system above the state

42. According to the text, what is ironic about the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq?

Iraq was not involved in the September 11, 2001 attacks

43. Classical realists contend that a rising China

will disturb the balance of power once it is strong enough to challenge the United States

44. The relaxation of tensions between the USSR and the United States during the 1960s and 1970s was called

detente

45. Prior to the US-led invasion of Iraq, what goal did the United States and Iraq have in common?

Containment of the geopolitical ambitions of Iran