GOV 312L ONLINE QUIZZES MT 3

The most recent demonstrations in Gaza protest the actions of which state or political group?

A. Fatah

B. Israel

C. Egypt

D. Saudi Arabia

B

The original UN compromise over the political status of Israel and Palestine awarded control

over Jerusalem to Israel.

A. True

B. False

B

One of the components of the definition of terrorism described in the textbook highlights its

political function: acts of terrorism are generally designed to pursue some political goal.

A. True

B. False

A

Among all targets of terrorism, the United States has suffered the bulk of terrorist attacks and

deaths attributed to terrorism over the last twenty years.

A. True

B. False

B

The use of terrorism in the Palestinian conflict has attempted to undermine peace negotiations

between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

A. True

B. False

A

Hegemonic stability holds that the global concentration of economic and political power in one state tends to promote open international trade.

A. True

B. False

A

Power Transition theory holds that the likelihood of great power war increases when the distribution of military power among great powers is stable.

A. True

B. False

B

The United States supports China in the maritime disputes over access to the South China Sea.

A. True

B. False

B

Polarity influences coalition and alliance arrangements among great powers.

A. True

B. False

A

Great powers have historically extended their political influence throughout the international system with formal empires.

A. True

B. False

A

Which of the following is an international organization?

A. Sovereignty

B. World Trade Organization

C. Reciprocity in trade negotiations

D. Options A, B, and C are all correct

B

Some international organizations can facilitate interstate cooperation by enforcing agreements that states reach among themselves.

A. True

B. False

A

The creation of international organizations provokes principle-agent tensions with their member

states. What factors worsen this principle-agent relationship?

A. Multiple principals

B. Agency slack

C. Shirking

D. Options A, B, and C are all correct

D

The Obama Administration launched military strikes against the Syrian government for its use of chemical weapons in 2013.

A. True

B. False

B

Some US Senators have raised the strategic possibility that President Trump's publicly stated desire to with draw US troops from Syria encouraged the most recent round of chemical weapons attacks in Douma.

A. True

B. False

A

A government is democratic if it holds elections.

A. True

B. False

B

Democracy can help promote peace among democratic states by solving the commitment

problem.

A. True

B. False

A

Elections in democracies can help promote peace among democratic states by raising the domestic political costs of war.

A. True

B. False

A

According to the logic of the democratic peace, we are more likely to see a war between the United States and Syria than we are to see a war between the United States and the United Kingdom.

A. True

B. False

A

During the twentieth century, the population of democratic regimes in the international system has been shocked upward in waves facilitated by diffusion.

A. True

B. False

A

Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage suggests that specialization and trade reduce the national income of an economy.

A. True

B. False

B

Globalization can activate tensions with national sovereignty by pressuring governments to delegate some control over economic policy to international organizations.

A. True

B. False

A

China is a member of the Trans Pacific Partnership.

A. True

B. False

B

President Trump formally withdrew the United States from the Trans Pacific Partnership in 2017.

A. True

B. False

A

Higher national trade to GDP ratios are one potential indicator of globalization.

A. True

B. False

A

An increase in the value of the dollar relative to the Japanese yen should increase American imports from Japan.

A. True

B. False

A

The trade deficit is associated with capital imports into the United States that help raise domestic investment.

A. True

B. False

A

The Mundell-Fleming Trilemma suggests that the United States could simultaneously pursue monetary policies that support fixed exchange rates, capital mobility, and monetary autonomy.

A. True

B. False

B

The dollar's reserve currency status limits the ability of the federal government of the United States to run large government budget deficits.

A. True

B. False

B

Central banks help set monetary policy by influencing domestic interest rates.

A. True

B. False

A

President Trump has associated North Korea's decision to halt its testing of nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles with denuclearization.

A. True

B. False

A

The WTO preceded the GATT.

A. True

B. False

B

The IMF possesses the power to influence the economic policies of its member countries through conditionality arrangements.

A. True

B. False

A

The possession of nuclear weapons helps preserve the North Korean regime of Kim Jong Un.

A. True

B. False

A

The North Korean regime possesses a different definition of denuclearization from the United States.

A. True

B. False

A

The Paris Climate Accord relies on strict, enforceable national limits on carbon dioxide emissions to address the environmental problem of climate change.

A. True

B. False

B

The Tragedy of the Commons suggests that people and states have a general set of incentives that encourage them to limit their consumption of public resources.

A. True

B. False

B

The political challenges associated with limiting carbon dioxide emissions can be illustrated with the logic of the collective action problem.

A. True

B. False

A

The reduction of carbon dioxide emissions poses few threats to sustaining economic growth in developing countries.

A. True

B. False

B

The Paris Climate Accord operates through a series of monitoring arrangements that strengthen the ability of domestic groups to pressure their national governments to implement policies that reduce carbon emissions.

A. True

B. False

A