International Relations Part 1
Roskin, pgs. 10-19
Kelleher, pgs. 6-17, A:IR2-16
What Kind of New System?
True/False Questions
1. The focus of nations in a multipolar world is on their economies and economic growth becomes the main task. True or False
2. In the end, the West Europeans were unable to resolve the problems arising from the dismemberment of the former Yugoslavia and needed the United States to assist them. True or False
3. South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan are powerful trade competitors of the United States and do not need the latter's security. True or False
4. Roskin and Berry believe that if trade disputes became too great, a multipolar system would break down into something else, perhaps a “resource wars” system. True or False
5. The Bush administration of the 2000s followed a multilateral foreign policy, rejecting the unipolar model as too dangerous. True or False
6. The top-layered countries are able to prevent the bottom-layered countries from negatively affecting them because theses lawless poor countries have nothing to offer. True or False
7. The U.S. and China cooperate on a whole range of global issues to minimize tension and potential conflicts. True or False
8. Roskin and Berry argue that the motto of a globalized system is make money not war. True or False
9. Most countries talk free trade but do not practice it, including the United States. True or False
10. According to Roskin and Berry, globalization seems to work everywhere when applied correctly. True or False
11. Saudi Arabia and Iran, who detested Saddam’s dictatorship in Iraq, opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. True or False
12. In Samuel P. Huntington's world, commerce predicts international alignments better than religion does. True or False
13. In the study of international relations, the fifty American states are recognized as sovereign entities. True or False
14. China keeps its currency artificially low to maintain an export advantage over its international competitors in spite of Washington’s strong disagreement. True or False
15. Sovereignty has always been partly fictional because big, rich, and powerful countries routinely influence and even dominate small, poor, and weak countries.True or False
16. Today, sovereignty has been gaining strength with the international community unable to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, mass genocide, and global warming. True or False
17. An American's passport gives him or her special privileges and protection from potential legal abuses overseas, deemed unconstitutional in the United States. True or False
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What were the two momentous events of 1991? A) the global market crash and the introduction of private enterprise in China, b) the attempted assassination of Vladimir Putin and the war in Afghanistan, c) the quick Gulf War and the amazing collapse of the Soviet Union, d) the armistice agreement between Israel and the Palestinians and the election of Margaret Thatcher.
2. According to Roskin and Berry, a multipolar world does not perfectly fit reality because the most significant blocs: a) are domestically unstable, b) rely on the United States for their security, c) have nuclear weapons to defend against external threats, d) may opt out of the system at any time.
3. In a unipolar world, only the United States has the ability to project military power overseas, the political clout, and the vision to lead, argued former President Bush senior, referring to it as: a) demonstrative coherence, b) unilateral necessity, c) flexible enforcement, d) new world order.
4. The group in the most recent Bush administration who liked the unipolar view of the world and tried to implement it in Iraq: a) realists, b) utopians, c) world strategists, d) neo-conservatives.
5. Instead of following the United States, this system argues that other countries, especially China and Russia, come to an understanding that they must oppose and ignore the former: a) counterweight, b) neutralize, c) hubs-and-spokes, d) containment.
6. The following model combines the unipolar and multipolar models and is distributed into 3 layers: a) stratified, b) complex, c) disintegrated, d) restructured.
7. What is meant by the "zone of chaos?" a) The inability of nation-states to communicate, b) Comprised of the poorer countries dominated by crime, warlords and chronic instability, c) The nature of politics is conflict, requiring diplomatic flexibility, d) The excesses of the world from environmental degradation to oceanic depletion with no effective international government to contain the wealthiest abusers.
8. What is the world’s biggest economic activity? a) electronics, b) crime, c) agriculture, d) autos.
9. In discussing the U.S.-China rivalry as a duopoly model, Roskin and Berry do not believe it will turn into another bipolar Cold War. Why? a) China is simply too weak militarily to challenge the U.S., b) the U.S. today has too many allies while China has no one, c) other regions have no incentive to get involved, d) China may be an economic power house but it is a political basket case.
10. What is a globalized system? a) The preoccupation is war and conquest, b) The main focus is redistribution of resources in an equitable manner, c) Countries protect their domestic markets by establishing tariff and non-tariff protective devices, d) Most countries adapt to a capitalistic world market with the free flow of goods, money and ideas.
11. Of the eight civilizations cited by Huntington, which of them causes the most problems, according to Roskin and Berry? a) Islamic, b) Slavic/Orthodox, c) Hindu, d) Sinic.
12. For Roskin and Berry, the basic components of the international system are still: a) trading blocs, b) international security arrangements, c) sovereign states, d) multinational organizations.
13. What primary circumstances allowed monarchs to control their nobles and amass centralized power (absolutism)? a) the internal fighting and disintegration of the Roman Catholic Church, b) the development of gunpowder and canons, c) the creation of free press and public education, d) the rise of the principles enunciated in the Enlightenment.
14. By the end of the horrible Thirty Years War in 1648, the following dominated West Europe: a) strong local principalities, b) warlords controlling fast stretches of land, c) city-states preoccupied with trade, d) powerful modern states.
15. What did the American and French Revolutions of the late 1700s add to the strong state? a) a sense of isolation and individualism, b) a healthy respect for strong leadership and central authority, c) mass enthusiasm and participation, d) concentrated political power instigated by oligarchs.
16. The following belief system originated in the French and Napoleonic wars, spreading worldwide: a) nationalism, b) socialism, c) communism, d) absolutism.
17. Members of a nation-state have: a) no common language, b) a sense of identity as a distinct people, c) embraced it since ancient times, d) rejected sovereignty as legitimate.
18. Part legal, part power, and part psychological, the following means having the last word in law, able to control your country’s internal affairs and to keep other countries from butting in: a) self-indulgence, b) colonialism, c) sovereignty, d) mercantilism.
19. Roskin and Berry refer to the EU as: a) a supranational entity, b) extra-territorial sovereign, c) a multinational conglomerate, d) a trilateral institution.
Fill-in Questions
1. A multipolar world is characterized by the following:
a) has ______centers of power,
b) some of them ______blocs,
c) all engaged in tough economic ______.
d) No one nation or bloc of nations ______.
e) It would somewhat resemble the old ______-of-power but
f) the blocs and major nations do not form new ______.
2. A stratified system combines the unipolar and multipolar models with roughly three layers:
a) At the top are the _____, high-tech countries.
b)The second layer is that of ______such as China, India, and Brazil.
c) The third layer is a "______" dominated by crime, warlords, and chronic instability.
European Expansion (1400s to Early 1600s)
Kelleher & Klein, pgs. 6-17
True or False Questions
1. By 1498, Venice had replaced Lisbon as the city of far Eastern trade. True or False
2. The practice by the Spanish conquerors of forcing indigenous populations in the Caribbean islands into farming and mining coupled with exposure to European diseases led to the near extinction of native populations. True or False
3. Egypt purchased over half the Suez Canal (1854-1869) company's stock and received its representative share of stock-holder voting rights and over half the profits generated from its operation. True or False
4. Despite having exploited the resources of Africa for five hundred years, Europeans knew practically nothing about its interior lands or people by the late 19th century. True or False
5. When the European states divided Africainto different states, it took serious and careful consideration to respect and maintain natural geographic borders and made sure to preserve the cultural differences among the variety of indigenous peoples on the continent. True or False
6. In the Nazi worldview, the state embodied the collective will of the German people as a whole and therefore the state commanded unquestioned total allegiance. True or False
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why did Europeans want a direct route to Asia: a) To learn about other cultures, b) To avoid the Ottoman Empire, c) To develop closer ties with the pirates on the China seas, d) To prevent smuggling of contraband.
2. By the time the Suez Canal opened in 1869, why did Egypt not receive any revenue from the fees that were charged? a) because Egypt had to pay off its loans repayment, b) because the Canal was inoperable do to inferior construction, c) because the United States forcibly took the profits, d) because the major trading enterprises in the world refused to use the Canal.
3. The following were the masters of early exploration in the middle 1300s and into the early 1500s: a) the British and Irish, b) the French and Germans, c) the Portuguese and Spanish, d) the Dutch and Poles.
4. Besides slaves being discovered in coastal Africa by the Portuguese in 1445, what other valuable product was discovered there? a) arable land, b) oil, c) diamonds, d) gold.
5. In 1519, he sailed from Spain around South America and to what became the Philippines: a) Henry the Navigator, b) Vasco de Gama, c) Ferdinand Magellan, d) Christopher Columbus
6. By 1521, why were many of the books and artifacts of Mexico destroyed by the Spanish? a) to help the native peoples adapt to the much superior democratic system of Spain, b) in the name of religion, anything considered "pagan," had to be removed, c) space was of the essence and these materials simply took up too much room to store, d) to help advance Mexico economically.
7. The arrival of large numbers of settlers from Europe in the 18th century resulted in the following? a) dramatic changes in weather conditions, b) epidemics and the near extinction of indigenous peoples, c) miscegenation and social integration, d) religious conversion.
8. Refers to the direct administration of a territory and its people by outsiders: a) mercantilism, b) empire, c) colonialism, d) incorporation
9. By the late nineteenth century and early twentieth centuries, the Europeans states had completed their conquest of virtually all the world whereby indirect rule was imposed by outsiders over local peoples: a) Integration, b) Imperialism, c) Mercantilism, d) Fascism.
10. Imperial powers made important decisions for the conquered territory and local authorities carried them out: a) acculturation, b) integration, c) protectorate, d) interposition.
11. The following refers to the shift from handmade products using human and animal muscle plus wind and water to machine production with the use of fossil fuels, first coal then oil and natural gas: a) division of labor, b) productivity, c) comparative advantage, d) industrialization.
12. Up until the 1880s, Europe's interest in sub-Saharan Africa focused largely on: a) the slave trade, b) mineral extraction, c) trading for spices, d) petroleum.
13. According to Kelleher and Klein, what was one of the major destabilizing trends among the European Great Powers at the beginning of the 20th century? a) The widespread and national wars of liberation occurring in the European colonies, b) The unification of Germany and its growing power, c) The United States becoming a significant international player, d) The failure to bring economic growth and prosperity to the overwhelming majority based on free market principles.
14. Sets of interrelated ideas giving meaning to events and used to formulate favored government policies: a) dogma, b) existentialism, c) nationalism, d) ideologies.
15. What two conditions and beliefs complimented the Nazi goal of German domination over other nations, particularly those judged as “racially inferior”? a) centralization of state power and colonial rule, b) religious orthodoxy and racial purity, c) universal government and military power, d) decentralized decision-making and long-term government.
16. Governments achieve the following when its people believe that it is justified, that its laws ought to be obeyed, and that its rule conforms to commonly accepted values: a) acquiescence, b) legitimacy, c) loyalty, d) apathy.
17. The following refers to an ethnic/cultural group that has several shared characteristics such as language, history, and religion: a) nation, b) patriotism, c) state, d) denomination.
18. An individual’s sense of loyalty to a modern state: a) nationalism, b) subservience, c) patriotism, d) xenophobia
Fill-In Questions
1. Spain’s huge importation of precious metals in the mid-1500s resulted in the following:
a) Spain initially became a dominant ______,
b) Spain’s currency became ______and
c) the currencies of Eastern Europe and the Ottoman Empire became ______.
d) But the depletion of the World’s gold and silver led to the gradual ______of Spain, evident in the 1600s.
2. What factors fostered imperialism?
a) Industrializing societies needed new ______and sources of raw materials,
b) Paternalistic ______zeal to bring Christianity to pagans and civilization to people characterized as "inferior,"
c) the latter because colonial success stimulated ______pride.
3. What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference in 1884-1885?
a) Representatives convened to divide the ______continent,
b) bringing an end to the ______trade,
c) ensuring free ______and ______in the CongoRiver basin.
4. As it evolved in European societies, the modern state has a:
a) ______,
b) ______population,
c) defined ______, and
d) the recognition of other ______.
Answers
Roskin, pgs. 10-19
True or False Questions
1. True
3. False
5. False
7. False
9. True
11. True
13. False
15. True
17. False
Multiple Choice Questions
1. c
3. d
5. a
7. b
9. c
11. a
13. b
15. c
17. b
19. a
Fill-in Questions
1. a) several, b) trading, c) competition, d) dominates, e) balance, f) alliances
True or False Questions, Kelleher, pgs. 6-17
1. False
3. False
5. False
Multiple Choice Questions
1. b
3. c
5. c
7. b
9. b
11. d
13. b
15. a
17. a
Fill-in Questions
1. a) power, b) inflated, c) deflated, d) decline
3. a) African, b) slave, c) navigation, trade
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