Political Science 007 - Contemporary World Affairs » Spring 2022 » Midterm

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Question #1
According to lecture, what is the main question the study of international relations seeks to solve?
A.   How to create peace between nations
B.   How to gain a comparative advantage over other states
C.   How to solve the collective action problem
D.   How to predict state behavior
Question #2
According to lecture, the first manifestation of a state system took place in
A.   The United States
B.   Rome
C.   Persia
D.   Greece
Question #3
The concept of the modern nation state emerged from what historic event?
A.   The 50 Years War
B.   The 7 Years War
C.   The Peace of Westphalia
D.   The Peace of West Germany
Question #4
What is hegemony?
A.   A conflict between two minor states, sponsored by larger states
B.   The dominance of one country over others
C.   A bi-polar regional system
D.   A balance of power between nations
Question #5
Which seminal event is attributed with creating 100 years of peace in Europe?
A.   The French Revolution
B.   WWI
C.   WWII
D.   The Congress of Vienna
Question #6
According to lecture, what is a nation state?
A.   None of these are correct
B.   A hierarchy of power
C.   A sovereign territory controlled by a government
D.   A sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent
Question #7
The Medieval Era is best classified as a time of
A.   The emergence of the modern nation state
B.   Democracy
C.   Few clearly defined territories
D.   Clearly defined borders
Question #8
Which country spends the most on its military budget?
A.   China
B.   The United States
C.   France
D.   Russia
Question #9
In today’s political system, border sovereignty is always respected
A.   False
B.   True
Question #10
In the years leading up to WWI, we would classify the international system as
A.   Uni-polar
B.   Bi-polar
C.   Tri-polar
D.   Multi-polar
Question #11
Realist believe that states are motivated by
A.   Money
B.   Vanity
C.   Military Size
D.   Self interest
Question #12
Realpolitik might also be defined as
A.   Pragmatism
B.   liberalism
C.   self help
D.   constructivism
Question #13
Who wrote the Melian Dialogue?
A.   Thucydides
B.   Thomas Hobbes
C.   Machiavelli
D.   Hans Morgenthau
Question #14
Who would you classify as the realists in the Melian Dialogue?
A.   The Romans
B.   The Athenians
C.   The Melians
D.   The Spartans
Question #15
According to Machiavelli, what is the most important goal of the state?
A.   Power
B.   Preserving natural rights
C.   Independence
D.   Wealth
Question #16
Machiavelli thought that Christian principles, while untrue, were useful and moral for state leaders to follow
A.   False
B.   True
Question #17
Which enlightenment philosopher thought that human beings were nasty, cruel, and brutish in the state of nature?
A.   Thomas Hobbes
B.   Machiavelli
C.   John Locke
D.   John Lennon
Question #18
Classical realism maintains that states simply react to changes in the international system
A.   True
B.   False
Question #19
In a zero-sum game
A.   There can only be two winners
B.   Everyone loses
C.   One country must be destroyed
D.   There can only be one winner
Question #20
Concerning the international system, Neorealism maintains that
A.   there is no international system
B.   states simply react to changes in the international system
C.   states rise or fall on the merit of their international decision making
D.   a state’s position in the international system is purely luck
Question #21
According to lecture, who is often called the father of liberalism?
A.   Thomas Hobbes
B.   Emanuel Kant
C.   John Locke
D.   Machiavelli
Question #22
According to Fukuyama, the remaining challenges to liberalism are
A.   Communism and Socialism
B.   Nationalism and Democratic Socialism
C.   Religion and Democratic Socialism
D.   Religion and Nationalism
Question #23
Another term for soft power would be
A.   Unmeasured military factors
B.   The resolve of the people
C.   Cultural influence
D.   Unknown powers
Question #24
In the international system, liberalism tends to focus on
A.   The system itself
B.   The actors in the system
C.   Who has the biggest military
D.   Who has the largest population
Question #25
Democratic Peace theory states that
A.   Democracies do not go to war with one another
B.   Non-democratic countries are more likely to declare war on democratic countries
C.   Democracies are more likely to go to war
D.   Democracies are less likely to go to war
Question #26
What political scientist stated that we have reached “the end of history” after the fall of the Soviet Union?
A.   Frances Fukuyama
B.   Bill Nye, The Science Guy
C.   Immanuel Kant
D.   Joseph Nye
Question #27
Which of the following is not a potential solution to the collective action problem?
A.   Submission
B.   Identity
C.   Dominance
D.   Reciprocity
Question #28
Which type of liberalism states that liberal states should intervene in other sovereign states to pursue liberal objectives
A.   Classical liberalism
B.   Commercial liberalism
C.   Liberal internationalism
D.   Republican liberalism
Question #29
Which of the following is not a key to peace, according to Immanuel Kant
A.   Strict state control of industry
B.   Economic Interdependence
C.   Democracy
D.   Collective Security
Question #30
The idea that alliances make war less likely because actors defend each other against aggression is called
A.   Warhawkism
B.   Economic interconnectivity
C.   Collective security
D.   Democratic peace theory
Question #31
According to Marx, what group controlled the means of production?
A.   Foreign dictators
B.   The proletariat
C.   The dregousis
D.   The bourgeoisie
Question #32
Marx believed that capitalism was ultimately progress
A.   True
B.   False
Question #33
Constructivists believe that the international system is influenced
A.   By state’s view of the international system
B.   Primarily by the system itself
C.   Only by the United States
D.   By random events
Question #34
Concerning the concept of international anarchy, Constructivists would most likely conclude that
A.   Anarchy is a human construct
B.   Anarchy exists
C.   Anarchy is growing
D.   Only the United States is anarchic, not the entire international system
Question #35
What is the Marxist view on international organizations?
A.   They are essential to maintain peace and prosperity
B.   They are essential for trade
C.   They are tools of wealthy countries to exploit poor countries
D.   They do not exist
Question #36
Historically, countries that implement Communism most commonly have what type of government?
A.   Aristocracy
B.   Democratic
C.   Authoritarian
D.   Republic
Question #37
In International Marxism, wealthy countries are labeled as
A.   Egregious countries
B.   Periphery countries
C.   First world countries
D.   Core countries
Question #38
Mao Zedong’s “Great Leap Forward” contributed to great economic growth in China
A.   False
B.   True
Question #39
Constructivists would most likely believe that Democracies do not go to war with one another because
A.   They have common identities
B.   They are busy exploiting poor countries
C.   They never go to war at all
D.   They team together to fight communism
Question #40
According to Marx, the proletariat
A.   Are exploited for their labor
B.   Live comfortable, wealthy, lives
C.   Control the means of production
D.   Exploit the Bourgeoisie
Question #41
Grand strategy is best defined as
A.   A countries goals, what a state wants to achieve
B.   the specific tools used to try and achieve a goal
C.   the result of diplomatic efforts
D.   Overall national strategy to achieve goals
Question #42
Using political policy tools would most likely include
A.   creating alliances, institutions, and negotiations
B.   an embargo
C.   military intervention
D.   sanctions
Question #43
Successful policy targets are geared towards
A.   your own people
B.   Both the people and government of a foreign state
C.   the government of a foreign state
D.   the people of a foreign state
Question #44
Using economic policy tools might include
A.   military intervention
B.   creating alliances, institutions, and negotiations
C.   sanctions
D.   full scale war
Question #45
Which of the following is not a decision-making model we discussed in lecture?
A.   Governmental bargain model
B.   Rational model
C.   Organizational process model
D.   Diplomatic model
Question #46
The rational model is best described as
A.   standard operating procedures
B.   compromise between government agencies
C.   a cost benefit analysis
D.   using norms and practices to assume behavior
Question #47
What is a political echo chamber?
A.   When the “true Scotsman” fallacy is used
B.   When new ideas are considered under harsh scrutiny
C.   When you attack a person’s character instead of their ideas
D.   When there is a lack of dissenting opinion in a group
Question #48
What is a bureaucracy?
A.   The use of the military industrial complex
B.   An organization that tries to influence what the government does in order to advance their agenda
C.   The belief that government agencies, corporations, and research institutes work together to benefit from military spending
D.   A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials, rather than by elected representatives
Question #49
According to lecture, balancing and containment are examples of
A.   Policy
B.   Grand Strategy
C.   National Tools
D.   Policy Tools
Question #50
What is the greatest band of all time?
A.   The Bee Gees
B.   Scorpions
C.   Motown
D.   The Beatles

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