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

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