Deck 15: Human Security

Question 1

What assumption underlies the idea of "human security"?

A) Every country has a discrete and measurable national interest.
B) The national interest is really a cluster of group and individual interests.
C) Survival and well-being involve more than military protection.
D) It is critical to confront the economic and social causes of violence.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following more closely reflects human security?

A) The dimensions of human security are interdependent.
B) Almost all the problems of human security stem from poverty.
C) Human security is only a problem in Africa and Asia.
D) Once population growth is brought under control, the problems of human security will be solved.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What country has made human security central to its foreign policy?

A) The United States.
B) Canada.
C) France.
D) India.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which UN organ is responsible for improving human security?

A) Security Council.
B) General Assembly.
C) Secretariat.
D) Economic and Social Council.

Question 5

What American economist laid out a detailed plan to eliminate global poverty?

A) Robert J. Aumann.
B) Robert Gordon.
C) Jeffrey Sachs.
D) Joseph Stiglitz.

Question 6

How do we define those who are in extreme poverty?

A) They earn $1.90 or less a day.
B) They have only one meal per day.
C) They have inadequate shelter and are malnourished.
D) They are vulnerable to disease and are inadequately fed.

Question 7

What country is responsible for much of the reduction in global poverty in recent decades?

A) Indonesia.
B) Brazil.
C) China.
D) South Africa.

Question 8

What are the world's most corrupt countries?

A) Sudan and Guinea.
B) Uzbekistan and Bangladesh.
C) Belarus and Cambodia.
D) Somalia and North Korea.

Question 9

In which of the following countries are officials most willing to accept bribes?

A) China.
B) Mexico.
C) Russia.
D) Zimbabwe.

Question 10

What is the purpose of the IMF's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility?

A) To provide funds for primary education.
B) To build affordable housing in overcrowded urban areas.
C) To provide low-interest loans to poor countries.
D) To provide jobs for women in poor countries.

Question 11

What do we call small loans that are made available to the poor for starting small businesses?

A) Concessional assistance.
B) Microcredit.
C) Development grants.
D) Mini-loans.

Question 12

What technology appears to have a major impact on reducing poverty in the developing world?

A) Mobile phones.
B) Computers.
C) Portable generators.
D) The Internet.

Question 13

What is the most important source of concessional assistance (assistance which includes grants that do not need to be repaid) to poor countries?

A) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
B) International Monetary Fund.
C) International Finance Corporation.
D) International Development Agency.

Question 14

Which of the following oil-producing countries borrowed heavily for domestic projects and found itself deeply in debt when oil prices dropped in the 1980s and 1990s?

A) Mexico and Nigeria.
B) Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
C) United Arab Emirates and Iraq.
D) Norway and Great Britain.

Question 15

What is the aim of the Debt Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries?

A) To forgive the debts of all the world's poor countries.
B) To reward poor countries that pursue sound economic policies.
C) To provide additional private loans to countries which are deeply in debt.
D) To prevent default by indebted countries in the developing world.

Question 16

What was the most important accomplished of the 2005 G-8 meeting in Gleaneagles, Scotland?

A) The G-8 decided to double the foreign aid its members provide to poor countries.
B) The G-8 agreed to remove subsidies on agricultural exports and tariffs on commodities from poor countries.
C) The G-7 became the G-8 by admitting Russia to its membership.
D) The G-8 agreed to forgive debt owed by the world's poorest countries.

Question 17

What is the way in which Moody's Investors Service affects poor countries?

A) It sends direct foreign investment to different countries.
B) It helps determine the interest rates countries pay on their loans.
C) It loans hard currency to countries that are in debt.
D) In insures the investments banks make in poor countries.

Question 18

What percent of US gross domestic product does foreign aid account for?

A) 28%.
B) 0.19%.
C) 0.7%.
D) 9.8%.

Question 19

What percent of GDP is the Millennium Development Goals target for countries' foreign aid?

A) 28%.
B) 0.19%.
C) 0.7%.
D) 9.8%.

Question 20

What is the Millennium Challenge Account?

A) A British program to transfer high technology to poor countries.
B) An EU program to encourage economic self-sufficiency in the developing world.
C) A UN program to provide investment in heavy industry in poor countries.
D) A US program to encourage democracy and liberal economic policies in developing countries.

Question 21

What country pioneered export-led growth after World War Two?

A) Japan.
B) Singapore.
C) China.
D) Brazil.

Question 22

Which of the following is an example of limiting exports by "voluntary" quotas?

A) The Bahrain Free Trade Agreement.
B) The Multi-Fiber Arrangement.
C) The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.
D) The Southern African Customs Union.

Question 23

What issue continues to divide the United States and the European Union?

A) Debt reduction for the poorest countries.
B) Steps to be taken toward Iran's enrichment of uranium.
C) The independence of Kosovo.
D) Competition for agricultural markets.

Question 24

What is the European Union's policy that provides subsidies to Europe's farmers?

A) Farm Income Stabilization Program.
B) Food Conservation and Energy Act.
C) Common Agricultural Policy.
D) Agricultural Price Support Program.

Question 25

What would be the most effective action that rich countries could take to assist poor countries?

A) Significantly increase foreign aid.
B) End agricultural subsidies to their own farmers.
C) Provide new technologies to the developing world.
D) Allow the free movement of migrants from the developing world to the developed world.

Question 26

Which of the following established the G-20 (Group of Twenty)?

A) A group of major commodity exporters in the developing world.
B) The world's leading importers of agricultural commodities.
C) A group of major importers of fossil fuels.
D) The world's twenty poorest countries.

Question 27

Why is the global trade in illegal drugs hard to control?

A) Eliminating one source of drugs increases production elsewhere.
B) Countries have not cooperated to fight the global drug trade.
C) Certain drugs are legal in some countries but not in others.
D) Interpol is sufficient to interdict the transnational movement of drugs

Question 28

Which of the following countries constitute the "Golden Triangle" of opium producers?

A) Thailand, Indonesia, and Cambodia.
B) Indonesia, Cambodia, and Laos.
C) Burma, Thailand, and Laos.
D) Burma, Laos, and Cambodia.

Question 29

When Iran and Turkey cracked down on opium production, which of the following countries took over the business?

A) Iraq and Lebanon.
B) Afghanistan and Pakistan.
C) Egypt and Jordan.
D) Syria and Somalia.

Question 30

Which of the following became a "narco-state"?

A) Venezuela.
B) Panama.
C) Colombia.
D) The Dominican Republic.

Question 31

Which of the following terrorist groups cooperated with drug traffickers?

A) Hezbollah.
B) Sendero Luminoso.
C) The Red Army Faction.
D) Black September.

Question 32

In what country has the United States spent billions of dollars in an effort to end cocaine smuggling into the US?

A) Peru.
B) Venezuela.
C) Panama.
D) Colombia.

Question 33

What do we call the effort to disguise criminal profits to prevent their detection by law enforcement agencies?

A) Offshore banking.
B) Money laundering.
C) Bank fraud.
D) Cargo accounts.

Question 34

What country is the leading exporter of arms?

A) The United States.
B) Russia.
C) China.
D) Great Britain.

Question 35

Who is Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan?

A) The president of Pakistan.
B) The leader of an Islamic civil rights organization in London.
C) The organizer of a black market in nuclear weapons technology.
D) The leader of Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia (Iraq).

Question 36

What weapons did the United States provide to Islamic opponents of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan that have not yet been accounted for?

A) Stinger missiles.
B) M16A4 rifles.
C) The M24 Sniper's Weapon System.
D) M240 machine guns.

Question 37

What NGO won the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize?

A) Doctors Without Borders.
B) Amnesty International.
C) Human Rights Watch.
D) Oxfam.

Question 38

What is the principle of "non-refoulement"?

A) Illegal drugs should not be sold for armaments.
B) Economic migrants need not be admitted as legitimate refugees.
C) Aliens may not be deported to a territory where they would be in danger on account of their political views.
D) Offshore banks need not reveal their depositors to international law enforcement agencies.

Question 39

Which of the following has fueled fears that Muslim refugees may be terrorists?

A) Marine Le Pen.
B) Francois Hollande.
C) Charles Michel.
D) Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Question 40

What refugee group is aided by the UN Relief and Works Agency?

A) Palestinians.
B) Chechens.
C) Afghans.
D) Bosnians.

Question 41

In what way do illegal migrants help their home countries?

A) They reduce the surplus population.
B) They send remittances back home.
C) They bring new skills with them when they return home.
D) They reduce political pressures on their home governments.

Question 42

How do illegal migrants help their adopted countries?

A) They bring highly technical skills with them.
B) They foster a spirit of nationalism.
C) They enlarge the national tax base.
D) They provide labor for aging societies.

Question 43

What is today's deadliest pandemic?

A) Ebola.
B) African sleeping sickness.
C) Cholera.
D) HIV/AIDS.

Question 44

What disease began in China and threatened to become a worldwide epidemic?

A) Avian flu.
B) SARS.
C) Zika.
D) Malaria.

Question 45

What disease erupted in Brazil in 2015?

A) Avian flu.
B) SARS.
C) Zika.
D) Malaria.