Deck 7: War and Terrorism

Question 1

The deadliest conflict of the 21^st century is the _________________.

A) Afghanistan conflict
B) Syrian civil war
C) Iraq conflict
D) Somali Civil War

Answer 1

Syrian civil war

Question 2

According to ____________, "war is the continuation of political intercourse, with the addition of other means."

A) Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
B) Alexander the Great
C) Herman Kahn
D) Carl von Clausewitz

Answer 2

Carl von Clausewitz

Question 3

The essay Politics as a Vocation was written by ___________.

A) Max Weber
B) Michel Foucault
C) Jurgen Habermas
D) Pierre Bourdieu

Answer 3

Max Weber

Question 4

The Correlates of War (COW) project originated from _________ in the early 1960s.

A) Harvard University
B) Oxford University
C) the University of Michigan
D) University of Cambridge

Question 5

In its definition of war, ___________________ focuses on both interstates and intrastate.

A) the International Peace Research Institute in Oslo, Norway
B) the International Crisis Behavior Project
C) the Militarized Interstate Dispute (MID) dataset
D) Correlates of War

Question 6

Wars that do not meet the standards embedded within the norms and laws of war are known as _____________.

A) undeclared wars
B) civil wars
C) wars of aggression
D) proxy wars

Question 7

The war between Kuwait and Iraq in the 1990-91 Gulf War is an example of _____________.

A) war of national liberation
B) self-defense war
C) war of aggression
D) religious war

Question 8

According to the chapter, Nazi Germany's brutal attack on Poland in September 1939 was presented by Adolf Hitler as an act ____________.

A) of aggression
B) on sovereignty
C) of self-defense
D) of attrition

Question 9

_______________ was a key feature of what became the Bush Doctrine used to justify the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.

A) Defensive war
B) Preemptive war
C) Retaliative war
D) War of aggression

Question 10

The codification of the rules and practices of a state-based system was done through ______________.

A) the Geneva Conventions
B) the United Nations
C) the Treaties of Westphalia
D) the Hague Conferences

Question 11

According to Singer and Small, a war would constitute an inter-state conflict, resulting in a total of __________ or more battle deaths.

A) 1000
B) 2000
C) 3000
D) 5000

Question 12

In defining war, ___________ focused on the concept unit of "deadly quarrels".

A) John Ikenberry
B) Lewis Richardson
C) Christine Winter
D) Risa Brooks

Question 13

In defining war, which of these research agendas focused on the unit of armed conflict?

A) the Militarized Interstate Dispute (MID) dataset
B) Correlates of War
C) the International Crisis Behavior Project
D) the International Peace Research Institute in Oslo, Norway

Question 14

According to ___________ of the NATO Charter, an attack on one NATO member is an attack on all members.

A) Chapter IV
B) Chapter III
C) Chapter I
D) Chapter V

Question 15

Napoleon was defeated in _______________.

A) 1818
B) 1825
C) 1815
D) 1810

Question 16

An example of a balance-of-power arrangement among the great European powers was known as the ____________.

A) Commercial Revolution
B) Concert of Europe
C) Reformation
D) Hundred Year War

Question 17

The rise of popular sovereignty is directly related to _________________.

A) the Age of Enlightenment
B) the Renaissance
C) the Middle Ages
D) the Age of Absolutism

Question 18

The League of Nations was formed in ____________________.

A) 1919
B) 1910
C) 1905
D) 1921

Question 19

A western-led international system with norms and laws favoring liberal democracy, civil and political rights, and market-led economic globalization refers to ______________.

A) diplomacy
B) internationalization
C) a new world order
D) capitalism

Question 20

The sudden and extensive proliferation of armed conflicts post the Cold War exposed the fallacy of triumphal proclamations of the________________.

A) end of colonization
B) end of history
C) end of imperialism
D) end of communism

Question 21

Since 1990, roughly ___________ people have died in wars.

A) 8 million
B) 10 million
C) 4 million
D) 6 million

Question 22

The conceptual framework of the "first image" depicts that_________________________________.

A) states seek diplomatic solutions to mitigate military crises
B) the first line of defense by states are economic sanctions
C) states have the right to defend themselves from an aggressor
D) the choice to go to war is very much a by-product of human nature

Question 23

According to the chapter Germany's defeat during World War I was a great ____________ for the German Society.

A) humiliation
B) lesson
C) opportunity
D) upset

Question 24

Since 1990 about ___________ of the people who died in wars are civilians.

A) 70%
B) 85%
C) 60%
D) 90%

Question 25

The use and threatened use of military force by states as a tool to pursue their interests is known as ____________.

A) military intervention
B) national interest
C) statecraft
D) militarism

Question 26

According to ___________ theory, a government may attempt to stay in power by instigating a foreign crisis.

A) second image
B) statecraft
C) militarism
D) diversionary

Question 27

The ________________ states that war is a by-product of the global system's structure.

A) military intervention logic
B) third image logic
C) diversionary theory
D) militarism logic

Question 28

According to the chapter, Bashar al-Assad is generally considered ___________________ and _______________.

A) militant; aggressive
B) nationalist; conservative
C) pragmatic; rational
D) diplomatic; agreeable

Question 29

The phrase "wagging the dog" highlights the _____________________.

A) diversionary theory of war
B) the aggressive drive
C) security dilemma
D) terror management

Question 30

The book Man, the State, and War (1959) was written by______________________.

A) Hans Joachim Morgenthau
B) Kenneth Waltz
C) Fred Northedge
D) Martha Finnemore

Question 31

Offensive realism and defensive realism are within the context of _____________ analysis.

A) individual-level
B) state-level
C) system-level
D) institutional-level

Question 32

Argentina seized the nearby Falkland (Malvinas) Islands in _______________.

A) 1967
B) 1977
C) 1982
D) 1987

Question 33

In the "second image", _______________ are the dominant actor.

A) alliances
B) international institutions
C) nation-states
D) leaders

Question 34

It is estimated that over ________ Syrians are displaced from their homes during the current Syrian civil war.

A) 12 million
B) 9 million
C) 15 million
D) 5 million

Question 35

World War I was, in part, about the attempt of the declining _____________ to defend its fading status as a significant power.

A) French Empire
B) Austro-Hungarian Empire
C) British Empire
D) Portuguese Empire

Question 36

The quick response by the U.S.-led coalition of countries to defend Saudi Arabia and liberate Kuwait from the Iraqi invasion in 1990 had a lot to do with ____________________.

A) protecting an ally
B) oil supply
C) the influence of the U.N.
D) human rights

Question 37

Which of the following is not a system-level factor?

A) distribution of power
B) resources and economics
C) a leader's psychological need for power
D) the gap between wealthy and poor countries

Question 38

The Syrian civil war is an example of _________ conflict.

A) a border
B) an insurgency
C) an intrastate
D) a proxy

Question 39

It is estimated that there have been at least ________ wars throughout recorded history.

A) 14,000
B) 21,000
C) 18,000
D) 11,000

Question 40

Armed conflict of all types increased by a factor of _______ during the period 1960-1992.

A) three
B) two
C) four
D) five

Question 41

The end of the Cold War helped bring about long-standing civil conflicts in all of these countries except__________.

A) Namibia
B) Angola
C) Myanmar
D) Cambodia

Question 42

Since 1990, there have been only ________ instances of direct wars between states.

A) four
B) eight
C) ten
D) six

Question 43

Which of the following regions is the most war-torn out of all four regions?

A) North Africa
B) Asia
C) the Americas
D) the Middle East

Question 44

According to the UCDP, the overwhelming number of wars since the end of the Cold War have been __________ in nature.

A) proxy
B) interstate
C) intrastate
D) religious

Question 45

Monetary transfers abroad from a foreign worker to an individual in their home country is referred to as _____________.

A) foreign aid
B) diaspora investment
C) foreign direct investment
D) remittances

Question 46

Which of these is not an example of a "new war"?

A) the Bosnia-Herzegovina war
B) the Nagorno-Karabakh war
C) the Sierra Leone war
D) the Eritrean-Ethiopian War

Question 47

The U.S. invaded Granada in __________.

A) 1979
B) 1980
C) 1983
D) 1988

Question 48

Which of the following is a new class or category of weaponry?

A) chemical weapons
B) artillery weapons
C) unmanned aerial vehicles
D) biological weapons

Question 49

The belief that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it to defend its national interests is called _____________.

A) statecraft
B) diversion
C) militarism
D) nationalism

Question 50

When entire societies are mobilized in service of the war effort, this phenomenon is sometimes referred to as ______________.

A) civil war
B) preemptive war
C) defensive war
D) total war

Question 51

Which of the following is not a characteristic of "new wars"?

A) intra-state or intra-societal conflicts
B) caused and sustained by global and transnational forces
C) fought by states
D) often fought by irregular armed forces

Question 52

During the Cold War between the United States and the USSR (and their allies), the international balance of power was _____________.

A) extremely volatile
B) relatively fragmented
C) relatively stabled
D) confrontational

Question 53

"Jihad v. McWorld" is a direct critique of _________________.

A) the war on terror
B) globalization
C) the World Bank
D) U.S. hegemony

Question 54

According to China's Premier Zhou Enlai in 1954, diplomacy could be described as __________________.

A) the art of possibilities
B) the better part of valor
C) a way to strengthen alliances
D) a continuation of war by other means

Question 55

Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman is a well-known _________.

A) political scientist
B) sociologist
C) psychologist
D) biologist

Question 56

_______________ has qualitatively changed warfare by claiming military service as a patriotic duty.

A) Democracy
B) Colonialism
C) Nationalism
D) Communism

Question 57

Which of the following is not a significant factor in the increase of armed conflicts during the period 1960-1992?

A) colonialism
B) multipolar system
C) wars of national liberation
D) Cold War

Question 58

________________ is an organized use of violence by a weaker actor against a stronger one

A) Asymmetric warfare
B) Psychological warfare
C) Guerrilla warfare
D) Amphibious warfare

Question 59

The first comprehensive military draft by the French was instituted in________.

A) 1789
B) 1790
C) 1776
D) 1793

Question 60

All of these are direct wars between states since 1990 except __________.

A) Uganda-Tanzania
B) Eritrea-Ethiopia
C) India-Pakistan
D) United States-Iraq

Question 61

The dominant mode of armed conflict today could be characterized as ______________.

A) a proxy war
B) a globalized civil war
C) a liberation war
D) a war on terror

Question 62

Before 1800, no more than ________ people of a country participated in a war.

A) 100 in 1,000
B) 3 in 1,000
C) 3 in 100
D) 50 in 1,000

Question 63

The attack on the Oklahoma City federal building in 1995 is an example of ____________.

A) regional terrorism
B) transnational terrorism
C) international terrorism
D) domestic terrorism

Question 64

The message entitled "Where are the lions of war?" was issued by ____________.

A) Al-Shabaab leader Ahmad Umar
B) ISIS spokesperson Abul-Hasan al-Mujahir
C) Osama bin Laden of al Qaeda
D) Mohammed Yusuf of Boko Haram

Question 65

____________are identities thought to be "hard wired" and intrinsic to a person, and thus permanent and un-changing.

A) Primordial identities
B) National identities
C) Cultural identities
D) Class identities

Question 66

During World War I, the European powers called __________ people to arms.

A) 1in 3
B) 1 in 5
C) 1 in 10
D) 1 in 7

Question 67

Hafez al-Assad ruled Syria from ________ until his death in _______________.

A) 1981; 2001
B) 1971; 2000
C) 1983; 2003
D) 1978; 2002

Question 68

It is estimated that over ________ people have been killed in wars throughout recorded history.

A) five billion
B) seven billion
C) three billion
D) eight billion

Question 69

When one's political identity becomes totalizing and exclusionary, this could be viewed as __________________.

A) a nationalist political identity
B) a clash of political identity
C) particularistic identity politics
D) having an alt-right political identity

Question 70

The 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon is an example of __________.

A) international terrorism
B) religious terrorism
C) transnational terrorism
D) domestic terrorism

Question 71

Reflect on the Syrian civil war.

Question 72

Define and reflect on the concept of war.

Question 73

What is transnational terrorism?

Question 74

What do you understand by the term terrorism?

Question 75

Describe and give examples of asymmetric warfare.

Question 76

What are some of the tenants of state-sponsored terrorism?

Question 77

Describe and explain the diversionary theory of war.

Question 78

Explain the concept of homegrown terrorism.

Question 79

Explain the term offensive realism.

Question 80

What are particularistic identity politics?