Deck 12: International Politics: Apocalypse Now and Then

Question 1

Which of the following is not one of the three key assumptions of realism?

A)States are rational unitary actors.
B)States interact in an anarchic environment.
C)The core will never fight with the periphery.
D)Power is the fundamental resource to be pursueD.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The assumption that states do not make decisions,individuals make decisions,and understanding how those decisions are made within the structure,process,and context of domestic politics is essential for understanding international politics is the theoretical perspective of ______.

A)foreign policy analysis
B)idealism
C)Marxism
D)world systems theory

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What is the predominant theoretical perspective on international politics?

A)Marxism
B)idealism
C)constructivism
D)realism

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The way in which the distribution of power across the international system influences the pattern of alliances that tend to form in an anarchic environment is known as the ______.

A)balance of power
B)balancing test
C)behavioral revolution
D)bipolar system

Question 5

One result of the obsession with preventing another world war was a body of academic study and theory that is often referred to as ______.

A)idealism
B)realism
C)global system theory
D)constructivism

Question 6

What is the only consistent theme likely to be found in fiction about the causes of war?

A)The decision to go to war is consciously made by one of the participants.
B)War is inevitable.
C)War is the result of conspiracies among elites.
D)War is accidental.

Question 7

A big part of the reason the study of international politics is so focused on war is ______.

A)a direct result of the horrors of World War I
B)that very little of international politics is about cooperation
C)that something as awful as war can only be explained by accidents or miscommunications
D)that war is the result of cultural differences

Question 8

What is commonly assumed to be the underlying dynamic of international politics?

A)economic cooperation
B)formal,hierarchical political structures
C)anarchy
D)idealism

Question 9

Which of the following statements about democratic peace is false?

A)Liberal democratic regimes do not fight one another.
B)Political scientists do not agree on why liberal democracies do not fight each other.
C)Liberal democracies are less prone to war than are nations with other forms of government.
D)Immanuel Kant first argued that democracies would be less likely to go to war than other regimes would be.

Question 10

Which of the following is a theoretical perspective on international relations that builds on a foundation of Marxist theory and stresses the internationalization of the exploitative economic relations between classes?

A)idealism
B)Marxism
C)Foreign Policy Analysis
D)world systems theory

Question 11

Which of the following is not one of the three fundamental assumptions within the great deal of diversity in realist theories?

A)States are rational unitary actors.
B)World peace is the fundamental resource to be pursued.
C)Rational unitary states interact in an anarchic environment.
D)Power is the fundamental resource to be pursueD.

Question 12

Which of the following statements is true?

A)Most wars are the result of some accidental cascade of events triggered by a minor incident.
B)The choice to go to war is consciously and rationally made by at least one of the participants.
C)Most fiction does a good job of accurately portraying the causes of war.
D)Most wars occur because of a clash of cultures.

Question 13

The international theory of realism asserts that states are ______.

A)unitary rational actors
B)irrational actors
C)comprised of individual actors
D)idealized rational actors

Question 14

Inexpensive clothes are a good example of which of the following?

A)How the average person in a core country benefits from the economic exploitation of the periphery.
B)How the average person in the periphery of the periphery benefits from the core.
C)How the core of the core benefits from the core of the periphery.
D)How the periphery of the periphery benefits from the core of the core.

Question 15

When a nation allies with an aggressor to carve out its own slice of the spoils,it is engaging in ______.

A)bullying
B)balancing
C)broadening
D)bandwagoning

Question 16

The heart of the Marxist challenge to realism is that the core component of global politics is ______.

A)economics
B)the weaponization of space
C)environmental protection
D)terrorism

Question 17

According to your text,why did Israel attack its neighbors in 1967?

A)fear of an attack
B)opportunity
C)bandwagoning
D)balancing

Question 18

Which theoretical perspective claims that international communication is the critical consideration in the study of international relations?

A)idealism
B)realism
C)global system theory
D)constructivism

Question 19

Which of the following theoretical perspectives directly challenges realism's assumption that states behave as if they are rational unitary actors?

A)idealism
B)Marxism
C)Foreign Policy Analysis
D)world systems theory

Question 20

A hegemon is ______.

A)a dominant power
B)an anarchic environment
C)the balancing agent in the balance of power
D)an imperial regime

Question 21

The realist theoretical perspective was developed in reaction to what is often called a period of Marxism.

Question 22

Marxism is not an alternative to realism.

Question 23

Anarchy is most commonly assumed to be the underlying dynamic of international politics.

Question 24

From the Marxist perspective,trade relationships create a nonanarchic structure.

Question 25

Balance of power is the way in which the distribution of power across the international system influences the pattern of alliances that tend to form in an anarchic environment.

Question 26

Why is anarchy the underlying dynamic of international politics,and what does this have to do with the prevalence of war?

Question 27

Balancing can be thought of as alliance formation driven by the fear that the more powerful side might be pursuing gains.

Question 28

States are rational unitary actors.

Question 29

Explain Kant's concept of democratic peace.

Question 30

Constructivists argue that information flows are powerful.

Question 31

The most pervasive element in the relationships between countries is ______.

A)war
B)culture
C)consciousness
D)trade

Question 32

The theoretical construct of idealism provides the best example of how international politics operates in an anarchic environment.

Question 33

According to the author,socialism and democracy are the most obvious examples related to international relations.

Question 34

Power is the fundamental resource to be pursued.

Question 35

Explain why and how World War I had a dramatic effect on the study of international relations.

Question 36

Instances when a country attacks out of fear are rarely this obvious,and they seldom work out very well.

Question 37

In both balancing and bandwagoning,the key is compromise.

Question 38

Liberalism is less of a theory and more of a Western social and political ideal of what might be called enlightened individualism.

Question 39

What are the main components of realism as a theory of international relations? Identify and explain one major criticism of the theory.

Question 40

Identify two theories of international relations that are alternatives to realism and explain the defining characteristic of each.

Question 41

What is a hegemon?