Deck 18: Politics and Governance at the Global Level

Question 1

Collective security refers to the formation of a broad alliance of most major actors in an international system for the purpose of ____________.

A) fostering democracy in international organizations
B) removing dictators when they violate human rights
C) preventing the spread of nuclear weapons
D) jointly opposing aggression by one state against another

Answer 1

D

Question 2

A unipolar system that exercises power through leadership and creates a large consensus around its action is known as a(n) ________ system.

A) hegemonic
B) anarchic
C) Westphalian
D) liberal-internationalist

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The three statements below are things a(n) ____________would say: "States are the dominant actors in the international system."
"States must always fear the threat of force and be concerned with their own survival."
"States must be concerned with the distribution of power in the international system."

A) conservative
B) institutionalist
C) realist
D) leftist

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The United Nations mandated the use of military force in which of the following conflicts?

A) the Vietnam War
B) the invasion of Iraq in 2003
C) the turbot war
D) the 1991 Gulf War

Question 5

States in a multipolar system tend to maintain what is called a ________ that is, they tend to behave in such a way as to prevent the emergence of a dominant power.

A) security dilemma
B) balance of power
C) hegemony
D) mutual assured destruction

Question 6

The process whereby a number of actors act to provide a certain degree of order and predictability to relations among states is known as ______________.

A) Non-Governmental Organizations
B) Transnational Cooperation
C) Aid Agencies
D) Global governance

Question 7

The doctrine of mutual assured destruction that prevented a direct military confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War is also known as the _______.

A) Cold War
B) Oppenheim Hypothesis
C) Ballistic Missile Treaty
D) balance of terror

Question 8

Who said "the strong do what they have the power to do and the weak accept what they have to accept"?

A) Hans Morgenthau
B) Thucydides
C) Sun Tzu
D) Henry Kissinger

Question 9

Which of the following is an example of a bipolar world system?

A) the Cold War era between the United States and the Soviet Union
B) the Depression era of the 1930s
C) the period prior to the Treaty of Westphalia
D) the period following the collapse of the Soviet Union

Question 10

Which of the following explains the meaning of the 'security dilemma' as it is understood by global governance scholars?

A) the state can best ensure its security by working through international organizations
B) the actions of one state to protect itself may lead others to feel in danger
C) security can only be achieved by spending more on arms than on economic needs
D) state cannot achieve security without violating the human rights of their own citizens

Question 11

From the Peace of Westphalia until the beginning of the twentieth century, the international system was a _______ system.

A) unipolar
B) multipolar
C) bipolar
D) tripolar

Question 12

Which one of the following countries is a permanent member of the Security Council of the United Nations?

A) Germany
B) Japan
C) Canada
D) France

Question 13

Which of the following is not an organ of the World Trade Organization?

A) Security Council
B) Ministerial Conference
C) General Council
D) Secretariat

Question 14

What does the "Big Five" refer to?

A) victors in the Second World War
B) highly industrialized Western countries
C) the nuclear powers
D) five international intergovernmental organizations

Question 15

In world politics, the lack of a central authority that can enforce the rules is called ________.

A) anarchy
B) burden sharing
C) alliances
D) power distribution

Question 16

The contemporary international system could best be described as ________.

A) unipolar
B) bipolar
C) multipolar
D) a balance of power

Question 17

In the liberal-internationalist view ________.

A) states are less important actors than international organizations
B) the state is primarily a unitary actor
C) states pursue their national interest
D) states are part of a network of actors

Question 18

With which of the following statements is a realist most likely to agree?

A) States are complexes of non-governmental actors and so are highly interdependent
B) Cooperation is more likely to occur when states identify with the common interests of other states
C) States should anticipate the potential for war and seek to maintain their power accordingly
D) The weaker powers should appeal to higher principles of right and wrong to defend themselves

Question 19

Which of the following could best be considered as the basis of "soft power"?

A) military resources
B) economic resources
C) tangible and measurable resources
D) ideological and cultural resources

Question 20

The forerunner to the United Nations was the _________ ?

A) League of Nations
B) International Labour Organization
C) Peace of Westphalia
D) Concert of Europe

Question 21

The world can be said to have international governance even though it does not have a supranational government.

Question 22

According to liberal-internationalists, why do smaller powers value membership in IGOs more than great powers?

Question 23

What are two reasons, according to liberal-internationalists, why states obey international law?

Question 24

One of the arguments justifying the 2001 United States intervention in Iraq was that replacing a dictatorial regime with a liberal democratic regime would bring similar changes in other countries in the region. What theory does this most resemble?

A) Liberal-internationalism
B) Constructivism
C) Realism
D) Radical

Question 25

Which theoretical approach argues that power in international politics is based primarily on ideas and not material structures?

A) Realism
B) Liberal-internationalism
C) Radical
D) Constructivism

Question 26

Liberal internationalists argue that the spread of free markets and democracy throughout the world will enhance peace. This result happens because democracies are ________.

A) constitutionally prevented from going to war
B) more likely to form strategic alliances
C) less likely to wage war against other democracies
D) reluctant to trade with authoritarian states

Question 27

Which one of the following is sometimes viewed as a postmodern state in which the meaning and practice of sovereignty has been redefined?

A) the United States
B) the European Union
C) Canada
D) the United Nations

Question 28

The doctrine of mutual assured destruction (MAD) was instrumental in establishing the Peace of Westphalia.

Question 29

What is the definition of a balance of power?

Question 30

Realists believe that the solution to war is to make it too costly to consider.

Question 31

A hegemonic system is a type of unipolar system.

Question 32

What countries were given a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council and veto power over its resolutions?

Question 33

Realists believe that the anarchic global system will eventually be overthrown.

Question 34

Constructivist theory argues that the free-market capitalist economy causes conflict and war internationally.

Question 35

Liberal-internationalists believe that interdependence will reduce the likelihood of war.

Question 36

Liberal-internationalists are more pessimistic than realists about the possibility of global governance.

Question 37

What is an international regime?

Question 38

The United States is sometimes argued to be an example of a postmodern state.

Question 39

Since all states are sovereign, they are equal from a legal point of view.

Question 40

Which theoretical approach to international politics largely draws inspiration from Karl Marx and regard transnational economic elites as key actors?

A) Constructivism
B) Liberal-internationalist
C) Radical
D) Pessimism

Question 41

How do realists and liberal internationalists differ in their view of international governmental organizations (IGOs)?

Question 42

Describe briefly how peace is maintained in a multipolar, bipolar, and unipolar system and provide examples of historical moments representative of each term.

Question 43

How do realists and liberal-internationalists differ in their views on how peace can be achieved?