Deck 10: Global Order,organization,and the United Nations

Question 1

_______was the Roman peace over most of the known world for centuries.

A) Treaty of Rome
B) Pax Romana
C) Rome Britannica
D) Ray Romano

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The concept that successful collaboration on one set of problems would encourage similar efforts in other areas is something emphasized by the

A) mass mobilization school.
B) functionalist school.
C) transnationalist school.
D) structuralist school.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The European Economic Community was established by the

A) Treaty of Westphalia.
B) Treaty of Rome.
C) Helsinki Agreements.
D) Congress of Vienna.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

______ is the school of thought purporting that by solving specific problems for states,international organizations could ensure peace and harmony.

A) Functionalism
B) Neoliberalism
C) World federalism
D) Organizationalism

Question 5

Because collective goods are indivisible and nonexcludable,it creates a

A) security dilemma.
B) prisoner's dilemma.
C) free-rider dilemma.
D) private goods dilemma.

Question 6

Which of these is an example of an international collective good?

A) Nuclear arms
B) Global Order
C) Global Warming
D) Walmart

Question 7

Private goods are

A) tangible things that can be possessed as property or consumed by an individual.
B) goods provided through the actions of individuals,but belong to the group.
C) both A and B.
D) neither A nor B.

Question 8

The Bretton Woods system created the ______,a formal organization designed to maintain stable exchange rates.

A) IMF
B) UN
C) WTO
D) ICC

Question 9

The term "security community" refers to people sharing

A) a common language.
B) a common culture.
C) a commitment to peaceful change.
D) joint economic rewards.

Question 10

International organizations (IOs)are both the _________ and __________ of international law.

A) creator;destroyer
B) institution;state
C) product;source
D) state actor;nonstate actor

Question 11

The first major European supranational authority was

A) the Council of Rome.
B) the European Coal and Steel Community.
C) the European Atomic Energy Community.
D) Pax Romana.

Question 12

Joseph Heller's Catch-22 satirically illustrates ___________ in international relations.

A) the prisoner's dilemma
B) the collective action problem
C) growth of IOs
D) anarchy

Question 13

International organization refers to

A) the ways states arrange themselves for purposes of promoting cooperative and collaborative practices in world politics.
B) the institutions created to allow states to resolve long-term problems.
C) the structure and organization of the international system.
D) none of the above.

Question 14

Spillover refers to

A) cooperation in one issue area is followed by cooperation in another issue area.
B) the threat of nuclear weapons to nonstate actors.
C) the domino effect created by democratic revolutions.
D) the seepage of nuclear materials from antiquated Russian submarines.

Question 15

Which of the following strategies does not alleviate the free-rider problem?

A) Coercion
B) Rewards
C) Education
D) Privatization

Question 16

Public goods are

A) tangible things that can be possessed as property or consumed by an individual.
B) goods provided through the actions of individuals,but belong to the group.
C) both A and B.
D) neither A nor B.

Question 17

An important aspect of domestic institutions is

A) they are always responsive to the electorate.
B) they can forcibly keep the peace.
C) the inclusion of checks and balances.
D) the spillover effect.

Question 18

A security community emphasizes

A) peaceful change.
B) ability and willingness to accommodate new demands and needs.
C) harmonization of interests.
D) all of the above.

Question 19

What two special characteristics do collective goods possess?

A) Rivalrous and exclusive
B) Rivalrous and nonexclusive
C) Nonrivalrous and exclusive
D) Nonrivalrous and nonexclusive

Question 20

World federalism refers to

A) integration of regional structures into a federal system.
B) establishment of a world government.
C) a federation of states within a global structure.
D) the disintegration of state sovereignty.

Question 21

What is a security community? How does one develop? Explain.

Question 22

The administrative staff of the Secretary-General of the United Nations is currently about _____ members.

A) 8,000
B) 10,000
C) 13,000
D) 16,000

Question 23

Chapter VII,Article _____ empowers the Security Council to identify acts of aggression and undertake military action.

A) 39
B) 40
C) 41
D) 42

Question 24

___________ seeks to maintain security or stability within a wide area,provide humanitarian assistance,disarm insurgents,and monitor elections to secure a peaceful governmental transition.

A) "Police action"
B) Peacekeeping
C) Peace-building
D) Humanitarian intervention

Question 25

What role does the UN Security Council play in maintaining peace and order? Explain.

Question 26

The two most important contemporary international organizations are

A) WTO and IMF.
B) World Bank and NATO.
C) UN and EU.
D) NAFTA and ICC.

Question 27

The UN Charter was drawn up and signed by just

A) fifty-one member states in San Francisco in 1945.
B) one hundred forty-four states in New York in 1960.
C) the victorious Allied powers in Geneva in 1948.
D) the Americans,the British,and the French in Washington D.C.before the start of World War II.

Question 28

Also known as the "shadow of the future",__________ is an informal strategy to the collective action problem.

A) reciprocity
B) coercion
C) nonexcludability
D) free-riding

Question 29

What is the principle of collective security and how does it differ from alliance structures? Explain

Question 30

During the decades of the 1970s and 1980s,the group most dissatisfied with the UN was the

A) global south,because of their abject poverty.
B) industrialized east,because of their poor representation in the General Assembly.
C) industrialized north,because issues of development and equity began to dominate the discussion in the General Assembly.
D) NATO alliance,because they were not given enough credit for ending World War II.

Question 31

The core principle of the United Nations is

A) collective self-defense.
B) collective security.
C) collective peace.
D) collective action.

Question 32

UN member states make contributions to the UN budget based upon

A) relative wealth.
B) population size.
C) decision of domestic legislature.
D) a percent of UN activities supporting their nation.

Question 33

The permanent members of the UN Security Council are

A) the United States,China,France,Great Britain,and Russia.
B) the United States,Germany,France,Great Britain,and Russia.
C) China,Japan,France,the United States,and Russia.
D) China,Great Britain,Russia,Germany,and France.

Question 34

___________ seeks to manage a conflict and reach a settlement without identifying an aggressor or taking sides.

A) "Police action"
B) Peacekeeping
C) Peace-building
D) Humanitarian intervention

Question 35

The precursor to the rules and norms adopted in the United Nations was the

A) North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
B) League of Nations.
C) Warsaw Pact.
D) Bretton Woods Accords.

Question 36

What is a collective good? How can the free-rider dilemma impact a collective good? Explain and provide examples.

Question 37

What is world federalism and how does it help ensure peace? Explain.

Question 38

Describe the collective action problem in international relations.How can this problem be solved? Explain and provide examples.