Deck 1: Global Politics Matters

Question 1

The U.S. executive order to impose traveling restrictions on people from certain countries was issued in _________________?

A) 2015
B) 2018
C) 2016
D) 2017

Answer 1

2017

Question 2

What year did the Brexit vote occur?

A) 2015
B) 2018
C) 2016
D) 2017

Answer 2

2016

Question 3

It is estimated that the destruction caused by hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017 will cost the Puerto Rican government ______________.

A) $139 billion
B) $100 billion
C) $150 billion
D) $110 billion

Answer 3

$139 billion

Question 4

Which of these epidemics has recently created health concerns for Americans traveling in certain countries?

A) Smallpox
B) Zika virus
C) Chickenpox
D) Malaria

Question 5

The term intermestic refers to_______________________________.

A) the intersection of international and domestic concerns
B) the degree of national economic challenges
C) the global environmental challenge
D) the intersection of global institutions

Question 6

According to a ____________ half a degree Celsius warming could affect tens of millions of people.

A) 2016 State Department report
B) 2017 EPA report
C) 2015 Natural Resources Defense Council
D) 2018 UN report

Question 7

____________ is an example of a high-value, low-probability challenge.

A) The Paris Climate Change Agreement
B) The Iran nuclear deal
C) The North American Free Trade Agreement
D) The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

Question 8

In the early ____________ there was less support for U.S. military action in Iraq and Afghanistan compared to ______________.

A) 1990s; 2000s
B) 2000s; 2010s
C) 2000s; 1990s
D) 2010s; 2000s

Question 9

How long did it take for the world's population to reach 1 billion human beings?

A) 100,000 years
B) 150,000 years
C) 200, 000 years
D) 250, 000 years

Question 10

According to the ____________ world population will reach over 11 billion by 2100 .

A) World Bank
B) United Nations Development Program
C) US Census Bureau
D) UN Population Fund

Question 11

About how many years did it take the world population to jump from 1 billion to 7.7 billion people?

A) less than 150 years
B) 100 years
C) a little over 200 years
D) about 300 years

Question 12

Which of these countries was not a part of the original 2015 Iran nuclear deal?

A) UK
B) Saudi Arabia
C) 5 France
D) 10 China

Question 13

Which of these countries withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal?

A) Saudi Arabia
B) France
C) United States of America
D) Germany

Question 14

The first chair in the International Relations field was established in____________?

A) 1450
B) 1770
C) 1945
D) 1919

Question 15

Decades ago, the field of IR was mostly concerned about the interactions that took place in the world between_____________.

A) NGOs
B) IGOs
C) states
D) regions

Question 16

The modern study of International Relations, as reflected in this book, originated in response to___________.

A) The horrors of World War I
B) The horrors of World War II
C) The horrors of the Hundred Years' War
D) The horrors of the American Revolution

Question 17

The term International Relations is sometimes viewed as _________ and ___________for studying today's world.

A) comprehensive; robust
B) appropriate; relevant
C) anachronistic; inaccurate
D) contemporary; accurate

Question 18

Most actors involved in global politics are ________________.

A) people
B) regional entities
C) organizations
D) leaders

Question 19

The first chair in the field of IR was established in which of the following universities?

A) Harvard University
B) Oxford University
C) Princeton University
D) University of Wales, Aberystwyth

Question 20

___________ is a leading forum of the study of global affairs.

A) NSA
B) NASA
C) ISA
D) CIA

Question 21

Currently, there are almost ____________ states in the global community.

A) 150
B) 200
C) 220
D) 225

Question 22

A central organizing principle of all state actors is_____________________.

A) power
B) history
C) geographic location
D) sovereignty

Question 23

In global politics, a lack of central governing authority is a condition called ____________________.

A) balance of power
B) anarchy
C) liberalism
D) international relations

Question 24

All of these states hold a position of power in global politics except _____________ .

A) China
B) Germany
C) Andorra
D) Japan

Question 25

Which of the following sociopolitical forces has a greater impact on eroding state sovereignty?

A) global leadership
B) the internet
C) religion
D) national heritage

Question 26

Which of the following is not a global IGO?

A) the United Nations
B) the World Trade Organization
C) the European Union
D) the International Monetary Fund

Question 27

__________ are private enterprises that have production subsidiaries or branches in more than one country.

A) NGOs
B) MNCs
C) IGOs
D) WHOs

Question 28

When individuals such as Bono play roles that transcend national and other institutional boundaries through activism, this type of activism is sometimes referred to as ___________.

A) Social justice
B) Grassroots mobilization
C) Promoting social and economic liberalization
D) Celebrity diplomacy

Question 29

According to American philosopher and poet_____________, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

A) George Santayana
B) Sylvia Plath
C) Edgar Allan Poe
D) Maya Angelou

Question 30

There are an estimated ____________ prominent IGOs operating globally.

A) 200
B) 300
C) 500
D) 400

Question 31

____________ has long been the dominant lens through which IR is analyzed.

A) Feminism
B) Liberalism
C) Realism
D) World System Theory

Question 32

In the international system, a concentration of state power is known as ______________.

A) intermestic
B) anarchy
C) polarity
D) global politics

Question 33

The Cold War was defined by a ______________________.

A) multipolar system
B) unipolar system
C) imperial system
D) bipolar system

Question 34

Edna Adan Ismail is a _____________ woman who became her country's first qualified nurse-midwife.

A) Somalian
B) Ugandan
C) Nigerian
D) Kenyan

Question 35

Over _____________ women die in childbirth each year.

A) 400,00
B) 300,000
C) 500,000
D) 200,000

Question 36

More than _______________ women who die in child-birth are from Africa.

A) 1 out of 2
B) 1 out of 5
C) 1 out of 3
D) 1 out of 4

Question 37

__________ became the primary actors following the Westphalian international system.

A) Churches
B) Empires
C) States
D) Intergovernmental Organizations

Question 38

Post World War II, the international system had an increase in the number and power of___________.

A) Western states
B) non-Western states
C) colonies
D) empires

Question 39

After World War II ____________________ powers collapsed.

A) global power
B) hegemonic powers
C) imperial Western powers
D) sovereign powers

Question 40

According to the 2017 report from ______________ the world is getting more peaceful.

A) The Global Peace Index
B) Amnesty International
C) Human Rights Watch
D) the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Question 41

Which of the following is not a traditional conception of global politics?

A) National societies
B) Competitive
C) Global and regional interests
D) Zero-Sum

Question 42

In 2018 North and South Korea held a peace summit. The last time such interaction had happened was in _____________.

A) 2010
B) 2008
C) 2007
D) 1998

Question 43

The Treaties of Westphalia ended the rule of ______________.

A) the British Empire
B) the Holy Roman Empire
C) the Spanish Empire
D) the Portuguese Empire

Question 44

The Treaties of Westphalia granted _______________ to virtually all the small states in Europe.

A) regional integration
B) prosperity
C) sovereignty
D) trade liberalization

Question 45

Which of the following is not an Evolving Trajectory of global politics?

A) Mutual effort
B) Sovereign states
C) Multiple identities and community affiliations
D) Law-, norm-, and power-centric

Question 46

_______________ has empowered nonstate actors in positive and negative ways, sometimes simultaneously.

A) Globalization
B) Transnationalism
C) regional integration
D) nationalism

Question 47

After World War II over ___________________ countries gained independence.

A) 100
B) 50
C) 120
D) 150

Question 48

____________ has achieved enough power to command global attention and challenge the United States for global leadership.

A) China
B) Russia
C) EU
D) UK

Question 49

All of the following make it seem that states have less control over their citizens except_________.

A) technology
B) transportation
C) finance
D) the police

Question 50

As indicated by the Global Peace Index ______________ countries saw improvements in their overall peace.

A) 46
B) 93
C) 100
D) 66

Question 51

The UK has had a conflicting relationship with the EU from the _______________ onwards.

A) 1960s
B) 2000s
C) 1990s
D) 1950s

Question 52

_________ allows us to describe, explain, and even predict phenomena.

A) Globalization
B) Transnationalism
C) Facts
D) Theory

Question 53

According to _________________, theory is a technique involving a six-word question about anything we observe.

A) James Rosenau
B) Ernst-Otto Czempiel
C) Charles F. Hermann
D) Amy Verdun

Question 54

The idea that democratic states seldom, if ever, go to war with one another is rooted in _______________.

A) Realist theory
B) Constructivist theory
C) Feminist theory
D) Democratic Peace theory

Question 55

________ and ___________, are arguably the dominant schools of thought in international relations.

A) Realism; Liberalism
B) Neoliberalism; Marxism
C) Constructivism; World System
D) Feminisms; Behaviorism

Question 56

Which of the following is not a branch of realism?

A) neoclassical realism
B) offensive realism
C) feminist realism
D) defensive realism

Question 57

All of the following are important influential liberal writers except _________________.

A) Niccolò Machiavelli
B) Adam Smith
C) Jean Jacques Rousseau
D) Immanuel Kant

Question 58

President Barack Obama foreign policies are best understood through a __________.

A) liberal lens
B) realist lens
C) feminist lens
D) world system lens

Question 59

______________ is a multifaceted concept that represents the increasing integration of economics, communications, and culture across national boundaries.

A) International Relation
B) Global politics
C) International Interaction
D) Globalization

Question 60

____________are formal, legal entities distinct from the state often operating not for profit and primarily composed of individuals.

A) Charities
B) MNCs
C) NGOs
D) IGOs

Question 61

In the chapter, ISA stands for ________________.

A) International Socialist Association
B) International Scholars Association
C) International Studies Association
D) International Scientist Association

Question 62

Although all states are_________, the reality is that states participate in the global system in ____________ ways.

A) legally equal; asymmetrical
B) sovereign; even
C) equal; different
D) influential; irregular

Question 63

Transnational actor Monsanto is in the ____________.

A) airline business
B) diamond business
C) agribusiness
D) oil business

Question 64

In 2018 Brazil elected _______________________ as their president.

A) Fernando Henrique Cardoso
B) Jair Bolsonaro
C) Michel Temer
D) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Question 65

Which of the following states are in a more privileged place in global politics?

A) Syria
B) China
C) Algeria
D) Yemen

Question 66

___________ are organizations that are global or regional in membership and scope and whose members are states.

A) TNCs
B) International Institutions
C) IGOs
D) NGOs

Question 67

IR is closely connected to the field of ________________.

A) Political Science
B) Geography
C) Sociology
D) History

Question 68

___________ allow us to explain and even predict the occurrence of various phenomena.

A) Facts
B) Data
C) Theories
D) Assumptions

Question 69

Some scholars have argued that realism and liberalism are best described as ______________ rather than full-scale theories.

A) assumptions
B) inquires
C) paradigms
D) frameworks

Question 70

Reflect on the interconnections between national and global affairs.

Question 71

What is the significance of the Peace of Westphalia?

Question 72

Reflect on high-value low-probability problems.

Question 73

Explain the term polarity.

Question 74

With examples, reflect on key actors in global politics.

Question 75

Describe and explain Multinational corporations (MNCs)

Question 76

Reflect on the statement, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

Question 77

Explain realism in the context of global politics.

Question 78

The authors contend that globalization has empowered non-state actors in many international relations.

Question 79

Describe and explain nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).

Question 80

Reflect on the role of theory in describing, explaining, and predicting phenomena.