Deck 1: Introducing International Relations

Question 1

The primary goal of international relations scholars is to

A) Gather information about current world affairs and related domestic policies.
B) Describe the history of foreign policy in different regions.
C) Advise diplomats and policy makers, and also provide key information to the public.
D) Explain why certain events take place and why they are important.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

International relations is LEAST involved with the following:

A) The study of nongovernment activities in foreign countries.
B) U.S. government aid to help homeowners pay their mortgages.
C) The effects of a drought in the United States for global crop prices.
D) The impact of migration flows on countries' labor market and welfare system.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

International political economy BEST refers to

A) An international association of economic scholars and businessmen.
B) A homogeneous field.
C) The study of complex interactions of economic and political factors.
D) A research area with focus on international economics.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

International law is about ____ concerning interactions among states, institutions, and organizations involved in international relations.

A) Disputes and conflicts.
B) Interpretations and applications.
C) Rules and regulations.
D) Behaviors and codes.

Question 5

Which field is NOT likely to be included in international relations?

A) Geography.
B) History.
C) Government.
D) Physics.

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT considered a constitutive element of a state?

A) A governing entity.
B) A settled population.
C) Defined state borders.
D) A national currency.

Question 7

According to the text, which of the following is true about state sovereignty?

A) The allegiance of the people living on a territory is not important.
B) No higher authority can tell a sovereign state what to do within its territory.
C) A sovereign state should not make its decisions independently.
D) Sovereignty does not refer to a territory, but rather to a shared identity.

Question 8

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

A) Has been recognized by the United Nations.
B) Has been recognized by several Middle East countries.
C) Declared itself a state in 2013.
D) Was abolished in the 1930s

Question 9

In what year did Europe formally agree that individual states could determine religious matter within their borders?

A) 1789.
B) 1492.
C) 1914.
D) 1648.

Question 10

Which of the following statements BEST applies to states?

A) They do not have a sovereign territory.
B) Their populations are exclusively within clearly defined borders.
C) States cannot give up their sovereignty.
D) They remain important actors in international relations today.

Question 11

The territories of Alsace-Lorraine and Quebec are BEST described as

A) Homogeneous areas within a country's boundaries.
B) Territories with heterogeneous populations and a source of conflict.
C) Small but independent countries surrounded by larger countries.
D) Former French colonies lost in nineteenth-century wars.

Question 12

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A) Sovereignty allows the state to claim that everything taking place inside its borders is its own business.
B) International treaties and economic and military capacities support state sovereignty.
C) The term nation has several meanings.
D) Nations cannot be "invented" or constructed if they have not acquired physical space.

Question 13

______ refers to the growing irrelevance of state borders, the importance of international exchanges of good and ideas, and increased openness to innovation.

A) Glocalization.
B) Antiglobalization.
C) Globalization.
D) Globalism.

Question 14

Diplomacy is the practice of _________ international relations by means of _________.

A) Managing . . . negotiation.
B) Analyzing . . . research methods.
C) Evaluating . . . reports and briefs.
D) Avoiding . . . force.

Question 15

Foreign policy actions are NOT likely to include

A) Official decisions and communications.
B) State governments, NGOs, and corporations.
C) Municipal town hall meetings.
D) International organizations.

Question 16

Which branch of the government includes a ministry or department of foreign affairs?

A) The legislative.
B) The executive.
C) The judiciary.
D) Foreign policy is conducted separately from these branches.

Question 17

The judicial branch of a state may also be involved in foreign policy. Which of the following statement is FALSE?

A) Courts can make assessments of and about the applicability of certain international laws.
B) Courts decide on claims submitted by foreign countries.
C) Court decisions apply globally.
D) Courts can evaluate the effect of agreements on the territory of a state.

Question 18

IGOs increase global _______ of individual states and, to some degree, limit their ______.

A) Accountability . . . power.
B) Accountability . . . sovereignty.
C) Interdependence . . . dependence.
D) Transparency . . . interdependence.

Question 19

OPEC's main goal is to

A) Promote efficient and cost-effective international shipping.
B) Avoid the creation of cartels in the automobile industry.
C) Set standards for member states' oil production and sales.
D) Oversee the global trade of alternative energy sources.

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the growth of NGOs in recent decades?

A) NGOs have benefitted from global tax breaks for their legal status.
B) NGOs have benefitted from the global spread of democratic forms of government.
C) NGOs have benefitted from globalization and the growing complexity of international problems.
D) NGOs have benefitted from new communication and information technology.

Question 21

All of the following countries openly possess nuclear weapons, EXCEPT

A) The United States.
B) France.
C) India.
D) Israel.

Question 22

Of the following countries, which have/has used nuclear weapons?

A) The Soviet Union and the United States.
B) The Soviet Union only.
C) The United States only.
D) The Soviet Union and North Korea.

Question 23

Which of the following is NOT a type of WMD?

A) Nuclear weapons.
B) Conventional battlefield weapons.
C) Chemical weapons.
D) Biological weapons.

Question 24

There are two broad categories of environmental problems:

A) Local and international.
B) Atmospheric and terrestrial.
C) Proliferation and invasion.
D) Contamination and depletion.

Question 25

What did Malthus say about the future of global stability?

A) Food supplies would not keep up with a growing population.
B) Future international conflicts would primarily be about scarce water resources.
C) Environmental pollution will cause a global economic collapse.
D) We are doomed to a nuclear holocaust unless we curb the spread of nuclear weapons.

Question 26

According to the United Nations, about 800 million people today live on ____ per day.

A) More than $10.
B) Less than $1.90.
C) More than $100.
D) No statistics exist as of today.

Question 27

The number of people in the world who do NOT have access to justice, lawyers, and transparent courts is in the

A) Hundreds of thousands.
B) Tens of millions.
C) Hundreds of millions.
D) Billions.

Question 28

Many governments conceal violations of human rights behind which arguments?

A) Culture, traditions, and values.
B) Race, social status, and education.
C) Criminal background, immigration status, and origins.
D) Governments do not hide human rights violations.

Question 29

Which of the following countries peacefully split into two countries in the 1990s?

A) Ukraine.
B) Poland.
C) Czechoslovakia.
D) South Africa.

Question 30

One of the tasks of the U.S. Federal Reserve is to

A) Print money for foreign debtors on their demand.
B) Peg the dollar to the Chinese yuan.
C) Submit reports to Congress about U.S. economic growth.
D) Monitor and sanction inside trading on European financial markets.

Question 31

The quality of NGO reports does NOT depend on which of the following?

A) Self-interest of the organization.
B) Competition from other sources of information.
C) Professional prestige of the institution providing the report.
D) Self-interest of the government.

Question 32

What did eyewitness reports help disclose in Bosnia in the early 1990s?

A) A massive corruption scandal.
B) The breakup of Yugoslavia.
C) Ethnic cleansing and human rights violations.
D) Extensive human trafficking practices.

Question 33

A former policy maker writing a memoir is most likely to

A) Provide an objective and fact-oriented narrative of past events.
B) Lie about his career and politics.
C) Show off his achievement.
D) Explain how her childhood led to her career choices.

Question 34

Content analysis systematically organizes and summarizes both _______content.

A) Pro and con.
B) Manifest and latent.
C) Classified and unclassified.
D) Factual and counterfactual.

Question 35

What did Winston Churchill do in 1946 in Fulton, Missouri?

A) He gave a talk urging collaboration with Stalin's regime.
B) He delivered a speech criticizing the Soviet Union.
C) He met with members of the Alliance to discuss the fate of Germany.
D) He visited a World War II internment camp.

Question 36

The ____ ideologically driven a U.S. president's speech is, the ____ sophisticated are the explanations of foreign policy.

A) More . . . less.
B) More . . . more.
C) Less . . . less.
D) Less . . . more.

Question 37

Secrecy is _____ in diplomatic communications.

A) Usually forbidden.
B) Exclusive.
C) Seldom used.
D) Often essential.

Question 38

Which of the following is true about the Katyn Massacre?

A) Stalin's government accused the Nazis of committing the murders.
B) The Nazis killed more than 22,000 Polish officers.
C) The German Reich and the Soviet Union concomitantly executed Polish civilians.
D) The Russian government still denies the atrocities today.

Question 39

To become intelligence, information needs to be

A) Trusted and accepted by political leaders.
B) Approved by national intelligence services.
C) Provided by third-party agents in a foreign country.
D) Sealed in an envelope bearing a "classified" label.

Question 40

Many intelligence failures are the failures of the leadership to _____ foreign threats.

A) Fight.
B) Forecast.
C) Recognize.
D) Calculate.

Question 41

Which of the following is NOT true about the Freedom in the World survey?

A) Ratings determine the degree of freedom in countries around the world.
B) One category in the survey is "practically free."
C) The index might not be bias-free because of participants' perception.
D) The evaluations are published annually.

Question 42

In experiments, international relations scholars put participants in ________, as in a game.

A) Variable conditions.
B) Timed settings.
C) Random settings.
D) Controlled conditions.

Question 43

In foreign policy settings, groupthink is the tendency of groups to

A) Work together in extreme situations.
B) Compete within its members to achieve best results in negotiations.
C) Make rushed or illogical decisions because of a false sense of unity.
D) Apply theoretical models to real-world problems.

Question 44

In 2003, Secretary of State Colin Powell presented photographs of Iraqi installations that he said were facilities that produced weapons of mass destruction. This assertion points out

A) The difference between fact and opinion.
B) That American intelligence analysis is rarely wrong.
C) That the Bush administration did not feel it needed support for its decision to invade Iraq.
D) That theory rarely has any application in the real world.

Question 45

Which group has accused Turkey of committing genocide against its people in 1915?

A) Syrians.
B) Greeks.
C) Armenians.
D) Kurds.

Question 46

Most scholars believe that the collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union was caused by

A) Economic crisis within the Soviet Union.
B) The refusal of the European Union to trade with the Soviet Union.
C) President Reagan's military and economic pressures.
D) Several significant and intertwined factors.

Question 47

Parochialism refers to

A) A patriarchal worldview from the early twentieth century.
B) A jingoist perspective that led to World War I.
C) A worldview limited to the small piece of land on which we live.
D) A globalist perspective on international relations.

Question 48

In 1950 this country launched an invasion of a neighboring state:

A) Vietnam.
B) Germany.
C) Iran.
D) North Korea.

Question 49

What are the three levels of analysis?

A) Individual, regional, and global.
B) Personal, national, and international.
C) Individual, state, and global.
D) Group, transnational, global.

Question 50

Looking at a president's political ideology in an attempt to explain foreign policy decisions is focusing on the

A) Individual decisions context.
B) State policies context.
C) Global context.
D) International context.

Question 51

Looking at the impact of domestic lobbying groups in an attempt to explain foreign policy decisions is focusing on the

A) Individual decisions context.
B) State policies context.
C) Global context.
D) International context.

Question 52

Looking at international constraints in an attempt to explain foreign policy decisions is focusing on the

A) Individual decisions context.
B) State policies context.
C) Global context.
D) Psychological context.

Question 53

Which of the following is NOT a factor in the success/failure of exporting democracy?

A) Many opposing groups within the country.
B) International legitimacy of occupation.
C) International support.
D) Positive international economic context.

Question 54

In which countries was the United States successful in exporting democracy?

A) Japan and Afghanistan.
B) Afghanistan and Iraq.
C) Iraq and Germany.
D) Germany and Japan.

Question 55

In which countries was the United States NOT successful in exporting democracy?

A) Japan and Afghanistan.
B) Afghanistan and Iraq.
C) Iraq and Germany.
D) Germany and Japan.

Question 56

What are three principal issues international relations studies focuses on?

Question 57

Define the concept of state sovereignty.

Question 58

Describe the key characteristics of one country to which the United States has successfully exported democracy.

Question 59

Name different definitions of a nation.

Question 60

What is antiglobalization?

Question 61

Define diplomacy and illustrate it with an example of your choice.

Question 62

Which branches of state government participate in foreign policy and how?

Question 63

Describe intergovernmental organizations and name examples.

Question 64

Name and describe the impact of three global issues.

Question 65

Name five nuclear powers.

Question 66

Explain the two major types of environmental problems.

Question 67

What are two poverty-related problems? Explain why they are problems.

Question 68

Explain one basic human right using a case study of your choice.

Question 69

Name three factors to judge the accuracy of official reports on foreign affairs.

Question 70

What are some of the problems with eyewitness sources in foreign policy?

Question 71

What kind of information constitutes intelligence? Why?

Question 72

Why are experimental methods useful? What are some limitations?

Question 73

Define the term "theory" and give an example.

Question 74

Compare and contrast the three contexts used to help explain foreign and military decisions of states.

Question 75

Explain the pros and cons of territorial sovereignty in a globalized world.

Question 76

Choose a case study illustrating how a state limits its sovereignty in international politics.

Question 77

Can democracy be successfully exported? If so, under what conditions?

Question 78

Discuss the role of international organizations after the end of the Cold War.

Question 79

Analyze the role of nongovernment organizations in the twenty-first century, including different theoretical perspectives.

Question 80

Using a case study of your choice, discuss the impact of violent conflict on trade relations.