Deck 18: International Organizations: Globalization and the Quest for Order

Question 1

UN Peacekeeping Operations have a reputation for being costly, and the same results could be achieved for less money by countries such as the United States.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

NAFTA presides over the world's largest single economy.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Military alliances were the first major form of intergovernmental organization to grow out of the modern state system.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

During the 1990s the United Nations has conducted peacekeeping efforts in Cambodia, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, El Salvador, East Timor, the Congo, Ethiopia, and Eritrea.

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a multinational corporation (MNC)?

A)Promote technology
B)Pursue their own profits, with little regard for damage to their host country
C)Enhance worldwide competition
D)Illegally interfere in host country's internal affairs
E)All of the above

Question 6

The argument that gradual transfers of economic and social functions to international cooperative agencies will eventually lead to a transfer of actual authority and integration of political activities on the international level is called functionalism.

Question 7

What term describes an economic pact that is based on free trade among members and a common external tariff for all trade with nonmembers?

A)Preferential trade arrangement
B)Free trade area
C)Customs union
D)Economic union
E)Nondiscriminating trade organization

Question 8

The Montreal Protocol was designed to combat global warming.

Question 9

What is NATO's role in the new world order of the twenty-first century?

A)Commerce and security
B)Security and the environment
C)Security and economics
D)Economics and the environment
E)Questionable

Question 10

START was to have cut strategic nuclear arsenals of the United States and Russia by 30 percent.

Question 11

The Seabed Treaty of 1971 prohibits farming of the ocean floors outside the 12 mile limit.

Question 12

Which of the following would NOT be considered an NGO?

A)Greenpeace
B)World Health Organization
C)Salvation Army
D)Red Cross
E)Amnesty International

Question 13

The first Gulf War was characterized as the lowest point in the relationship between the United Nations and the United States.

Question 14

Economic pacts promote economic integration among its member states.

Question 15

What is the term for the condition in which national economies become inextricably entwined in the global economy, as political and business elites design strategies for continued growth and prosperity around access to foreign markets, labor, and capital?

A)Co-decision
B)Multinational corporations
C)Interdependence
D)Functionalism
E)None of the above

Question 16

All of Russia's post-communist leaders, including President Putin, have tried to block NATO expansion into the former Warsaw Pact states.

Question 17

The growth of multinational corporations has been limited in recent years.

Question 18

Customs unions establish a high level of economic integration among countries and also require a partial surrender of sovereignty.

Question 19

The United Nations was founded in response to the start of the Cold War.

Question 20

The Euro crisis started in Spain, but spilled over to Ireland, Portugal, Greece, and Italy in 2011.

Question 21

Which of the following created a passport free zone in the mid 1980s, which stood as the model for the rest of the EU?

A)Common Agricultural Policy
B)The Schengen Area
C)Single European Act
D)Emissions Trading Scheme
E)North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question 22

What are the major problems confronting international organizations such as the United Nations? Can these obstacles be overcome? How?

Question 23

Why has the United Nations NOT completely succeeded?

A)Nations have not been ready to give up enough sovereign power to make the charter truly enforceable.
B)It has been inadequately funded.
C)It has consistently failed to act when necessary.
D)China has refused to join.
E)Its bureaucracy is too cumbersome to be effective.

Question 24

Unlike the United Nations, which has given several members a veto power, the European Economic Union has no veto power. Yet to pass issues, what kind of vote is needed?

A)Simple majority voting
B)Qualified majority voting
C)Extraterritorial voting
D)Economically qualified voting
E)Preferred seniority

Question 25

Which of the following countries have sought to exempt themselves from any form of climate change agreement?

A)China
B)Puerto Rico
C)Bahamas
D)Marianas
E)Japan

Question 26

The Geneva and Hague Conventions lay down rules of _____.

A)warfare
B)trade
C)international shipping
D)border regulation
E)arms control

Question 27

Discuss the various treaties and methods used to limit the spread of nuclear weapons and arsenals. Have they been successful, or failures?

Question 28

What does the New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) and Protocol of 2011 accomplish?

A)Bans all chemical and biological weapons, as well as nuclear arms
B)Cuts nuclear warheads over the next seven years
C)Requires the United States to eliminate all ground-launched short-range missiles
D)Requires North Korea to stop all testing of nuclear weapons
E)Requires both Russia and the United States to destroy all their biological and chemical weapons.

Question 29

As globalization has increased cooperation on a number of issues, how important is unanimity of participation to the legitimacy of these efforts?

Question 30

Which of the following was NOT a reason for the failure of the League of Nations?

A)It lacked universal acceptance.
B)Every member in the Assembly had veto power over important military or police action.
C)Its Charter offered an overly narrow definition of aggression.
D)Its success depended on the United States, which did not support it.
E)Its members could not agree in crisis situations whether they were dealing with acts of aggression.

Question 31

What is Europe's equivalent of a cap and trade system to set limits on air pollution?

A)Community Responsible Access Proportionality
B)Pollution Oriented Programs
C)Emissions Trading Scheme
D)Team-Oriented Pollution Exchange
E)Sovereign Trading Air Mixture Pollutants

Question 32

What is the first principle of international political life?

A)Self-preservation
B)National identity
C)Military might
D)Diplomacy
E)Legitimacy

Question 33

Which of the following is NOT a source of international law?

A)Teachings of legal authorities
B)Formal U.N. decisions
C)Custom
D)Treaties
E)General legal principles

Question 34

Which bilateral agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union/Russia reduced the risk of diversion or theft of weapons-grade uranium recovered from dismantled nuclear warheads?

A)Core Conversion Agreement
B)Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty
C)HEU Agreement
D)Open Skies Agreement
E)None of the above

Question 35

The World Court is properly known as the International Court of Justice and was originally established by the UN Charter. What major component is this court lacking?

A)Fair and impartial judges
B)Firm set of rules and procedures
C)Military enforcement
D)Defined jurisdiction
E)Monetary support

Question 36

How have the increased roles of international organizations, multinational corporations, and nonstate actors changed the role of the nation-state in international affairs? What are the implications of increased collaboration in these areas?

Question 37

Which state does NOT have a seat at the United Nations Security Council?

A)The United States
B)Russia
C)The United Kingdom
D)Germany
E)China

Question 38

Which year had the most UN peacekeeping fatalities?

A)1989
B)1995
C)2003
D)2010
E)None of the above

Question 39

After an initial surge in euro prices, describe the current crisis with debt and the value of the euro in the EU.

Question 40

Which of the following is considered an unconventional nonstate actor?

A)Privatized military firms
B)UN peacekeeping forces
C)al-Qaeda
D)The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
E)Both A and C

Question 41

What role does the World Court play in the enforcement of international law? What are the obstacles to its effectiveness in this role? Do you think the United States should submit fully to its jurisdiction? What problems might arise if it did?