Deck 15: Introduction

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of an institution?

A)The chief executive officer of a multinational corporation
B)The United States invaded Iraq to end its weapons of mass destruction program
C)A state senator
D)The United Nations

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of cooperation?

A)A state banning the language of a minority group within its territory
B)Two states agreeing to similar sets of traffic laws in order to make border crossings more fluid
C)One state capitulating to another state to end a border war
D)Two states raising taxes on imports so they will become less reliant on each other

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following examples employs realist logic?

A)The United States invaded Iraq to remove the threat of weapons of mass destruction,which were a security risk.
B)The United States invaded Iraq because it was afraid that the United Nations would stop the war from happening.
C)The United States invaded Iraq because multinational corporations wanted access to Iraq's oil.
D)The United States invaded Iraq because Saddam Hussein did not find the threats of the United States to be credible.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Why might the last century be considered the most prosperous time in world history?

A)The richest one percent of the world's population owns only half of the global wealth.
B)Only 10 percent of the world's population lives on less than $2 a day.
C)There have been dramatic improvements in living standards globally.
D)The United Nations has maintained world peace and stability since it was created in 1945.

Question 5

Which of the following examples employs liberal logic?

A)Great Britain and Germany went to war with each other because Germany was rapidly gaining power.
B)Great Britain and Germany went to war with each other because they had cultural differences that could not be resolved peacefully.
C)Great Britain and Germany went to war with each other because of a failure to recognize a common interest in peace.
D)Great Britain and Germany went to war with each other because capitalism makes war between states inevitable.

Question 6

Who are the primary actors in liberalism?

A)Individuals
B)States
C)International organizations
D)There is no primary actor.

Question 7

What is cooperation?

A)An interaction that makes at least one actor better off without making the others worse off
B)An interaction in which actors must choose outcomes that make all the parties better off
C)Two states threatening conflict with each other over some policy dispute
D)A single state imposing its will upon another state

Question 8

What is anarchy for realists?

A)The lack of coordination in the international system
B)A lack of moral code
C)A lack of ethics for states
D)The lack of central authority to make and enforce laws upon states

Question 9

Greenpeace,an environmental organization operating in more than 40 countries,has filed a human rights complaint against dozens of multinational oil companies in the Philippines.At what level of analysis is this interaction taking place?

A)Transnational level of analysis
B)Individual level of analysis
C)Domestic level of analysis
D)International level of analysis

Question 10

Which of the following activities is an example of globalization?

A)Alliances between domestic terrorist organizations
B)The ratification of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)between the United States,Canada,and Mexico in 1994
C)Military alliances between European states during World War II
D)The rise of nationalist and populist movements around the world

Question 11

How should theories be evaluated?

A)By how accurately they predict the events that take place in the world
B)By how much they influence the behavior of policy makers
C)How much they inform societal norms and practices
D)By how many hypotheses they generate

Question 12

Which of the following is an example of an interaction?

A)A country lowers the taxes it has on imports.
B)A country decides to dump pollutants into the ocean.
C)A country decides to lower taxes on imports due to a threat from another country.
D)A country decides to abolish its military.

Question 13

Which of the following is an example of a probabilistic claim?

A)Democracies are less likely to repress their citizens than autocracies.
B)The Arab-Israeli conflict is probably one of the most pernicious rivalries in history.
C)Terrorist attacks target civilians.
D)The number of interstate wars has decreased since the end of World War II.

Question 14

What is a theory?

A)A guess about the current state of the world
B)An educated guess about how two events relate to each other
C)A logically consistent set of statements that explain a phenomenon of interest
D)A set of assumptions that generate untestable propositions about the world

Question 15

Which of the following is an example of bargaining?

A)A state is deciding whether to invade another state.
B)Two states are deciding how to divide up territory.
C)Two states are deciding how to cooperate on research.
D)A state unilaterally reduces its production of carbon dioxide.

Question 16

Which of the following is an example of an interest?

A)A politician is elected president.
B)A politician collects campaign donations to be elected president.
C)A politician is put on the ballot in all the districts in which he or she is running.
D)A politician wants to be president.

Question 17

Bargaining is an interaction in which:

A)actors must choose outcomes that make one better off at the expense of another.
B)actors must choose outcomes that make all the parties better off.
C)actors are forced into situations that hurt everyone as equally as possible.
D)actors are forced into outcomes that help everyone.

Question 18

Who are the primary actors in realism?

A)Individuals
B)Bureaucracies
C)States
D)International organizations

Question 19

What is the primary goal of actors in realism?

A)Wealth
B)Security
C)Conflict
D)Ideology

Question 20

When constructing a theory of a complex phenomenon,it is necessary to:

A)include all the relevant factors.
B)make assumptions to simplify the processes being examined.
C)generate a complex mathematical model.
D)ensure that its predictions are always accurate.

Question 21

Which of the following is a key assumption of realism?

A)A state's interests are determined by its culture and identity
B)States are the primary actors in world politics
C)The interests of domestic actors can influence world politics
D)States seek to maximize their wealth

Question 22

Take a recent example of an international situation you have read about in the news.Explain the events using the framework of interests,interactions,and institutions.

Question 23

Which theory of international relations would be best suited to recognize the importance of a norm of communication between heads of state?

A)Realism
B)Liberalism
C)Constructivism
D)Bargaining

Question 24

Is realism realistic? Explain why you think the framework is suitable for international relations,or,if you do not think it is,does liberalism or constructivism make more sense?

Question 25

Which international relations theory would most agree with the idea that the goals of actors are determined by their culture and identities?

A)Realism
B)Liberalism
C)Constructivism
D)Bargaining

Question 26

According to constructivists,which of the following factors explains interactions between actors?

A)Norms
B)Scarcity
C)Cooperation
D)Anarchy

Question 27

Describe the primary assumptions of realism.What would occur if those predictions were relaxed?

Question 28

Which of the three paradigms (i.e. ,realism,liberalism,or constructivism)seems to most closely resemble the world we live in? Consider the assumptions and predictions made by each school of thought when constructing your answer.

Question 29

Use the framework of interests,interactions,and institutions to explain why it might be easier to bargain with close friends than with strangers?

Question 30

Which school of thought is best suited to explain why two states would work together to lower trade barriers?

A)Realism
B)Liberalism
C)Constructivism
D)Bargaining