Question 1

Describe cultural conditioning and how it impacts decision making.

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Question 2

____________ is the deliberate use or threat of violence against civilians intended to instill fear in a wider audience.

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Question 3

Attacks on an adversary's telecommunications and computer networks to degrade the technological systems vital to its defense and economic well-being is called _____________________ .

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Question 4

The September 11 terrorist attacks exposed what new feature of terrorism?

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The September 11 attacks demonstrated that terrorists were willing to cause mass casualties, not just to influence policy but also to instill fear and cause significant loss of life.

Question 5

Discuss the origins and consequences of civil war.

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Question 6

According to the ____________________ theory, well-established democracies do not initiate wars against other well-established democracies.

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Question 7

What is the "bargaining model of war"?

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Question 8

Feminists argue that through _________________________ people have come to believe that war is an inevitable fact of international relations.

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Question 9

Describe and discuss how war has become more lethal in recent centuries. How has the character of war changed?

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Question 10

____________________ is discord, often arising in international relations over perceived incompatibilities of interest. This can escalate to ____________________, which is combat between the military forces of two or more states or groups.

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Question 11

A major characteristic of civil war is: ________________.

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Question 12

Reducing the incidence and effectiveness of terrorism while maintaining civil liberties will be difficult because

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All the options listed contribute to the complexity of reducing terrorism while maintaining civil liberties, as they highlight various challenges such as globalization, technological advancements, and geopolitical instability.

Question 13

Economic conditions have historically been both a cause of war, both interstate and civil, and a cause of peace. What are economic factors that lead to war? What are economic factors that facilitate peace?

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Question 14

How does the theory of commercial liberalism argue that trade can enhance peace?

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Question 15

The proposition that fighting a major war is costly in terms of lost lives, income, and these costs greatly reduce a country's tolerance for undertaking another war until enough time passes to lose memory of those costs is known as (the) _________________________.

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Question 16

A sudden, forcible takeover of a government by a small group within that country, usually carried out by violent or illegal means, with the goal of installing their own leadership is known as a __________________.

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Question 17

The school of liberal thought (opposite to realist thought) that recognizes no conditions justify the taking of another human's life is known as ____________________.

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Question 18

John Foster Dulles noted that "The easiest and quickest cure of internal dissension is to portray danger from abroad." What did he mean by this? Do you agree? Cite historical examples that demonstrate your opinion.

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Question 19

List two of the possible state-level causes of war.

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Question 20

List at least four characteristics of states that are vulnerable to becoming failed states.

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Quiz 7: The Threat of Armed Conflict to the World