I.R. Q1 Review

A condition arising within states or between states when actors use violent means to destroy their opponents or coerce them into submission:

• War

• Conflict

• Armed Conflict

• Diplomacy

What is the minimum per capita income level to be considered a developed country?

• $995

• $1500

• $3895

• $12055

One of the challenges of studying international relations is _______________, which is the general psychological tendency to deny discrepancies between one's preexisting beliefs and new information.

• Foreign Policy Conundrum

• Informed Bias

• Cognitive Dissonance

• Mirror Imaging

An individual, group, state, or organization that plays a major role in world politics:

• Power

• Nation

• NGO

• Actor

Which level of analysis suggests that the Cold War was caused by the extension of superpowers' mutual disdain for each others' beliefs about politics and economics?

• Systematic

• State

• Individual

The hypothesis that leaders sometimes initiate conflict abroad as a way of increasing national cohesion at home by diverting national public attention away from controversial domestic issues and internal problems refers to:

• Groupthink

• History-Making Individuals Model

• Diversionary Theory of War

• Prospect Theory

During the Cold War, many European countries joined NATO because of the strong powers associated, such as the U.S. and the U.K.. When these countries clustered around more powerful countries, what were they practicing?

• Militarization

• Bureaucracy

• Bounded Rationality

• Polarization

Country T originally planned on going to war with Country S over a land dispute, but after new information came out about Country S, Country T decided to no longer go to war. What theory would most likely back Country T's decision?

• Realism

• LIberalism

• Constructivism

The tendency of states to view the defensive arming of adversaries as threatening, causing them to arm in response so all states' security declines, is known as: 

• Mirror Imaging

• Security Dilemma

• National Interest

• Balance of Power

Which of the following is NOT considered an IGO?

• United Nations

• World Bank

• World Trade Organization

• Red Cross