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Buehlmann IR Final Review Part 1 (Chapters 6-8)

Total questions: 77

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The fact that 95% of conflicts have occurred within states, supports what concept?

a)

Proselytizing thesis

b)

Kaldor's new war

c)

Proliferation Pessimism

d)

COIN

2.

The Copenhagen School wants to increase the scope of global security studies, what other name does it go by?

a)

The Widening School

b)

The social security School

c)

The Environmental School

d)

The ethnocentric School

3.

A war between uneven powers can become an __________ war, if the weaker side forces the stronger to fight on their terms.

a)

assimilation

b)

anti-terrorist

c)

asymmetric

d)

apologetic

4.

_____________ blurs the distinction between soldiers and civilians?

a)

Paramilitary forces

b)

Terrorists

c)

Guerilla fighters

d)

Ghost busters

5.

Academi is an example of a privatized military firm, what is its former name?

a)

The A Team

b)

Blockade

c)

Alchemy

d)

Blackwater

6.

What two scholars are associated with nuclear proliferation?

a)

Hurd and Mearsheimer

b)

Sagan and Waltz

c)

Krause and Williams

d)

Laurel and Hardy

7.

Who believes that ONLY the global community can deal with new security threats, such as terrorism and global warming?

a)

Waltz

b)

Societal Security Theorist

c)

Mearsheimer

d)

AARP

8.

Constructivists believe __________ shapes interests and causes new wars?

a)

identity

b)

social power

c)

mind battles

d)

class struggles

9.

The tools of hybrid wars are called _____ zone tactics.

a)

red

b)

green

c)

gray

d)

maroon

10.

Realists believe the world is anarchical so states cannot build ___________.

a)

trust

b)

cooperation

c)

agreements

d)

congeniality

11.

What name do we give to chemical, biological, nuclear, and radiological weapons?

a)

weapons of wide appeal

b)

weapons of targeted range

c)

weapons of mass destruction

d)

weapons of last resort

12.

Which set of theorists believe the fundamental structures of international politics are social rather than material?

a)

realists

b)

environmentalists

c)

constructivists

d)

liberals

13.

What do we call it when a country sends its military into another country to help stabilize its political structures?

a)

counterinsurgency

b)

counterterrorism

c)

countervailing

d)

countermanding

14.

A regionally differentiated world was caused by ___________ globalization.

a)

environmental

b)

economic

c)

commercial

d)

nuclear

15.

In what year was the NPT extended indefinitely?

a)

1986

b)

1992

c)

1995

d)

1998

16.

The decline of the state after the cold war,

led to globalization and the rise of what groups?

a)

superhero and villains

b)

environmental and economic

c)

subnational and supranational

d)

sub-Saharan and Supraspinatus

17.

When a state acquires nuclear capabilities, it is described as having what?

a)

atomization

b)

superpowers

c)

nuclearization

d)

fission

18.

What Arab group's name means "the Base"?

a)

Hezbollah

b)

Al Qaeda

c)

ISIS

d)

Al Jazeera

19.

Terrorism went transnational in what decade?

a)

1950s

b)

1960s

c)

1970s

d)

1980s

20.

Technology had what influence on terrorism?

a)

increased its costs

b)

enhanced communication

c)

hampered its capabilities

d)

improved its capabilities

21.

What is the first step in stopping terrorist organizations?

a)

monitoring

b)

diplomacy

c)

espionage

d)

deterrence

22.

What do we call the dissemination of terrorist ideology via the media?

a)

recruitment

b)

propaganda

c)

proselytizing

d)

rhetoric

23.

What do we call the use of violence to inspire fear in order to effect political change?

a)

marketing

b)

electioneering

c)

campaigning

d)

terrorism

24.

Which one of the following is not a type of terrorism?

(Hint: You may want to know the four types, see pg 249.)

a)

left-wing terrorism

b)

right-wing terrorism

c)

religious terrorism

d)

socio-economic terrorism

25.

The globalization of commerce has had what effect on terrorists?

a)

increased costs

b)

increased mobility

c)

increased access to weapons

d)

increased problems

26.

According to the textbook in the 21st century, 39% of all conflicts have taken place in what geographic area?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Middle East

d)

Pacific

27.

Where did the modern concept of human rights develop?

a)

South America

b)

United States

c)

Europe

d)

East Asia

28.

What generation of human rights include social, economic and cultural rights?

a)

first

b)

second

c)

third

d)

penultimate

29.

What class of rights protects citizens from their government?

a)

first

b)

second

c)

tertiary

d)

obsolete

30.

The theory of rights that rest on natural laws, began when?

a)

During Ancient Greece

b)

Middle Ages

c)

the Enlightenment

d)

During the Pax Romana

31.

Why is the Magna Carta important?

a)

It established the idea of charter rights.

b)

It established democratic elections in England.

c)

It established the British parliament.

d)

It freed England from Roman influence.

32.

What agreement adopted in 1815 sought to end the slave trade?

a)

The Hague Convention

b)

The Congress of Vienna

c)

the Tennis Court Oath

d)

the Treaty of Versailles

33.

What is necessary to motivate the international community to act on human rights cases?

a)

A vote of the Security Council

b)

international petition

c)

public opinion

d)

genocide

34.

American values place emphasis on the individual, Asian values emphasize what?

a)

tradition

b)

the state

c)

the family

d)

the emperor

35.

National security focuses on the state, human security focuses on the _____________.

a)

groups

b)

poor

c)

collective

d)

individual

36.

A threat to security anywhere, is a threat to security everywhere is associated with what concept?

a)

common security

b)

collective security

c)

collectivism

d)

commonality

37.

What uprising began in Tunisia in 2010?

a)

the Prague Spring

b)

the Arab Spring

c)

ISIS

d)

the Palestinian protest

38.

Which of the following is NOT a way NGOs help with human security?

a)

provide a channel for relief operations

b)

ensuring proper treatment of POWs

c)

promoting sustainable development

d)

promote profiteering

39.

How has globalization affected national cultural norms?

a)

eroded them

b)

enhanced them

c)

promoted pluralist norms

d)

promoted isolationist norms

40.

Which of the following is not a justification for invoking R2P?

a)

war crimes

b)

ethnic cleansing

c)

crimes against nature

d)

crimes against humanity

41.

According to realists, states only pursue their ___________.

a)

economic interests

b)

national interests

c)

social interests

d)

emotional interests

42.

In 1948 what country objected to the UN Declaration of Human Rights?

a)

Saudi Arabia

b)

Myanmar

c)

Germany

d)

Russia

43.

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness are what type of rights?

a)

charter rights

b)

universal rights

c)

human rights

d)

elementary rights

44.

When does humanitarianism turn into abuse?

a)

when greed dominates

b)

when political power interests dominate

c)

when selfishness dominates

d)

when failed states exist

45.

What institution is associated with the success of R2P?

a)

UN General Assembly

b)

ICC

c)

International Courts

d)

UN Security Council

46.

The idea that humans have a core nature that dictates that certain things are desired by all people everywhere, is called what?

a)

universal truths

b)

natural laws

c)

humanitarian idealism

d)

none of the above

47.

What is the nonintervention principle?

a)

Economists should stay out of political decision making.

b)

The in-laws should stay out of their children's marriage.

c)

External power should stay out of a sovereign state's domestic affairs.

d)

It prohibits counterinsurgency activities.

48.

The Great Depression and WWII inspired the creation of what economic system?

a)

The Keynesian system

b)

The Bretton Wood system

c)

The Federal Reserve system

d)

None of the above

49.

What economic system dominated after the Cold War?

a)

the liberal economic system

b)

The Bretton Woods system

c)

the mercantilist system

d)

the capitalist system

50.

Globalists believe eventually there will be how many economies on earth?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

51.

Which of the following countries does the book describe as having state capitalism?

a)

Sweden

b)

Norway

c)

China

d)

Iceland

52.

What was the Marshall Plan used for?

a)

Rebuilding Europe after WWII

b)

Rebuilding Japan after WWII

c)

Restructuring the US's economy after WWII

d)

Responding to the Great Depression

53.

The WTO was created in 1995, what did it replace?

a)

NAFTA

b)

GATT

c)

The Structural Adjustment Plan

d)

The Washington Consensus

54.

The neoliberal approach which advocated less state involvement in the economy, and leaving more decisions to the market, came to be known as _________.

a)

Privatization

b)

GATT

c)

The WTO

d)

The Washington Consensus

55.

Economic nationalism and protectionism is associated with which economic approach?

a)

neoliberal economics

b)

ethnonationalism

c)

mercantilism

d)

Keynesian economics

56.

The Dodge line provided grants to what country to help rebuild after WWII?

a)

Germany

b)

Japan

c)

France

d)

England

57.

What do we call it when you receive goods across geopolitical boundaries?

a)

Global processing

b)

Transnational acquisitions

c)

Global sourcing

d)

selective exposure

58.

What organization promotes development in medium -- and low-income countries with project loans, structural adjustment programs, and various advisory services?

a)

WTO

b)

World Bank Group

c)

Grameen Bank

d)

Global Banking group

59.

Which one of the following does the WTO NOT cover?

a)

merchandise trade

b)

intellectual property

c)

investment issues

d)

shipping lanes

60.

The GATT was created in 1947 for what purpose?

a)

negotiate trade liberalization

b)

negotiate food safety

c)

negotiate currency exchange

d)

negotiate higher tariffs

61.

What system was set up immediately after WWII to manage the global economy?

a)

The Federal Reserve system

b)

The Bretton Woods system

c)

The World Banking system

d)

The Keynesian system

62.

After 1947, the World Bank began focusing on what?

a)

world domination

b)

expansion

c)

reconstruction

d)

development

63.

The New International Economic Order (NIEO) is focused on greater ___________ for developing countries.

a)

debt forgiveness

b)

equality

c)

power

d)

autonomy

64.

The gold standard was replaced by what nation's currency?

a)

The US dollar

b)

The Japanese yen

c)

The German mark

d)

The British pound

65.

Economic globalization often causes ____________ within and between states.

a)

social development

b)

wage stagnation and growth in inequality

c)

high GDP growth

d)

high inflation

66.

Which of the following is NOT a regional framework which helped reduce trade barriers between countries?

a)

EU

b)

NAFTA

c)

BRICS

d)

AU

67.

Protectionism includes all of the following EXCEPT

a)

tariffs

b)

non-tariff barriers

c)

unmitigated trade

d)

domestic subsidies

68.

At what summit did developing countries begin to challenge the liberal economic order which had flourished since WWII?

a)

Summit of Non-Aligned Nations

b)

Summit of Developing Nations

c)

Summit of Periphery Countries

d)

Summit of the Global South

69.

John Maynard Keynes and Harry Dexter White were the primary architects of what?

a)

The Federal Reserve system

b)

GATT

c)

The Bretton Woods system

d)

UN Declaration on Human Rights

70.

The Dispute Settlement Mechanism is a subsidiary of what organization?

a)

The WTO

b)

The UN

c)

NATO

d)

The World Bank

71.

What do we call the government policy of discouraging imports through the imposition of tariffs and non-tariff barriers ?

a)

tariffing

b)

trade relations

c)

protectionism

d)

autarchy

72.

What term refers to the international transfer of goods and services within transborder companies?

a)

flex production

b)

triangulation

c)

multifaceted trading

d)

intrafirm trade

73.

When conflict arises between parties that are unequal and the weaker side employs guerrilla warfare tactics, what do we call this?

a)

unfair

b)

asymmetric warfare

c)

unparalleled war

d)

symmetric warfare

74.

Common security is world peace, collective security is __________.

a)

the financing of world peace

b)

a communist defense plan

c)

a socialist contract

d)

a mutual defense agreement

75.

What level of analysis is used when discussing human security?

a)

individual

b)

societal

c)

national

d)

global

76.

What is the term for the relationship between "the self" and "the others"? Constructivist believe this shapes interests.

a)

ego

b)

identity

c)

metaphysics

d)

ethos

77.

When protections from government (civil liberties) are written in a document, they are called __________ rights.

a)

civil

b)

natural

c)

charter

d)

expressed