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WorksheetsBuehlmann IR Final Review Part 1 (Chapters 6-8)
Total questions: 77
Worksheet time: 39mins
The fact that 95% of conflicts have occurred within states, supports what concept?
Proselytizing thesis
Kaldor's new war
Proliferation Pessimism
COIN
The Copenhagen School wants to increase the scope of global security studies, what other name does it go by?
The Widening School
The social security School
The Environmental School
The ethnocentric School
A war between uneven powers can become an __________ war, if the weaker side forces the stronger to fight on their terms.
assimilation
anti-terrorist
asymmetric
apologetic
_____________ blurs the distinction between soldiers and civilians?
Paramilitary forces
Terrorists
Guerilla fighters
Ghost busters
Academi is an example of a privatized military firm, what is its former name?
The A Team
Blockade
Alchemy
Blackwater
What two scholars are associated with nuclear proliferation?
Hurd and Mearsheimer
Sagan and Waltz
Krause and Williams
Laurel and Hardy
Who believes that ONLY the global community can deal with new security threats, such as terrorism and global warming?
Waltz
Societal Security Theorist
Mearsheimer
AARP
Constructivists believe __________ shapes interests and causes new wars?
identity
social power
mind battles
class struggles
The tools of hybrid wars are called _____ zone tactics.
red
green
gray
maroon
Realists believe the world is anarchical so states cannot build ___________.
trust
cooperation
agreements
congeniality
What name do we give to chemical, biological, nuclear, and radiological weapons?
weapons of wide appeal
weapons of targeted range
weapons of mass destruction
weapons of last resort
Which set of theorists believe the fundamental structures of international politics are social rather than material?
realists
environmentalists
constructivists
liberals
What do we call it when a country sends its military into another country to help stabilize its political structures?
counterinsurgency
counterterrorism
countervailing
countermanding
A regionally differentiated world was caused by ___________ globalization.
environmental
economic
commercial
nuclear
In what year was the NPT extended indefinitely?
1986
1992
1995
1998
The decline of the state after the cold war,
led to globalization and the rise of what groups?
superhero and villains
environmental and economic
subnational and supranational
sub-Saharan and Supraspinatus
When a state acquires nuclear capabilities, it is described as having what?
atomization
superpowers
nuclearization
fission
What Arab group's name means "the Base"?
Hezbollah
Al Qaeda
ISIS
Al Jazeera
Terrorism went transnational in what decade?
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
Technology had what influence on terrorism?
increased its costs
enhanced communication
hampered its capabilities
improved its capabilities
What is the first step in stopping terrorist organizations?
monitoring
diplomacy
espionage
deterrence
What do we call the dissemination of terrorist ideology via the media?
recruitment
propaganda
proselytizing
rhetoric
What do we call the use of violence to inspire fear in order to effect political change?
marketing
electioneering
campaigning
terrorism
Which one of the following is not a type of terrorism?
(Hint: You may want to know the four types, see pg 249.)
left-wing terrorism
right-wing terrorism
religious terrorism
socio-economic terrorism
The globalization of commerce has had what effect on terrorists?
increased costs
increased mobility
increased access to weapons
increased problems
According to the textbook in the 21st century, 39% of all conflicts have taken place in what geographic area?
Asia
Africa
Middle East
Pacific
Where did the modern concept of human rights develop?
South America
United States
Europe
East Asia
What generation of human rights include social, economic and cultural rights?
first
second
third
penultimate
What class of rights protects citizens from their government?
first
second
tertiary
obsolete
The theory of rights that rest on natural laws, began when?
During Ancient Greece
Middle Ages
the Enlightenment
During the Pax Romana
Why is the Magna Carta important?
It established the idea of charter rights.
It established democratic elections in England.
It established the British parliament.
It freed England from Roman influence.
What agreement adopted in 1815 sought to end the slave trade?
The Hague Convention
The Congress of Vienna
the Tennis Court Oath
the Treaty of Versailles
What is necessary to motivate the international community to act on human rights cases?
A vote of the Security Council
international petition
public opinion
genocide
American values place emphasis on the individual, Asian values emphasize what?
tradition
the state
the family
the emperor
National security focuses on the state, human security focuses on the _____________.
groups
poor
collective
individual
A threat to security anywhere, is a threat to security everywhere is associated with what concept?
common security
collective security
collectivism
commonality
What uprising began in Tunisia in 2010?
the Prague Spring
the Arab Spring
ISIS
the Palestinian protest
Which of the following is NOT a way NGOs help with human security?
provide a channel for relief operations
ensuring proper treatment of POWs
promoting sustainable development
promote profiteering
How has globalization affected national cultural norms?
eroded them
enhanced them
promoted pluralist norms
promoted isolationist norms
Which of the following is not a justification for invoking R2P?
war crimes
ethnic cleansing
crimes against nature
crimes against humanity
According to realists, states only pursue their ___________.
economic interests
national interests
social interests
emotional interests
In 1948 what country objected to the UN Declaration of Human Rights?
Saudi Arabia
Myanmar
Germany
Russia
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness are what type of rights?
charter rights
universal rights
human rights
elementary rights
When does humanitarianism turn into abuse?
when greed dominates
when political power interests dominate
when selfishness dominates
when failed states exist
What institution is associated with the success of R2P?
UN General Assembly
ICC
International Courts
UN Security Council
The idea that humans have a core nature that dictates that certain things are desired by all people everywhere, is called what?
universal truths
natural laws
humanitarian idealism
none of the above
What is the nonintervention principle?
Economists should stay out of political decision making.
The in-laws should stay out of their children's marriage.
External power should stay out of a sovereign state's domestic affairs.
It prohibits counterinsurgency activities.
The Great Depression and WWII inspired the creation of what economic system?
The Keynesian system
The Bretton Wood system
The Federal Reserve system
None of the above
What economic system dominated after the Cold War?
the liberal economic system
The Bretton Woods system
the mercantilist system
the capitalist system
Globalists believe eventually there will be how many economies on earth?
1
2
3
4
Which of the following countries does the book describe as having state capitalism?
Sweden
Norway
China
Iceland
What was the Marshall Plan used for?
Rebuilding Europe after WWII
Rebuilding Japan after WWII
Restructuring the US's economy after WWII
Responding to the Great Depression
The WTO was created in 1995, what did it replace?
NAFTA
GATT
The Structural Adjustment Plan
The Washington Consensus
The neoliberal approach which advocated less state involvement in the economy, and leaving more decisions to the market, came to be known as _________.
Privatization
GATT
The WTO
The Washington Consensus
Economic nationalism and protectionism is associated with which economic approach?
neoliberal economics
ethnonationalism
mercantilism
Keynesian economics
The Dodge line provided grants to what country to help rebuild after WWII?
Germany
Japan
France
England
What do we call it when you receive goods across geopolitical boundaries?
Global processing
Transnational acquisitions
Global sourcing
selective exposure
What organization promotes development in medium -- and low-income countries with project loans, structural adjustment programs, and various advisory services?
WTO
World Bank Group
Grameen Bank
Global Banking group
Which one of the following does the WTO NOT cover?
merchandise trade
intellectual property
investment issues
shipping lanes
The GATT was created in 1947 for what purpose?
negotiate trade liberalization
negotiate food safety
negotiate currency exchange
negotiate higher tariffs
What system was set up immediately after WWII to manage the global economy?
The Federal Reserve system
The Bretton Woods system
The World Banking system
The Keynesian system
After 1947, the World Bank began focusing on what?
world domination
expansion
reconstruction
development
The New International Economic Order (NIEO) is focused on greater ___________ for developing countries.
debt forgiveness
equality
power
autonomy
The gold standard was replaced by what nation's currency?
The US dollar
The Japanese yen
The German mark
The British pound
Economic globalization often causes ____________ within and between states.
social development
wage stagnation and growth in inequality
high GDP growth
high inflation
Which of the following is NOT a regional framework which helped reduce trade barriers between countries?
EU
NAFTA
BRICS
AU
Protectionism includes all of the following EXCEPT
tariffs
non-tariff barriers
unmitigated trade
domestic subsidies
At what summit did developing countries begin to challenge the liberal economic order which had flourished since WWII?
Summit of Non-Aligned Nations
Summit of Developing Nations
Summit of Periphery Countries
Summit of the Global South
John Maynard Keynes and Harry Dexter White were the primary architects of what?
The Federal Reserve system
GATT
The Bretton Woods system
UN Declaration on Human Rights
The Dispute Settlement Mechanism is a subsidiary of what organization?
The WTO
The UN
NATO
The World Bank
What do we call the government policy of discouraging imports through the imposition of tariffs and non-tariff barriers ?
tariffing
trade relations
protectionism
autarchy
What term refers to the international transfer of goods and services within transborder companies?
flex production
triangulation
multifaceted trading
intrafirm trade
When conflict arises between parties that are unequal and the weaker side employs guerrilla warfare tactics, what do we call this?
unfair
asymmetric warfare
unparalleled war
symmetric warfare
Common security is world peace, collective security is __________.
the financing of world peace
a communist defense plan
a socialist contract
a mutual defense agreement
What level of analysis is used when discussing human security?
individual
societal
national
global
What is the term for the relationship between "the self" and "the others"? Constructivist believe this shapes interests.
ego
identity
metaphysics
ethos
When protections from government (civil liberties) are written in a document, they are called __________ rights.
civil
natural
charter
expressed
