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Global Politics

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

Power is...

a)

The ability to effect change

b)

Diplomacy

c)

The growth of states to hegemony

d)

The way in which states interact

2.

What is a state?

a)

Refers to groups of people claiming common bonds based on culture, language and history.

b)

An entity that possesses a permanent population, defined territory and recognised sovereignty.

c)

A region within a country, like Victoria or New South Wales in Australia

d)

Legitimate or widely recognised ability to exercise effective control of a territory within recognised borders.

3.

What is a nation?

a)

Refers to groups of people claiming common bonds based on culture, language and history.

b)

An entity that possesses a permanent population, defined territory and recognised sovereignty.

c)

A country like Australia.

d)

A group of states with recognised history, like Europe.

4.

Which of the following is an example of a nation, but not a state?

a)

France

b)

North Korea

c)

The Kurds

d)

Hong Kong

5.

This characterises a state's independence, its ability to govern itself and control over its own territory.

a)

Interdependence

b)

Human Rights

c)

Development

d)

Sovereignty

6.

What are the main two aims of a state?

a)

Pursue profit and please shareholders

b)

Protect sovereignty and pursue its national interests

c)

Uphold human rights and justice

d)

Maintain peace and encourage international cooperation

7.

TRUE OR FALSE: While states draw power from their sovereignty, a state's power is often relative to its size, its economy, its military and its international relationships.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Soft Power refers to

a)

the use of force to coerce others

b)

coercion through spying and propaganda

c)

shaping the preferences of others through appeal and attraction.

d)

asking nicely

9.

Soft Power refers to

a)

the use of force to coerce others

b)

shaping the preferences of others through appeal and attraction.

c)

coercion through spying and propaganda

d)

asking nicely

10.

Which is NOT an example of hard power?

a)

An alliance

b)

APCs (armoured personnel carriers)

c)

UCAVs (unmanned combat aerial vehicles)

d)

Tactical nukes

11.

...is a coercive approach to international political relations, especially one that involves the use of military power.

a)

Hard Power

b)

Soft Power

c)

Smart Power

d)

All the above

12.

 is its ability to make friends and influence people not through military might, but through its most attractive assets, notably culture, education, language and values. In short, it’s the things that make people love a country rather than fear it, things that are often the products of people, institutions and culture rather than governments.

a)

Hard Power

b)

Soft Power

c)

Smart Power

d)

All of the above

13.

 involves the strategic use of diplomacy, persuasion, capacity building, and the projection of power and influence in ways that are cost-effective and have political and social legitimacy – essentially the engagement of both military force and all forms of diplomacy.

a)

Hard Power

b)

Soft Power

c)

Smart Power

d)

All of the above

14.

is multiple countries working together on a given issue.

a)

Multilateralism

b)

Unilateralism

15.

The principle that within its territorial boundaries the state is the supreme political authority, and that outside those boundaries the state recognizes no higher political authority.

a)

Legitimacy

b)

Rule of Law

c)

Sovereignty

d)

Supranational Organization

16.

is about states governing themselves independently. States  have full responsibility for, and power over, what happens within their borders.

a)

Internal Sovereignty

b)

External Sovereignty

17.

 is about how states interact externally with other states and international organizations.

a)

Internal Sovereignty

b)

External Sovereignty

18.

refers to an actor or an action being commonly considered acceptable and provides the fundamental basis or rationale for all forms of governance and other ways of exercising power over others.

a)

Sovereignty

b)

Legitimacy

c)

Rule of Law

d)

All of the above

19.

______Which of the following best describe sovereignty?

a)

Consolidation of power at the national level.

b)

The process of uniting a nation that is split between different states.

c)

State shifting power from the national gov’t to the regional gov’t

d)

The authority of a state to govern itself.

20.

Identify two ways in which advancements in technology have challenged the sovereignty of a state.

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