Chapter 1: History Of IR

Question 1

Mercantilism

Answer 1

System of imperial exploitation where military and economic gain were cyclical

Question 2

Peace of Westphalia

Answer 2

After the 30 years war, state sovereignty became new idea

Question 3

Sovereignty

Answer 3

Authority of a state to govern itself

Question 4

Hegemony

Answer 4

Leadership or dominance of one country over others

Question 5

Pax Britannica

Answer 5

Era of peace as British dominance stabilized Europe

Question 6

Gold Standard

Answer 6

Economic system that tied value of currency to the value of gold, led to easier global trade

Question 7

Globalization

Answer 7

The economies and countries of the world becoming more connected

Question 8

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 8

Set out conditions of peace for Germany after WW1

Question 9

League of Nations

Answer 9

International body formed after WW1, weak because the US did not join

Question 10

NATO

Answer 10

Formed 1949, Alliance between militaries of many capitalist countries on the side of the US in the Cold War

Question 11

Bretton Woods system

Answer 11

Moving global economy away from gold standard through international organizations like the World Bank and the IMF

Question 12

Warsaw pact

Answer 12

Political and military alliance for many communist nations siding themselves with the USSR

Question 13

Hundred years’ peace

Answer 13

1815-1914

Question 14

Military imperialism

Answer 14

Ramped up in the 1870s in Africa and Adia

Question 15

Decolonization

Answer 15

Developing world gained more independence while developed world was distracted in global wars, pushed for efforts