Chapter 29

Question 1

01) As opposed to national security, human security takes the individual as its referent object.
True
False

Answer 1

True

Question 2

nternational security protects the sovereignty and territory of states.
True
False

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Proponents of human security agree that considering structural violence will make the idea of human security too broad to be useful in analytic and policy terms.
True
False

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Canada and Japan have pioneered much of the human security discussion.
True
False

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Freedom from want and freedom from fear are the two competing paradigms of human security.
True
False

Answer 5

True

Question 6

06) What is required for human development?
a. Societal participation.
b. Sufficient material resources for a decent standard of living.
c. Education.
d. Societal participation, sufficient material resources for a decent standard of living, and education.

Answer 6

d. Societal participation, sufficient material resources for a decent standard of living, and education.

Question 7

07) Who argued that human security should be restricted to direct personal rather than structural violence?
a. Sverre Lodgaard of Norway
b. The Canadian foreign ministry
c. Mahbub ul Haq
d. Amitav Acharya

Answer 7

a. Sverre Lodgaard of Norway

Question 8

08) Proponents of the Freedom from Fear idea of human security include:
a. Amartya Sen.
b. Mahabub ul Haq.
c. Western governments such as Canada and Norway.
d. some development economists.

Answer 8

c. Western governments such as Canada and Norway.

Question 9

09) The paradigm stressing non-military, non-traditional security threats is:
a. freedom from want.
b. freedom from fear.
c. human security.
d. human development.

Answer 9

a. freedom from want.

Question 10

10) Who referred to the objective of the human security agenda as “to safeguard the vital core of all human lives in ways that enhance human freedoms and human fulfillment”?
a. Kofi Annan
b. The UN Development Project
c. Boutros-Boutros Ghali
d. The Commission on Human Security

Answer 10

d. The Commission on Human Security

Question 11

11) Between 1992 and 2003, the number of refugees:
a. decreased 45%.
b. increased 45%.
c. could not be measured.
d. decreased 4.5%.

Answer 11

a. decreased 45%.

Question 12

12) Between 1981 and 2001 the number of international crises:
a. has increased 10%.
b. has increased 40%.
c. has decreased 70%
d. has decreased 10%.

Answer 12

c. has decreased 70%

Question 13

13) Of the people worldwide affected by AIDS:
a. 95% live in developing countries.
b. the total number is 80 million.
c. the number has resulted in a minor slowdown of economic growth in Africa.
d. the total number is 80 million, of which 95% live in developing countries, and has resulted in a minor slowdown of economic growth in Africa.

Answer 13

a. 95% live in developing countries.

Question 14

14) The greatest infectious killer of women of reproductive age is:
a. HIV/AIDS.
b. tuberculosis.
c. malaria.
d. avian flu.

Answer 14

b. tuberculosis.

Question 15

15) Outside of Africa, one region particularly riven by human security challenges is:
a. Russia.
b. the U.S.
c. Southeast Asia.
d. Russia, the U.S, and Southeast Asia.

Answer 15

c. Southeast Asia.