chapter 7 Flashcards
01) The inter-war period of 1919–39 is often referred to as an era of liberalism.
True
False
False
02) Contrasted with liberalism, conservativism places a higher value on order and authority.
True
False
True
03) Immanuel Kant was an early claimant that liberal states are pacific in their international relations with other liberal states.
True
False
True
The Gulf War 1990–1 has been used as an example of collective security.
True
False
True
Neo-liberalism places importance on the civilizing capacity of global society.
True
False
False
06) Which of the following is not considered a key liberal value?
a. Tolerance
b. Freedom
c. Order
d. Constitutionalism
c.Order
07) Liberals see the causes of war located in (amongst others):
a. anarchy.
b. human nature.
c. self-determination.
d. imperialism.
d. imperialism
08) In the 1990s Western state leaders proclaimed:
a. a New World Order
b. the end of History
c. that Liberalism was a redundant ideology.
d. an age of Realism
a. a New World Order
09) Liberalism is a theory of both:
a. freedom and authority.
b. government within states and good governance between them.
c. sovereignty and equality.
d. tolerance and balance of power.
b. government withing states and good withing states and good governance between them
The writings of Bentham and Kant contain the seeds of core liberal ideas, particularly that:
a. nations can get along.
b. wealth is the best means to bring about justice.
c. justice breeds freedom.
d. reason can deliver freedom and justice in international relations.
d. reason can deliver freedom and justice in international relations.
11) Which of the following is not a definitive article of Kant’s ‘Perpetual Peace’?
a. The Civil Constitution of Every State shall be Republican
b. The Democratic Franchise shall be extended to each Citizen Equally
c. The Right of Nations shall be based on a Federation of Free States
d. Cosmopolitan Right shall be limited to Conditions of Universal Hospitality
b. The Democratic Franchise shall be extended to each Citizen Equally
12) Which word is missing from the following sentence: Richard Cobden’s belief that _____ would create a more peaceful world order is a core idea of 19th century liberalism.
a. freedom
b. justice
c. free trade
d. tolerance
c. free trade
13) What was the primary organ of the Idealist inter-war order?
a. The League of Nations
b. The United Nations
c. The Concert of Europe
d. The hegemonic influence of the US
a. The League of Nations
14) What concept supposes that liberal states will not go to war with one another?
a. Sovereign equality of states
b. Balance of power
c. Democratic peace thesis
d. Republican constitutionalism
c. Democratic peace thesis
15) Those liberals who place great importance on the civilizing capacity of global society are often known as:
a. classical liberals.
b. neo-liberals.
c. reform liberals.
d. radical liberals.
d. radical liberals.
