Midterm Short Answer Questions

Question 1

Containment: Two aspects of, and Two problems of (Lecture 6)

Answer 1

Aspects -
1. Restrain Soviets with moving barriers
2. Self-Restrain US actions to let the Soviets collapse

Problems
1. Ambigious - How much to spend, where to stop, where to contain
2. Democracies makes it hard to Restrain, hard to justify for voters

Question 2

Identify and briefly describe THREE results from lack of sufficient troops in Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003 onward) (Lecture 7)

Answer 2

1. Unguarded borders let foreign fighters into Iraq
2. No Lawful presence to reconstruct infrastructure
3. Prisons had horrendous guard ratio (20:1)
4. Weapons Depots were left unguarded (IED’s, civilians can fight back)

Question 3

Explaining the end of the Cold War: precipitating, intermediate and deep causes (be able to list and describe TWO, and what level of deep-intermediate-precipitating they are)

Answer 3

1. Intermediate - Soviets did stretch their resources and the costs made the Soviet system crumble
2. Precipitating - Reagan inspired Europe to be free, fight back against Soviets
3. Deep - Soviet system was too rigid to respond to global changes

Question 4

Name and describe ONE cause of the First World War, make sure to identify which level of analysis that cause can be placed upon and/or which level of ‘depth’ (deep-intermediate-precipitating). Additionally, identify ONE other ‘important feature’ or ‘important result’ of the First World War and describe in one sentence WHY it was important, according to lecture.

Answer 4

Cause - Precipitating - Franz Ferdinand, prince of Austria-Hungary, was assassinated. Made Aus-Hung declare war on Russia
Cause - Intermediate - Alliances between many countries led to chainganging into the war

Result - Racial equality in the US. PoC saw how France treated PoC equally, and came back to the US to overthrow Jim Crow Laws.
Result - Treaty of Versailles - set up stage for WWII and gave the Big Four lots more power internationally