Quiz 1

Question 1

Theory attempts to…

Answer 1

tell us how the world works, explain why things happen, and anticipate what might happen in different circumstances.

Question 2

The chapter covers…

Answer 2

theory building, levels of analysis, world images, and interpretive understandings.

Question 3

What variable does the theorist try to explain?

Answer 3

dependent variable

Question 4

A possible factor to explain a phenomenon is

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independent variable.

Question 5

A hypothesis is NOT…

Answer 5

a proven empirical fact, a dependent variable, and an educated guess.

Question 6

Individuals and small groups, state and society, and the international system are

Answer 6

levels of analysis.

Question 7

Political scientist who claim to view the world as it is, not as it ought to be are often called

Answer 7

realists.

Question 8

Political scientists who claim to view the world in terms of multiplicity of different kinds of actors engaged in transactions in multiple paths or channels of interaction are called

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pluralists or liberals

Question 9

Thomas Hobbes was concerned with the security implications of

Answer 9

anarchy

Question 10

Realists tend to see the world politics as the combination of

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human nature, conflict of power, and the structure of the state.

Question 11

Liberals tend to

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dispute the claim that to understand international relations or world politics one need only focus on the state.

Question 12

Conventional discourse, particularly among realists, has come to equate the term international relations with

Answer 12

interstate relations

Question 13

A focus on mechanism of domination in a capitalist world is most closely associated with

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economic structuralism

Question 14

Who is associated with economic structuralism?

Answer 14

Karl Marx

Question 15

Those in the English school tend to see the international politics in terms of

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interactions within worldwide or international society

Question 16

What ideas are typically associated with the English school?

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Realist thought is associated with the writings of Thomas Hobbes, the writings by Grotius on international law, and moral or ethical principles that come to be accepted internationally as in the writings of the East Prussian Immanuel Kant.

Question 17

That states don’t simply react to their environment, but dynamically engage it (that anarchy in international politics is what states make of it) is a view most closely associated with

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social constructivists

Question 18

Feminism invovles

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using gender as a category of analysis, focusing on differences between feminine and masculine understandings and actions.

Question 19

Postmodernists are most closely associated with

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critical theorists

Question 20

Normative theory is associated with

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just war, a concern with what should be, and the use of force.

Question 21

The earliest period to which the concepts of globalization and global politics can be applied is

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the rise of the modern state

Question 22

Which of the following are types of international systems?

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independent state system, hegemonic state system, and the feudal system.

Question 23

What is true concerning international systems?

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none of the systems can overlap in terms of characteristics or time period and ideas and concepts have little impact on history compared to economics.

Question 24

Which of the following are best described as imperial systems?

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Persian, Indian, and Roman

Question 25

Under the regime of Chandragupta Maurya, India

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became a bipolar system of states

Question 26

The classical Greek independent state system evolved into

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a hegemonic system dominated by Athens and Sparta.

Question 27

Which international system is best characterized as extremely decentralized in terms of authority?

Answer 27

Medieval Europe

Question 28

During the 12th and 13th centuries,

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literacy expanded and universities were established.

Question 29

The rise of an independent state system in Europe was associated with

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the decline of feudalism and the rise of market capitalism, an increase in the power of kings, and increasing trade.

Question 30

By the late 17th century, the primary political unit in Europe had become the

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territorial state.

Question 31

The Concert of Europe refers to

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the collective hegemony of the five major European powers that emerged after the defeat of Napoleon in 1815.

Question 32

The European system of independent states

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confined territorial competition to Europe.

Question 33

The idea that states have a legal right to enforce international law against aggression by taking collective action to stop it is called

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collective security

Question 34

Dual hegemony during the Cold War refers to

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United States and the Soviet Union (USSR)

Question 35

The containment policy of the United States was principally directed against

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the Soviet Union and communism in general

Question 36

The Cold War ended

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with the collapse of the USSR.

Question 37

Detente refers to

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the relaxation between East and West in the 1970s.

Question 38

BRIC stands for

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Brazil, Russia, India, and China

Question 39

The two BRICs with the greatest natural resources are

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Brazil and Russia

Question 40

The common factor that may decide the role of the BRICs in the international system is

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the role of the United Nations.