Quiz 1 Key

Question 1

International relations encompasses the interactions among various actors that participate in international politics, including all of the following EXCEPT

Answer 1

locally focused business association

Question 2

The theory most focused on the idea that states define their interests in terms of power is

Answer 2

realism

Question 3

Which method is used in the historical approach to international relations?

Answer 3

The study of individual cases

Question 4

The absence of international authority in international relations is know as

Answer 4

Anarchy

Question 5

the theory most focused on economic classes and stratification

Answer 5

radicalism

Question 6

When studying international relations, constructivists

Answer 6

trace the impact of ideas and cultural factors on shaping identities

Question 7

What is one reason that students of international relations should study history

Answer 7

Core concepts in the field, such as the balance of power, were developed and shaped by historical events

Question 8

The ultimate failure of the League of Nations to accomplish its mandate can be attributed to which of the following factors?

Answer 8

The League lacked the needed political weight, legal instruments, and legitimacy.

Question 9

The most important outcome of World War II was

Answer 9

the emergence of two superpowers and the decline of Europe as the epicenter of world politics.

Question 10

Following World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union

Answer 10

experienced fundamental incompatibilities in terms of their national interests and ideologies.

Question 11

Although the Cold War did not involve direct military conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union, it can be characterized as a period during which

Answer 11

differences between the two were played out indirectly using proxies on third-party stages.

Question 12

What associates most closely with realist thinking?

Answer 12

Balance of power

Question 13

The analysis of the production process and the social relationships it produces are fundamentally important to which of the following theoretical perspectives?

Answer 13

radicalism

Question 14

For constructivists, what is a common source of change in the international system?

Answer 14

New norms and ideas diffuse through the system.

Question 15

How would radicals explain the Iraq War?

Answer 15

the United States acting in its economic interest to stabilize and control its oil supply

Question 16

T/F Unlike European states, the United States was not an imperial power and had no colonies

Answer 16

False

Question 17

T/F During World War II, Germany and the Soviet Union fought against the United States and Great Britain.

Answer 17

False

Question 18

T/F Despite their many differences, both realism and liberalism view people as rational actors.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

T/F Despite their differences, both liberals and radicals believe that change in the international system is desirable.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

T/F Dependency theorists believe that less developed countries will rise quickly now that colonialism has ended.

Answer 20

False