Exam 3: World War I: World on Fire

The argument that German unification significantly altered the balance of power in Europe operates at the______ level of analysis?

In which country did Russia have vital interests at stake and thus pledge to aid in the event of war?

What were the two alliances that formed before World War I?

According to the liberal perspective, which of the following factors did not contribute to diplomacy's ability to prevent World War I?

According to the realist perspective, ______ tend to develop in a checkerboard pattern. An example is relations between France and Russia, Germany's two neighbors.

Who believed that World War I was a product of the struggle for markets among capitalist countries?

Arguing that German aggression was caused by "logrolling" coalitions among various elite groups, each of which had an independent interest in war or expansion, is an example of an argument from the ______ level of analysis.

According to the realist perspective, how did German unification in 1871 disrupt the balance of power?

What is the focus of liberal nationalism?

According to the realist perspective, how did concerns over the balance of power lead to the start of World War I?

Militant nationalism focused on political ideologies and called for wider participation and the rule of law in both domestic and international politics.

The ______ preserved peace among the great powers throughout the nineteenth century by creating a more multilateral and open system for settling disputes.

Held in 1899 and 1907, ______ brought large and small states into the diplomatic process and reformed the rules and methods of diplomacy.

Socialist nationalism primarily stresses which of the following ideas?

The Concert of Europe, created in the early 1800s, was primarily ______.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. According to the liberal perspective, which of the following factors at the systemic process level of analysis caused World War I?

Why did Norman Angell, in a famous book written before World War I, argue that war is a "great illusion"?

Preemptive war is an attack against a state that is preparing to attack you.

According to a realist argument at the domestic level of analysis, German politics was ______, or united among various elite groups, which supported German aggression.

Who wrote Idea for a Universal History and Perpetual Peace and argued that democracy would spread and lead to a federation of peaceful states?