Question 1

The earliest record of autonomous territorial states comes from

Accepted Answer

A) Ancient East Asia. 
B) Ancient Africa. 
C) Ancient Mesopotamia. 
D) Modern Europe. 
E) None of the above is true. 
A) Ancient East Asia. 
B) Ancient Africa. 
C) Ancient Mesopotamia. 
D) Modern Europe. 
E) None of the above is true. C

Question 2

Most people resist unfamiliar information and ideas that are different from their usual way of viewing and thinking about world affairs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Understanding how people perceive reality is important to understanding world politics because

Accepted Answer

A) all people ascribe their own meaning to "objective" facts. 
B) all people make assumptions about the world that lead to actions. 
C) simplification of the world through a "mental map" is inevitable and necessary. 
D) the images people make to understand the world inevitably simplify reality by exaggerating some features and ignoring others. 
E) All of the above are true. 
A) all people ascribe their own meaning to "objective" facts. 
B) all people make assumptions about the world that lead to actions. 
C) simplification of the world through a "mental map" is inevitable and necessary. 
D) the images people make to understand the world inevitably simplify reality by exaggerating some features and ignoring others. 
E) All of the above are true. D

Question 4

The Soviet leader who many international relations scholars believe put an end to the Cold War by reducing Soviet military spending was

Accepted Answer

A) Josef Stalin. 
B) Leonid Brezhnev. 
C) Vladimir Putin. 
D) Anatoly Dobrynin. 
E) Mikhail Gorbachev. 
A) Josef Stalin. 
B) Leonid Brezhnev. 
C) Vladimir Putin. 
D) Anatoly Dobrynin. 
E) Mikhail Gorbachev.

Question 5

The state level of analysis emphasizes

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A) the domestic attributes of individual states. 
B) the personal and psychological motivations of decision makers. 
C) the patterns of interactions among states. 
D) the role of international organizations in world politics. 
E) nongovernmental actors such as MNCs. 
A) the domestic attributes of individual states. 
B) the personal and psychological motivations of decision makers. 
C) the patterns of interactions among states. 
D) the role of international organizations in world politics. 
E) nongovernmental actors such as MNCs.

Question 6

The billiard-ball model of international relations is state-centric.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which one of these wars was concluded by the Peace of Westphalia?

Accepted Answer

A) The Seven Year's War 
B) The Thirty Years' War 
C) The One Hundred Years' War 
D) The Napoleonic Wars 
E) World War One 
A) The Seven Year's War 
B) The Thirty Years' War 
C) The One Hundred Years' War 
D) The Napoleonic Wars 
E) World War One

Question 8

Schematic reasoning helps us make sense of a large amount of information by

Accepted Answer

A) matching what we see with stereotypes of we have stored in our memory. 
B) causing us to reject any information that doesn't fit with our existing beliefs. 
C) helping us to see an adversary the same way the adversary views us. 
D) using diagrams to simplify information. 
E) compartmentalizing vast amounts of information. 
A) matching what we see with stereotypes of we have stored in our memory. 
B) causing us to reject any information that doesn't fit with our existing beliefs. 
C) helping us to see an adversary the same way the adversary views us. 
D) using diagrams to simplify information. 
E) compartmentalizing vast amounts of information.

Question 9

Which of the following is not true of nonstate actors?

Accepted Answer

A) They possess sovereignty. 
B) They include international organizations whose members are states. 
C) They include international nongovernmental organizations. 
D) They are important actors in world politics. 
E) They sometimes carry out independent foreign policies. 
A) They possess sovereignty. 
B) They include international organizations whose members are states. 
C) They include international nongovernmental organizations. 
D) They are important actors in world politics. 
E) They sometimes carry out independent foreign policies.

Question 10

A projection of the world that retains directional accuracy, places Europe at the center, and uses two-thirds of the map to represent the northern half of the world is called a(n)

Accepted Answer

A) orthographic projection. 
B) Mercator projection. 
C) Peter's projection. 
D) world-time view. 
E) upside-down projection. 
A) orthographic projection. 
B) Mercator projection. 
C) Peter's projection. 
D) world-time view. 
E) upside-down projection.

Question 11

The term nation and the term state mean the same thing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

An analysis of world politics that focuses on the impact of worldwide conditions on foreign policy behavior and human welfare is at which level of analysis?

Accepted Answer

A) Systemic 
B) State 
C) Analytical 
D) Individual 
E) Remote 
A) Systemic 
B) State 
C) Analytical 
D) Individual 
E) Remote

Question 13

The Peter's Projection map portrays land areas in correct proportion to one another but distorts their shapes and positions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Containment is the name of the foreign policy the USSR and its allies used to control American expansion during the Cold War.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

International relations scholars classify all of the possible causes of a political event into levels of analysis.Which of the following are three accepted levels of analysis?

Accepted Answer

A) Individual, state, and bureaucracy 
B) Individual, state, and world system 
C) Individual, decision makers, and world system 
D) State, bureaucracy, and world system 
E) Individual, state system, and decision makers 
A) Individual, state, and bureaucracy 
B) Individual, state, and world system 
C) Individual, decision makers, and world system 
D) State, bureaucracy, and world system 
E) Individual, state system, and decision makers

Question 16

Politics among nation-states is a mixture of continuity and change.Choose two countries with which America has had foreign relations in the twentieth century and show how American relations with each country exhibits both continuity and change.

Accepted Answer

One example of a country with which Amer

Question 17

The cause of war can be examined on three levels of analysis.Briefly define each of the three levels of analysis and then use them to explain the causes of America's war with Iraq.

Accepted Answer

The three levels of analysis in examinin

Question 18

Nation-states in the international system are being challenged "from above" by

Accepted Answer

A) regional and global organizations. 
B) nongovernmental organizations. 
C) militias. 
D) individuals. 
E) All of the above are true. 
A) regional and global organizations. 
B) nongovernmental organizations. 
C) militias. 
D) individuals. 
E) All of the above are true.

Question 19

Schematic reasoning is the tendency for people to deny or rationalize away discrepancies between their preexisting beliefs and new information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

International relations scholars refer to the deep, underlying factors that set off a train of world events as proximate causes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

The earliest record of autonomous territorial states comes from

Most people resist unfamiliar information and ideas that are different from their usual way of viewing and thinking about world affairs.

Understanding how people perceive reality is important to understanding world politics because

The Soviet leader who many international relations scholars believe put an end to the Cold War by reducing Soviet military spending was

The state level of analysis emphasizes

The billiard-ball model of international relations is state-centric.

Which one of these wars was concluded by the Peace of Westphalia?

Schematic reasoning helps us make sense of a large amount of information by

Which of the following is not true of nonstate actors?

A projection of the world that retains directional accuracy, places Europe at the center, and uses two-thirds of the map to represent the northern half of the world is called a(n)

The term nation and the term state mean the same thing.

An analysis of world politics that focuses on the impact of worldwide conditions on foreign policy behavior and human welfare is at which level of analysis?

The Peter's Projection map portrays land areas in correct proportion to one another but distorts their shapes and positions.

Containment is the name of the foreign policy the USSR and its allies used to control American expansion during the Cold War.

International relations scholars classify all of the possible causes of a political event into levels of analysis.Which of the following are three accepted levels of analysis?

Politics among nation-states is a mixture of continuity and change.Choose two countries with which America has had foreign relations in the twentieth century and show how American relations with each country exhibits both continuity and change.

The cause of war can be examined on three levels of analysis.Briefly define each of the three levels of analysis and then use them to explain the causes of America's war with Iraq.

Nation-states in the international system are being challenged "from above" by

Schematic reasoning is the tendency for people to deny or rationalize away discrepancies between their preexisting beliefs and new information.

International relations scholars refer to the deep, underlying factors that set off a train of world events as proximate causes.

Theories of World Politics

The Historical Setting of Contemporary World Politics

States and Foreign Policy Decision Making

Global and Regional Intergovernmental Organizations

Nongovernmental Organizations, Multinational Corporations, and Other Nonstate Actors

Patterns of Armed Conflict

Military Power and the Use of Force

International Law and Human Rights

The Globalization of Trade and Finance

The Political Economy of Global Poverty and Inequality

Global Ecological Trends and the Transformation of World Politics

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Exam 1: Analyzing World Politics

The earliest record of autonomous territorial states comes from

Most people resist unfamiliar information and ideas that are different from their usual way of viewing and thinking about world affairs.

Understanding how people perceive reality is important to understanding world politics because

The Soviet leader who many international relations scholars believe put an end to the Cold War by reducing Soviet military spending was

The state level of analysis emphasizes

The billiard-ball model of international relations is state-centric.

Which one of these wars was concluded by the Peace of Westphalia?

Schematic reasoning helps us make sense of a large amount of information by

Which of the following is not true of nonstate actors?

A projection of the world that retains directional accuracy, places Europe at the center, and uses two-thirds of the map to represent the northern half of the world is called a(n)

The term nation and the term state mean the same thing.

An analysis of world politics that focuses on the impact of worldwide conditions on foreign policy behavior and human welfare is at which level of analysis?

The Peter's Projection map portrays land areas in correct proportion to one another but distorts their shapes and positions.

Containment is the name of the foreign policy the USSR and its allies used to control American expansion during the Cold War.

International relations scholars classify all of the possible causes of a political event into levels of analysis.Which of the following are three accepted levels of analysis?

Politics among nation-states is a mixture of continuity and change.Choose two countries with which America has had foreign relations in the twentieth century and show how American relations with each country exhibits both continuity and change.

The cause of war can be examined on three levels of analysis.Briefly define each of the three levels of analysis and then use them to explain the causes of America's war with Iraq.

Nation-states in the international system are being challenged "from above" by

Schematic reasoning is the tendency for people to deny or rationalize away discrepancies between their preexisting beliefs and new information.

International relations scholars refer to the deep, underlying factors that set off a train of world events as proximate causes.

Theories of World Politics

The Historical Setting of Contemporary World Politics

States and Foreign Policy Decision Making

Global and Regional Intergovernmental Organizations

Nongovernmental Organizations, Multinational Corporations, and Other Nonstate Actors

Patterns of Armed Conflict

Military Power and the Use of Force

International Law and Human Rights

The Globalization of Trade and Finance

The Political Economy of Global Poverty and Inequality

Global Ecological Trends and the Transformation of World Politics

Filters