Exam 18: International Political Relations

Which of the following countries chose not to adopt the euro?

The state is the institution empowered to conduct international relations for its citizens.

The basis of peace in the Cold War was:

Weapons of mass destruction were an issue in the Iraq War.

What does the term state mean in international relations? What are the characteristics of a state? Why and how have nation-states been important in the history of international relations?

The fascist ideology holds that the nation, the people and the culture will be made great by the:

In international relations, the capacity to compel another party to commit an act contrary to its explicitly stated will is called:

In 1997, NATO worked out a cooperative agreement with Russia.

The war on terrorism pitted the United States not against a particular country but an enemy who could be anywhere.

After World War II, the policy of the U.S. to help any country threatened by communist aggression was called the:

Economic power has never been important in international relations.

Autocratic governments have direct control over foreign opinion.

Which of the various forms of power is the most important?

One of a country's major sources of power is dependable access to adequate supplies of raw materials.

The president's authority in foreign affairs is augmented by:

The containment of communism approach to U.S. foreign policy lost favor:

With the defeat of Hitler and Mussolini, fascism disappeared as a political ideology.

Generally speaking, foreign policies of a state are designed to:

The primary reason for the formation of the European Union was to form:

What is today known as the European Union began forming in: