Exam 14: Armed Conflict in Global Perspective

Combined, as of 2009 the United States and Russia still had over 3000 nuclear warheads.

During World War, II no women were allowed to volunteer for full time military service, other than nursing.

Which of the following requires governments to destroy stockpiles of land mines within ten years?

Klare (2001) predicted that wars will increasingly be fought over issues like civil rights and women's rights.

Mutually assured destruction made the prospect of war which of the following?

Which genocide did the United Nations fail to prevent?

To legitimize war, the act of killing is usually regarded as which of the following?

The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty was signed in 1990.

How many nuclear warheads did the United States have at the peak of its stockpile?

According to Huntington, what will future wars be fought over?

In which year was the United Nations founded?

The U.S./Soviet arms race was part of the Cold War.

"Dual-use technologies" usually have both commercial and what other kind of applications?

World War II was a war that was predominantly fought over which of the following?

Posttraumatic stress disorder usually runs its course after a brief period of time.

Dual-use technologies usually don't benefit the military.

The concept of mutually assured destruction assures a lose-lose situation were any country ever to attack another.

As far as a participant in wars and post-wars, what has the reputation of Canada traditionally been?

Feminist analysis of wartime rape suggests that it is a manifestation of ethnic and gender dominance.

Which of the following did former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan believe leads to conflict?