Question 1

Inexpensive clothes are a good example of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) How the average person in a core country benefits from the economic exploitation of the periphery. 
B) How the average person in the periphery of the periphery benefits from the core. 
C) How the core of the core benefits from the core of the periphery. 
D) How the periphery of the periphery benefits from the core of the core. 
A) How the average person in a core country benefits from the economic exploitation of the periphery. 
B) How the average person in the periphery of the periphery benefits from the core. 
C) How the core of the core benefits from the core of the periphery. 
D) How the periphery of the periphery benefits from the core of the core. A

Question 2

The heart of the Marxist challenge to realism is that the core component of global politics is ______.

Accepted Answer

A) economics 
B) the weaponization of space 
C) environmental protection 
D) terrorism 
A) economics 
B) the weaponization of space 
C) environmental protection 
D) terrorism A

Question 3

One result of the obsession with preventing another world war was a body of academic study and theory that is often referred to as ______.

Accepted Answer

A) idealism 
B) realism 
C) global system theory 
D) constructivism 
A) idealism 
B) realism 
C) global system theory 
D) constructivism A

Question 4

The realist theoretical perspective was developed in reaction to what is often called a period of Marxism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Liberalism is less of a theory and more of a Western social and political ideal of what might be called enlightened individualism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which theoretical perspective claims that international communication is the critical consideration in the study of international relations?

Accepted Answer

A) idealism 
B) realism 
C) global system theory 
D) constructivism 
A) idealism 
B) realism 
C) global system theory 
D) constructivism

Question 7

According to the author,socialism and democracy are the most obvious examples related to international relations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

A hegemon is ______.

Accepted Answer

A) a dominant power 
B) an anarchic environment 
C) the balancing agent in the balance of power 
D) an imperial regime 
A) a dominant power 
B) an anarchic environment 
C) the balancing agent in the balance of power 
D) an imperial regime

Question 9

The international theory of realism asserts that states are ______.

Accepted Answer

A) unitary rational actors 
B) irrational actors 
C) comprised of individual actors 
D) idealized rational actors 
A) unitary rational actors 
B) irrational actors 
C) comprised of individual actors 
D) idealized rational actors

Question 10

In both balancing and bandwagoning,the key is compromise.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What is commonly assumed to be the underlying dynamic of international politics?

Accepted Answer

A) economic cooperation 
B) formal,hierarchical political structures 
C) anarchy 
D) idealism 
A) economic cooperation 
B) formal,hierarchical political structures 
C) anarchy 
D) idealism

Question 12

When a nation allies with an aggressor to carve out its own slice of the spoils,it is engaging in ______.

Accepted Answer

A) bullying 
B) balancing 
C) broadening 
D) bandwagoning 
A) bullying 
B) balancing 
C) broadening 
D) bandwagoning

Question 13

Power is the fundamental resource to be pursued.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following statements about democratic peace is false?

Accepted Answer

A) Liberal democratic regimes do not fight one another. 
B) Political scientists do not agree on why liberal democracies do not fight each other. 
C) Liberal democracies are less prone to war than are nations with other forms of government. 
D) Immanuel Kant first argued that democracies would be less likely to go to war than other regimes would be. 
A) Liberal democratic regimes do not fight one another. 
B) Political scientists do not agree on why liberal democracies do not fight each other. 
C) Liberal democracies are less prone to war than are nations with other forms of government. 
D) Immanuel Kant first argued that democracies would be less likely to go to war than other regimes would be.

Question 15

Explain why and how World War I had a dramatic effect on the study of international relations.

Accepted Answer

World War I had a dramatic effect on the

Question 16

Constructivists argue that information flows are powerful.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Marxism is not an alternative to realism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following is not one of the three key assumptions of realism?

Accepted Answer

A) States are rational unitary actors. 
B) States interact in an anarchic environment. 
C) The core will never fight with the periphery. 
D) Power is the fundamental resource to be pursueD. 
A) States are rational unitary actors. 
B) States interact in an anarchic environment. 
C) The core will never fight with the periphery. 
D) Power is the fundamental resource to be pursueD.

Question 19

States are rational unitary actors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Most wars are the result of some accidental cascade of events triggered by a minor incident. 
B) The choice to go to war is consciously and rationally made by at least one of the participants. 
C) Most fiction does a good job of accurately portraying the causes of war. 
D) Most wars occur because of a clash of cultures. 
A) Most wars are the result of some accidental cascade of events triggered by a minor incident. 
B) The choice to go to war is consciously and rationally made by at least one of the participants. 
C) Most fiction does a good job of accurately portraying the causes of war. 
D) Most wars occur because of a clash of cultures.

Inexpensive clothes are a good example of which of the following?

The heart of the Marxist challenge to realism is that the core component of global politics is ______.

One result of the obsession with preventing another world war was a body of academic study and theory that is often referred to as ______.

The realist theoretical perspective was developed in reaction to what is often called a period of Marxism.

Liberalism is less of a theory and more of a Western social and political ideal of what might be called enlightened individualism.

Which theoretical perspective claims that international communication is the critical consideration in the study of international relations?

According to the author,socialism and democracy are the most obvious examples related to international relations.

A hegemon is ______.

The international theory of realism asserts that states are ______.

In both balancing and bandwagoning,the key is compromise.

What is commonly assumed to be the underlying dynamic of international politics?

When a nation allies with an aggressor to carve out its own slice of the spoils,it is engaging in ______.

Power is the fundamental resource to be pursued.

Which of the following statements about democratic peace is false?

Explain why and how World War I had a dramatic effect on the study of international relations.

Constructivists argue that information flows are powerful.

Marxism is not an alternative to realism.

Which of the following is not one of the three key assumptions of realism?

States are rational unitary actors.

Which of the following statements is true?

Introducing the Ancient Debate: The Ideal Versus the Real

Why Government Security, Anarchy, and Some Basic Group Dynamics

Governing Society: We Know Who You Are

Governments Role in the Economy: The Offer You Cant Refuse

Structures and Institutions

El Grande Loco Casa Blanca: The Executive in Bad Spanish

The Confederacy of Dunces: The Legislative Function Not in Bad Spanish

Brazilian Bureaucracy: Do I Even Need to Bother With the Jokes

Courts and Law: Politics Behind the Gavel, Obviously, but Whats Under the Gown

Not Quite Right,but Still Good: The Democratic Ideal in Modern Politics

Media,Politics,and Government: Talking Heads Are Better Than None

Political Culture: Sex and Agriculture, Getting Rucked Explains It All

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Exam 12: International Politics: Apocalypse Now and Then

Inexpensive clothes are a good example of which of the following?

The heart of the Marxist challenge to realism is that the core component of global politics is ______.

One result of the obsession with preventing another world war was a body of academic study and theory that is often referred to as ______.

The realist theoretical perspective was developed in reaction to what is often called a period of Marxism.

Liberalism is less of a theory and more of a Western social and political ideal of what might be called enlightened individualism.

Which theoretical perspective claims that international communication is the critical consideration in the study of international relations?

According to the author,socialism and democracy are the most obvious examples related to international relations.

A hegemon is ______.

The international theory of realism asserts that states are ______.

In both balancing and bandwagoning,the key is compromise.

What is commonly assumed to be the underlying dynamic of international politics?

When a nation allies with an aggressor to carve out its own slice of the spoils,it is engaging in ______.

Power is the fundamental resource to be pursued.

Which of the following statements about democratic peace is false?

Explain why and how World War I had a dramatic effect on the study of international relations.

Constructivists argue that information flows are powerful.

Marxism is not an alternative to realism.

Which of the following is not one of the three key assumptions of realism?

States are rational unitary actors.

Which of the following statements is true?

Introducing the Ancient Debate: The Ideal Versus the Real

Why Government Security, Anarchy, and Some Basic Group Dynamics

Governing Society: We Know Who You Are

Governments Role in the Economy: The Offer You Cant Refuse

Structures and Institutions

El Grande Loco Casa Blanca: The Executive in Bad Spanish

The Confederacy of Dunces: The Legislative Function Not in Bad Spanish

Brazilian Bureaucracy: Do I Even Need to Bother With the Jokes

Courts and Law: Politics Behind the Gavel, Obviously, but Whats Under the Gown

Not Quite Right,but Still Good: The Democratic Ideal in Modern Politics

Media,Politics,and Government: Talking Heads Are Better Than None

Political Culture: Sex and Agriculture, Getting Rucked Explains It All

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