Question 1

Which of the following is considered a nonstate actor?

Accepted Answer

A) The United Nations 
B) The International Monetary Fund 
C) The World Trade Organization 
D) The Taliban 
E) All of the above are considered a nonstate actor.

Question 2

World politics can be studied from the individual, state, or global level of analysis.Write an essay in which you discuss the advantages and drawbacks of examining world politics from each of these three levels.

Accepted Answer

The answer of World politics can be studied from the...

Question 3

The concept of sovereignty gives a state the right to make, enforce, and adjudicate laws within their own domains.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

International relations scholars consider nonstate actors to include all transnationally active groups other than states.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The Thirty Years' War put an end to the hierarchical relations between states and replaced them with anarchic relations.Give the structural characteristics and political behavior of both types of relations.Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of either system.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Thirty Years' War put an end...

Question 6

The nation is a collection of people who, on the basis of ethnic, linguistic, or cultural affinity, perceive themselves to be members of the same group.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

After the Peace of Westphalia, hierarchy, rather than anarchy, became the organizing principle in world politics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

International events can be examined on three levels of analysis.Briefly explain the three levels of analysis and then use them to explain the end of the Cold War between the United States and USSR.

Accepted Answer

The answer of International events can be examined on three...

Question 9

The systemic level of analysis focuses on the domestic attributes of nation-states, including their types of government, levels of economic development, and characteristics of their society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

An independent, territorially defined community in the global system administered by a sovereign government is a(n)

Accepted Answer

A) nonstate actor. 
B) state. 
C) government. 
D) cultural group. 
E) actor.

Question 11

The different types of maps illustrated by the Mercator projection and Peter's projection

Accepted Answer

A) each portrays a different image of the distribution of the Earth's land surfaces and territory. 
B) show how difficult it is to perfectly represent the three-dimensional globe on a two-dimensional piece of paper. 
C) show how perceptions can distort even something as basic and seemingly objective as the size and location of the world's continents. 
D) each highlights some feature of the globe while ignoring others. 
E) All of the above are true.

Question 12

The Mercator map projection is the classic Eurocentric view of the world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The absence of any authority capable of regulating the conduct of nation-states is referred to as anarchy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The United Nations is an example of a nonstate actor.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The individual level of analysis emphasizes the

Accepted Answer

A) internal attributes of individual states. 
B) personal and psychological motivations of decision makers. 
C) distribution of resources within a state. 
D) foreign policy processes of different types of governments. 
E) most powerful nation states.

Exam 1: Analyzing World Politics

Which of the following is considered a nonstate actor?

World politics can be studied from the individual, state, or global level of analysis.Write an essay in which you discuss the advantages and drawbacks of examining world politics from each of these three levels.

The concept of sovereignty gives a state the right to make, enforce, and adjudicate laws within their own domains.

International relations scholars consider nonstate actors to include all transnationally active groups other than states.

The Thirty Years' War put an end to the hierarchical relations between states and replaced them with anarchic relations.Give the structural characteristics and political behavior of both types of relations.Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of either system.

The nation is a collection of people who, on the basis of ethnic, linguistic, or cultural affinity, perceive themselves to be members of the same group.

After the Peace of Westphalia, hierarchy, rather than anarchy, became the organizing principle in world politics.

International events can be examined on three levels of analysis.Briefly explain the three levels of analysis and then use them to explain the end of the Cold War between the United States and USSR.

The systemic level of analysis focuses on the domestic attributes of nation-states, including their types of government, levels of economic development, and characteristics of their society.

An independent, territorially defined community in the global system administered by a sovereign government is a(n)

The different types of maps illustrated by the Mercator projection and Peter's projection

The Mercator map projection is the classic Eurocentric view of the world.

The absence of any authority capable of regulating the conduct of nation-states is referred to as anarchy.

The United Nations is an example of a nonstate actor.

The individual level of analysis emphasizes the