Question 1

Historically, where has religion fit into international politics? Where does it fit now?

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Question 2

What is the most important challenge posed by globalization to international society?

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Question 3

The theorist _______ called the period between the two world wars the twenty-year crisis.

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A)  Grotius 
B)  Francisco de Vitoria 
C)  Vittel 
D)  Carr

Question 4

When Vladimir Putin took office, what became more prominent and troublesome for a Russia-West strategic partnership?

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A)  Market capitalism 
B)  Crony capitalism 
C)  Authoritarianism and nationalism 
D)  Militarism and Marxism

Question 5

Which of the following states ended their nuclear-weapons program?

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A)  France and Germany 
B)  South Africa and Israel 
C)  India and Pakistan 
D)  South Africa and Libya

Question 6

The Warsaw Pact was

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A)  the Allied plan for the division of Europe after World War II. 
B)  a mutual defense agreement between communist states in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. 
C)  an alliance of resistance units to both Nazi and Soviet occupation. 
D)  the name given to Eastern European members of NATO who joined after the Cold War.

Question 7

What is the core value of the post-1648 international society that Europeans created?

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A)  Political independence 
B)  Self-determination 
C)  Sovereign equality 
D)  Freedom

Question 8

Many international relations experts believed that _______ during the Cold War produced a mostly stable international system.

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A)  multipolarity 
B)  bipolarity 
C)  the United States' conventional military arsenal 
D)  the division of Germany

Question 9

What is the term used to describe the retreat from empire throughout most of Asia and Africa after 1945?

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A)  Decolonization 
B)  Wind of change 
C)  Retro-imperialism 
D)  Détente

Question 10

What were the differences between the reasons the United States became involved in Korea and the reasons for its involvement in Vietnam?

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Question 11

Why did détente come to an end?

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Question 12

Does the civil unrest in Ukraine count as a "clash of civilizations"? Why or why not?

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Question 13

How did the Treaty of Versailles contribute to the causes of World War II?

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Question 14

What was the Cold War?

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Question 15

What is meant by the term "sovereign equality"?

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Question 16

Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles

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A)  created the system of French and British mandates over former German colonies in Africa. 
B)  placed the blame for World War I only on Germany. 
C)  placed the blame for World War I only on Serbia and Austria-Hungary. 
D)  banned Germany from having submarines and an air force.

Question 17

Who termed the United States a "hyperpower"?

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A)  Boris Yeltsin 
B)  Hubert Vedrine 
C)  Josef Joffe 
D)  Jacques Chirac

Question 18

When former President Bill Clinton said "compete not retreat" he was referring to

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A)  limiting the abilities of IGOs such as the UN and EU to interfere in US domestic politics. 
B)  the USS Cole attack and the need to "get tough"-as he put it-on global terror. 
C)  economic globalization. 
D)  secularization of global politics.

Exam 2: The Evolution of Global Politics