Question 1

There is no international system of criminal law.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

In Africa, governments have generally been:

Accepted Answer

A)   democracies.
B)   monarchies.
C)   dictatorships.
D)   autocracies. D

Question 3

The system of international law rules on the rights and duties of states in their mutual relations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

The most important organs of the United Nations are the Security Council, the General Assembly and the Secretariat.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The breakup of the Soviet Union has been marked by:

Accepted Answer

A)   political instability in some nations.
B)   smooth economic transitions.
C)   greater security for all nations.
D)   less danger of war.

Question 6

Between 1922 and 1939, the Jewish population in Palestine (now Israel) rose from 84,000 to:

Accepted Answer

A)   96,000.
B)   234,000.
C)   445,000.
D)   667,000.

Question 7

War making in humans is believed to depend on:

Accepted Answer

A)   acquired attitudes, beliefs, and points of view.
B)   inherent nature.
C)   anger and other primary emotions.
D)   monetary resources.

Question 8

The first comprehensive approach to the problem of war by a group of states was the:

Accepted Answer

A)   Organization of American States.
B)   League of Nations.
C)   North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
D)   Warsaw Pact.

Question 9

Arafat's successor party was:

Accepted Answer

A)   Zionist.
B)   Al Qaeda.
C)   Fatah.
D)   the Israeli Defense League.

Question 10

In 2011, the U.S. contribution or assessment toward paying for the United Nation's budget was about:

Accepted Answer

A)   22 percent.
B)   35 percent.
C)   15 percent.
D)   9 percent.

Question 11

The UN military sanction in its peacekeeping efforts is supposed to be the:

Accepted Answer

A)   first option.
B)   second plan if diplomacy fails.
C)   final recourse.
D)   threat which is never used.

Question 12

The UN is a superstate with authority over sovereign states.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In the mid-1990s, the border between North and South Korea:

Accepted Answer

A)   still remained a trouble spot.
B)   was of little concern to the U.S.
C)   was eliminated by the reunification of Korea.
D)   was demilitarized.

Question 14

What is the role of the United Nations in international relations? How is the UN organized? How successful has the UN been in keeping the peace? What are the limitations on the UN's ability to maintain peace?

Accepted Answer

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Question 15

During the post-World War II period, many African countries remained tied to and dependent upon European colonial nations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

After September 11, 2001, President Bush followed a policy in which the United States would attack terrorists wherever they are before they commit terrorist acts. This is a policy of:

Accepted Answer

A)   The United Nations.
B)   defeatism.
C)   appeasement.
D)   preemption.

Question 17

Identifying forces that tend to bring about war is easier than explaining or evaluating them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has supervisory power over:

Accepted Answer

A)   all of the world's nuclear weapons.
B)   every nation using nuclear energy.
C)   all physics projects.
D)   the Treaty on Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) .

Question 19

In the late 1980s, changes in the former Soviet Union and China made agreement in the Security Council less likely.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In 2003, the United States and other Western countries established a Roadmap to Peace, which required both Palestinians and Israelis to move simultaneously toward peace.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 21: International Institutions and the Search for Peace

There is no international system of criminal law.

In Africa, governments have generally been:

The system of international law rules on the rights and duties of states in their mutual relations.

The most important organs of the United Nations are the Security Council, the General Assembly and the Secretariat.

The breakup of the Soviet Union has been marked by:

Between 1922 and 1939, the Jewish population in Palestine (now Israel) rose from 84,000 to:

War making in humans is believed to depend on:

The first comprehensive approach to the problem of war by a group of states was the:

Arafat's successor party was:

In 2011, the U.S. contribution or assessment toward paying for the United Nation's budget was about:

The UN military sanction in its peacekeeping efforts is supposed to be the:

The UN is a superstate with authority over sovereign states.

In the mid-1990s, the border between North and South Korea:

What is the role of the United Nations in international relations? How is the UN organized? How successful has the UN been in keeping the peace? What are the limitations on the UN's ability to maintain peace?

During the post-World War II period, many African countries remained tied to and dependent upon European colonial nations.

After September 11, 2001, President Bush followed a policy in which the United States would attack terrorists wherever they are before they commit terrorist acts. This is a policy of:

Identifying forces that tend to bring about war is easier than explaining or evaluating them.

The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has supervisory power over:

In the late 1980s, changes in the former Soviet Union and China made agreement in the Security Council less likely.

In 2003, the United States and other Western countries established a Roadmap to Peace, which required both Palestinians and Israelis to move simultaneously toward peace.