Global Politics Practice Exam
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Global Politics explores the complex and dynamic interactions between nations, international organizations, and non-state actors in the contemporary world. The course examines major theories and concepts in international relations, including power, sovereignty, globalization, and conflict, while analyzing the role of economic, cultural, and environmental factors in shaping global affairs. Through case studies and current events, students gain insights into pressing issues such as human rights, global security, diplomacy, and the impact of multinational institutions, preparing them to critically assess real-world developments and challenges in the global political landscape.
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World Politics Interests Interactions Institutions 3rd Edition by Jeffry A. Frieden
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Q1) Why might Europe provide a positive example for the direction of international relations?
A)The continent has never had a major war.
B)The continent has overcome devastating wars in the past to become a peaceful area.
C)Generally,European economies do not suffer recessions.
D)Europe has not experienced any major terrorist attacks in the last 30 years.
E)The people of Europe rarely find anything objectionable about which to protest.
Answer: B
Q2) What are the primary actors in realism?
A)Individuals.
B)Bureaucracies.
C)States.
D)International organizations.
E)Multinational corporations.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: What Shaped Our World
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Q1) The biggest crisis between Russia and the West since the end of the Cold War occurred in 2014 over which country?
A)Georgia.
B)Belarus.
C)Romania.
D)Ukraine.
E)Azerbaijan.
Answer: D
Q2) During the nineteenth century,the Great Powers of Europe had a common interest in:
A)opposing revolutionary movements throughout Europe.
B)allowing Russia to conquer neighboring parts of the declining Ottoman Empire.
C)promoting democracy throughout Europe.
D)continuing their own mercantilist practices.
E)opposing absolutist monarchies throughout Europe.
Answer: A
Q3) How did the United States and its allies interact with the Soviet Union and its allies?
Give an example of a hostile situation between the two blocs as well as one situation where cooperation prevailed.
Answer: Answer will vary.
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Chapter 3: Understanding Interests, interactions, and Institutions
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Q1) Cooperation is a type of:
A)institution that makes agreements easier for two actors.
B)institution that sets the rules for interactions between actors.
C)interaction in which one actor will receive more and the other actor less of the desired outcome.
D)interaction involving two or more actors working together to achieve some outcome they prefer.
E)interaction in which at least one party prefers the status quo.
Answer: D
Q2) Explain how the number of actors,iteration,the importance of the future,and information contribute to successful cooperation.
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Q3) Which entity is the most prominent actor in international relations?
A)States.
B)People.
C)Nongovernmental organizations.
D)Terrorist groups.
E)Leaders.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Why Are There Wars
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Q1) All of the following are reasons that it is difficult to know how likely an adversary is to go to war EXCEPT:
A)information is often incomplete.
B)many actors have private information.
C)determining the capability of an adversary is difficult.
D)keeping international organizations from getting involved in disputes is difficult.
E)discerning the resolve of an opponent is difficult.
Answer: D
Q2) How can we make war less likely? In your answer make sure to include a discussion of the costs of war,the credibility of commitments,and the divisibility of goods. Answer: Answer will vary.
Q3) Which of the following is an example of a civil war?
A)North and South Korea going to war in the 1950s.
B)The war against Al-Qaeda and radical Islamic terrorist groups.
C)World War I.
D)Armed conflict between FARC guerrillas and the Colombian national army.
E)The UN-sanctioned intervention to stop Iraq from taking over Kuwait.
Answer: D
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Chapter 5: Domestic Politics and War
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Q1) Why was the war between Argentina and Britain over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands surprising?
A)The Falklands/Malvinas Islands were strategically important for Britain,and Argentina should have known the British would rigorously defend them.
B)The Falklands/Malvinas Islands were densely populated,and Argentina could anticipate a grueling fight to take over the territory.
C)The British had signaled a lack of commitment to the islands shortly before the war,and Argentina did not expect the British to fight over the territory.
D)The Argentine military junta was unpopular at the time and should have known that a war would only decrease its popularity further.
E)Argentina knew Britain's economy was weak and that they could not easily wage a war over islands that were extremely far away.
Q2) Explain how and to what extent the military can influence foreign policy decisions.
Q3) Explain how the democratic peace theory encompasses institutions,interactions,and interests.
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Chapter 6: International Institutions and War
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Q1) Which of the following states is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council?
A)Japan.
B)France.
C)Germany.
D)Brazil.
E)Taiwan.
Q2) Why does the NATO still exist?
A)NATO members want protection because the Soviet Union is still a possible threat.
B)NATO members still have common interests such as protection from terrorism.
C)Western European countries believe that NATO is the only reason the United States would help defend them if they were attacked.
D)The Warsaw Pact has increased its military spending and NATO has expanded in response.
E)Western European countries want NATO to protect them from a reunified and stronger Germany.
Q3) How did the alliance system contribute to the beginning of World War I?
Q4) How does the presence of an alliance alter the bargaining model of war?
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Chapter 7: Violence by Nonstate Actors: Civil War and Terrorism
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Q1) Al Qaeda became dissatisfied with Saudi Arabia when it:
A)invited U.S.troops in to defend the Kingdom in 1991.
B)participated in the oil embargo against the United States.
C)refused to aid the mujahideen in Afghanistan during the 1980s.
D)began to democratize in the late 1990s.
E)supported Iraq in the first Gulf War.
Q2) In an attempt to gain independence for their peoples,two different rebel groups have formed.Both claim to speak with the will of the oppressed in the territory.This is an example of what problem of bargaining?
A)Information asymmetries.
B)Commitment problems.
C)Issue indivisibilities.
D)International intervention.
E)Brinkmanship bargaining.
Q3) A separatist rebel group demands:
A)subnational autonomy over a region.
B)for a particular region to join another state.
C)control over the mechanisms of the state.
D)control over the economic resources of the state.
E)the ability to create an independent state.
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Chapter 8: International Trade
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Q1) What is the effect of trade barriers?
A)Imports become less expensive for domestic producers.
B)A glut of imported products develops.
C)Domestic producers of the protected good can sell their product at a higher price.
D)Domestic producers of the protected good have to lower the wages paid to their workers.
E)Domestic producers of the protected good can sell less of the good.
Q2) Which scenario represents strategic interaction in trade?
A)The United States creating a quota on sugar imports,due to lobbying from sugar manufacturers.
B)The European Union instigating a case against genetically modified organisms in the World Trade Organization to prevent U.S.agricultural imports.
C)Japan not raising tariffs on U.S.automobiles,as it fears retaliation from the United States.
D)France creating new tariffs on U.S.goods,due to concerns over domestic production.
E)Great Britain unilaterally liberalizing its agricultural sector.
Q3) How does the WTO both help and hurt the world's poor?
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Chapter 9: International Financial Relations
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Q1) What common interests do lenders and borrowers have?
A)Ensuring that investment dollars go only to socially useful projects.
B)Maintaining an equitable interest rate.
C)Reducing burdensome regulations.
D)Sustaining capital flows.
E)Maintaining rigorous standards of credit-worthiness.
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a reason that foreign direct investment is controversial?
A)Multinational corporations can be insensitive to local culture and customs.
B)People in developed countries prefer that multinational corporations invest in their own countries.
C)Multinational corporations can choose to build factories in countries with weak environmental protections.
D)Developing countries think multinational corporations keep too much of the profit from their investments.
E)Multinational corporations help developing countries develop infrastructure.
Q3) How do the current roles of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)and the World Bank differ?
Q4) How well does the Heckscher-Ohlin approach explain international immigration?
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Chapter 10: International Monetary Relations
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Q1) How did interests,institutions,and interactions contribute to the success of the Bretton Woods monetary system?
Q2) Why did the Bretton Woods System end?
A)The United States decided to go on the gold standard.
B)The major European countries decided to go on the gold standard.
C)Prime Minister Winston Churchill decided that Great Britain should stop supporting the system.
D)President Richard Nixon decided that the United States could no longer support the system.
E)The major European countries decided to adopt the euro.
Q3) Why would a country want a currency to float? Why might it instead prefer it to be fixed in value with a nearby nation's currency?
Q4) Explain how an international monetary system is a public good.
Q5) Which of the following do national governments NOT control?
A)The printing of bills.
B)The minting of coins.
C)The choice of currency.
D)The control of the money supply.
E)The setting of a floating exchange rate.
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Chapter 11: Development: Causes of the Wealth and Poverty of Nations
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Q1) Why did less developed countries adopt import substituting industrialization (ISI)? What problems developed because of ISI policies?
Q2) Which countries are members of the Group of 77?
A)The 77 island nations of the world.
B)Top oil-exporting countries.
C)Less developed countries.
D)The wealthiest countries.
E)Countries primarily located in the Northern Hemisphere.
Q3) How do the interests of rich and poor countries converge and conflict?
Q4) What are secure property rights?
A)People are safe from invasion by neighboring countries.
B)Property owners can be confident that material goods will not be seized arbitrarily.
C)There is a clearly written democratic constitution.
D)There is a capitalist society in which people can buy and sell property.
E)The government is able to buy or expropriate property to create infrastructure.
Q5) Explain Raúl Prebisch's theory about the terms of trade for less developed countries and their effect on the development policies implemented by poor countries.
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Chapter 12: International Law and Norms
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Q1) How is international law created?
A)Through the senate of the United Nations.
B)It is ratified by at least three international organizations.
C)It is upheld by international courts.
D)Through state interactions,customs,and conventions.
E)The most powerful state in the international system determines what is and is not law.
Q2) What is international law and how do international laws constrain the behavior of actors in the international system?
Q3) Most norms typically begin with ________ seeking to advance a new standard of behavior.
A)international organizations
B)norms entrepreneurs
C)norms violators
D)policy makers
E)norms cascades
Q4) How do transnational advocacy networks (TANs)enforce compliance with norms?
Q5) Why do some international laws have enforcement mechanisms while others do not? What factors make a law more or less likely to have enforcement mechanisms?
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Chapter 13: Human Rights
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Q1) Which of the following is the best example of how a transnational advocacy network (TAN)can enforce human rights standards?
A)International nongovernmental organizations arranged a boycott of Nestlé products to improve the health and welfare of infants in developing countries.
B)Multinational corporations arranged a coup in Guatemala to help protect their commercial interests from being infringed.
C)The United States,Great Britain,and other countries invaded Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein's abusive government.
D)International nongovernmental organizations caused the U.S.government to cut aid to Argentina by reporting on human rights abuses.
E)The Organization of American States suspended Cuba's membership after the communist revolution of 1959.
Q2) Has human rights law been effective? What has helped it be effective and what has prevented it from being more effective?
Q3) Explain the creation of the International Criminal Court (ICC),its purpose,and its jurisdiction.Why and how has the United States opposed the creation of the ICC?
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Chapter 14: The Global Environment
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Q1) Why did the requirement that tankers purchase new discharge equipment reduce oil pollution?
A)The newly required equipment was cheaper than the old equipment,so more tanker companies purchased it.
B)The new equipment made it easier for transnational advocacy networks to monitor tankers at sea.
C)Although the new equipment was more expensive than the previous measures,verification of compliance was easier than before.
D)Many tanker companies could not afford the new equipment and went out of business;fewer tankers resulted in fewer oil discharges.
E)The new requirement sent a message to tanker companies that governments were serious about enforcing discharge limits.
Q2) Which of the following is most clearly an example of a public good?
A)The Grand Banks fishery off the East Coast of North America.
B)The availability to use the Danube River for commercial shipping.
C)The ozone layer protecting humans from ultraviolet radiation.
D)The level of pollution from a pulp mill in Uruguay that affects Argentina.
E)Bees from one farmer's property pollinating another farmer's plants.
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Chapter 15: The Future of International Politics
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Q1) According to the Stolper-Samuelson theorem,which of the following in a rich country would be most likely to oppose globalization?
A)Agricultural workers.
B)Bankers.
C)Investors.
D)The automobile industry.
E)Internet companies.
Q2) How and why is China's rising power likely to affect international relations?
Q3) The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)is a treaty that:
A)allows countries that already have nuclear weapons to keep them indefinitely.
B)has required countries to eliminate their nuclear weapons before signing the treaty.
C)prohibits aboveground testing of nuclear weapons.
D)bans the transfer of all nuclear technology.
E)seeks to prevent the building of nuclear power plants.
Q4) How are terrorist groups likely to obtain nuclear weapons?
Q5) How do international institutions help prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction?
Q6) When are new international institutions likely to be formed?
Q7) Why did the European Union (EU)form?
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Chapter 16: Foundations, war, and Peace
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Q1) Given the effect of group size on collective action problems,what scenario is likely to be the most successful?
A)Over 180 countries sign an agreement to reduce pollution in oceans.
B)Twenty Mediterranean countries agree to reduce pollution in the Mediterranean Sea.
C)Germany,Austria,Slovakia,Hungary,Croatia,Serbia,Romania,and Ukraine sign an agreement to reduce pollution in the Danube River.
D)Uganda,Kenya,and Tanzania sign an agreement to reduce pollution in Lake Victoria.
E)The United States and Mexico sign an agreement to reduce pollution along their shared border.
Q2) Diversionary wars appear to be:
A)observed in a wide variety of international interactions.
B)fairly rare,though some examples do exist.
C)carried out only by democracies,never by military juntas or dictators.
D)logically impossible.
E)only conducted by leftist political leaders.
Q3) What is anarchy? How is it important to our understanding of why wars occur?
Q4) How does the bargaining model apply to civil war and terrorism?
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Chapter 17: International Political Economy, transnational
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Q1) What is true of economic globalization?
A)Economic globalization has been increasing for the whole of human history.
B)It is no longer possible for economic globalization to recede internationally.
C)Economic globalization faced reverses during the interwar period.
D)Economic globalization prevents war from occurring between the major powers.
E)When countries embrace economic globalization,they tend to liberalize all goods within their economies.
Q2) When do sovereignty and international law compete?
A)When a state's interest is in line with international law.
B)When a state is opposed to an international law but does actively violate it.
C)When a state is opposed to an international law and actively violates it,but the law is not enforced.
D)When a state is opposed to an international law,actively violates it,and other actors punish the state for its behavior.
E)When a state is offered positive inducements for obeying an international law.
Q3) If the People's Republic of China surpasses the United States as the world hegemon,what international institutions,laws,and norms are likely to change? What determines which institutions will be durable and which are only propped up by the powerful?
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