International Relations Exam Review
Course Introduction
International Relations explores the theories, history, and contemporary dynamics that shape interactions among nations and other global actors. The course examines the causes and consequences of conflict and cooperation, the role of international organizations, diplomacy, and international law, as well as the impact of globalization, human rights, and economic development. Through case studies and analysis, students gain a deeper understanding of the complexities of world politics and the challenges and opportunities facing the international community today.
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Political Science An Introduction 14th Global Edition by Michael G. Roskin
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Chapter 1: Politics and Political Science
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Q1) Lasswell's question,"Who gets what?" applies best to the social science of
A)economics
B)geography
C)psychology
D)anthropology
Answer: A
Q2) The ability to shape others' behavior is known as __________.
A)legitimacy
B)control
C)authority
D)power
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following statements is true of most politicians?
A)They think practically and are skeptical of power.
B)They seek popularity and hold firm views.
C)They offer single causes and think abstractly.
D)They seek accuracy and see long-term consequences.
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Political Ideologies
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Q1) Modern conservatism combines which of these sets of views?
A)Hegel's economic views and Green's social views
B)Burke's economic views and Hegel's social views
C)Green's economic views and Smith's social views
D)Smith's economic views and Burke's social views
Answer: D
Q2) Milton Friedman's ideas contributed to the development of __________.
A)fascism
B)socialism
C)classic liberalism
D)modern conservatism
Answer: D
Q3) Adam Smith is associated with __________.
A)fascism
B)neoconservatism
C)classic liberalism
D)socialism
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: States
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Q1) A process of devolution involves __________.
A)shifting some powers from central government to component units
B)limiting the role of the government in economic affairs
C)consolidating power within a central government
D)the government playing a larger role in regulating the economy
Answer: A
Q2) If a "first-past-the-post" country has three viable political parties,but no one ever reaches 50 percent of the vote,what is the most likely result over time?
A)The system will continue to add additional political parties that will be forced to form coalition governments.
B)The two parties that share the most ideologically will merge into a single political party.
C)It will eventually trend toward a one-party system defined by ideological purity.
D)Citizens will demand the creation of a new constitution.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Constitutions and Rights
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Q1) Which of these is a weakness of the Brazilian constitution?
A)It weighs aristocracy more heavily than democracy.
B)It does not give the government effective national security tools.
C)It confers too many rights for the government to realistically guarantee.
D)It creates an electoral system that is too difficult for most citizens to understand.
Q2) The Supreme Court rulings in District of Columbia v.Heller and Miller v.the United States show that __________.
A)constitutions should be written more carefully
B)constitutions are subject to reinterpretation over time
C)constitutional interpretations are fairly consistent over time
D)constitutional interpretations are consistent with broad public sentiment
Q3) The right to vote is usually viewed as a __________ right.
A)civil
B)human
C)natural
D)property
Q4) The Pentagon Papers dealt with freedom of religion.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Regimes
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Q1) Which condition suggests that a state's elections are rigged?
A)Socialist candidates almost always win.
B)Elections are held more than once a year.
C)The ruling party wins several consecutive elections.
D)The regime controls most or all of the press in the country.
Q2) One benefit of a system with frequent alternation in power is __________.
A)a guarantee of economic growth
B)effective control over corruption
C)peaceful use of civil disobedience
D)high citizen engagement in politics
Q3) Modern elite theorists are __________.
A)social critics
B)neoconservatives
C)evangelical Christians
D)self-proclaimed libertarians
Q4) Totalitarianism began with __________.
A)Lenin's seizure of power in Russia
B)Mussolini's seizure of power in Italy
C)Hitler's accession to the chancellorship of Germany
D)Mao Zedong's rise to leadership of the Chinese Communist Party
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Chapter 6: Political Culture
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Q1) How does a mobile society contribute to political polarization?
A)People intentionally move to swing states to help turn them red or blue.
B)People intentionally move to areas where there are large numbers of people they can convert to their views.
C)People intentionally move to live near others who share their worldview and lifestyle.
D)People intentionally move to find better jobs,and employers generally want their employees to share their political views.
Q2) Max Weber argued that Catholicism is the cultural basis of capitalism because of an engrained work ethic among Catholics.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In terms of their political subculture,African-Americans tend to be __________ and __________ than white Americans.
A)less affluent; more liberal
B)less affluent; more conservative
C)more affluent; more liberal
D)more affluent; more conservative
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Chapter 7: Public Opinion
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Q1) Which factor contributed most to the collapse of regimes such as those in the Soviet Union?
A)ineffective security forces
B)a lack of sustained public support
C)deviation from true Marxist ideology
D)lack of decisive policy making by government officials
Q2) In recent decades,women were several percentage points more likely than men to vote for a __________ presidential candidate.
A)Democratic
B)Green Party
C)Libertarian
D)Republican
Q3) Published surveys tend to be more carefully watched by the public during __________.
A)wartime
B)election years
C)times of great social change
D)upturns in the stock market
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Chapter 8: Political Communication
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Q1) Which statement best characterizes the partisan orientation of newspapers?
A)Few newspapers attempt to be neutral and objective.
B)Most newspapers present the news with a conservative slant.
C)Few newspapers present the news in an obviously partisan manner.
D)Most newspapers slant their coverage in the direction of the current president's political party.
Q2) Started by Howard Dean's 2004 bid for president,online campaign funding has since proven to be ineffective.
A)True
B)False
Q3) How has television shaped the roles of political party leaders in nominating presidential candidates?
A)Party leaders' power has increased due to their role in selecting sound bites.
B)Party leaders spend more time raising money because of skyrocketing media costs.
C)Party leaders have come to rely on news commentators to advise them about the strongest candidates.
D)Candidates enter party conventions with established momentum that allows them to bypass party leaders.
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Chapter 9: Interest Groups
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Q1) Which of these concepts is most strongly associated with Henry David Thoreau,Mahatma Gandhi,and Martin Luther King,Jr.?
A)civil disobedience
B)corporatism
C)racial profiling
D)structured access
Q2) Which of these is an example of two distinct interest groups working for the same cause?
A)gay men and lesbians both supporting same-sex marriage
B)social conservatives and the Religious Right both supporting school prayer
C)fiscal conservatives and business owners both opposing minimum wage hikes
D)libertarians and cancer patients both opposing laws against medical marijuana
Q3) The central concern behind the formation of single-issue interest groups tends to be
A)anti-political
B)material
C)moral
D)personal
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Chapter 10: Parties
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Q1) A politician who makes explosive anti-immigrant comments would most likely be part of a party that is _________.
A)far left
B)far right
C)left-leaning centrist
D)right-leaning centrist
Q2) Which statement explains how a party's level of coherence affects voters?
A)Parties that are coherent are always going to be mass parties with a large,devoted membership.
B)Parties that are coherent are more likely to use mass propaganda to persuade uninformed citizens.
C)Parties that are coherent tend to be ideologically inconsistent,leading to voter confusion on election day.
D)Parties that are coherent deliver on their election promises; voters can expect policy changes and implementation in line with party ideology.
Q3) Britain's party system is among the most centralized in the world.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Elections
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Q1) What is one reason that in most of the world,cities have higher voter turnouts than rural areas?
A)Rural residents tend to have more migrant workers who are less invested in their communities.
B)Urbanites tend to be better educated.
C)Rural districts are often gerrymandered.
D)Cities tend to be more politically diverse,leading to more exciting elections.
Q2) The Electoral College does not necessarily guarantee that the winner of the national popular vote wins the election.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What is the core argument of Anthony Downs's landmark 1957 work,An Economic Theory of Democracy?
A)People vote if the returns outweigh the costs.
B)Property owners vote less frequently than renters.
C)Citizens need more than two political parties to be adequately represented.
D)People will not vote if they do not see meaningful distinctions between the candidates.
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Chapter 12: Legislatures
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Q1) The French Estates General,with three houses (for nobles,clerics,and commoners),was the first successful example of parliamentary checks and balances.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Members of the British House of Lords spend most of their time __________.
A)crafting new legislation
B)participating in ministerial debates
C)approving or rejecting legislation from the lower house
D)debating broad issues and catching errors in legislation passed by the lower house
Q3) In the United Kingdom,Question Hour __________.
A)exemplifies the direct accountability of the government to the people
B)illustrates how democratic accountability is dependent on partisan advantage
C)demonstrates how the executive branch is responsive to the legislative branch
D)shows how the executive branch has oversight over both the courts and the legislature
Q4) The U.S.government is based on the fusion of powers.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Executives and Bureaucracies
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Q1) In a presidential system,a deadlock refers to the executive and legislative branches blocking each other.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In a parliamentary system,members of the cabinet are typically __________.
A)experts drawn from the private sector
B)personal friends of the prime minister
C)wealthy individuals with political connections
D)successful and loyal members of the ruling party
Q3) Electoral punishment is a potential remedy to the __________.
A)increasing size of bureaucracies
B)steady growth in executive power
C)prevalence of a hands-off leadership style
D)high expectations the public has for its chief executive
Q4) In the German parliamentary system,what is the main purpose of a constructive vote of no confidence?
A)to increase the stability of Germany government
B)to ensure that the minority always has a say in German policy
C)to keep the German Chancellor directly accountable to the people
D)to bolster the strength of the opposition when negotiating with the government
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Chapter 14: Judiciaries
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Q1) Which statement explains how the functioning of the American legal system intensifies political conflict in the United States?
A)Federal judges are able to ignore public opinion because they are appointed to lifetime terms.
B)The exercise of judicial review often results in court rulings that function like public policy decisions.
C)The adversarial system results in a tense courtroom atmosphere when high-profile cases are being tried.
D)The courts' use of precedent makes it important for elected officials to be as precise as possible when writing laws.
Q2) What is the primary jurisdiction of the U.S.Supreme Court?
A)It makes initial rulings on all federal cases,civil and criminal.
B)It rules on high penalty cases,including those with life sentences and the death penalty.
C)Its jurisdiction is almost entirely appellate,from lower federal or state supreme courts.
D)Its jurisdiction is broad,ranging from appellate rulings to original rulings in federal crimes.
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Chapter 15: Political Economy
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Q1) Which of these is the best example of Keynesianism?
A)President Eisenhower's attempt to limit defense spending
B)President Reagan's efforts to deregulate the airline industry
C)President Johnson's deficit spending to support the Vietnam War
D)the Federal Reserve Board's sharp decrease in interest rates to address the 2008 economic crisis
Q2) Due to increased medical costs,Medicare recipients are required to contribute bigger __________ to hold down overuse.
A)copayments
B)contributions
C)imbursements
D)subsidies
Q3) Conservatives argue that Johnson's Great Society programs created __________.
A)poverty gaps
B)inefficient subsidies
C)welfare dependency
D)entitlement revenues
Q4) President Nixon took the United States off of the gold standard.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Violence and Revolution
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Q1) According to Crane Briton,what happens during the Thermidor stage of revolution?
A)Extremists take over.
B)Moderates and extremists form parallel governments.
C)The people become exhausted from the revolution and prefer stability.
D)The government calls in troops.
Q2) Attempting to correct social injustice,the Dutch Revolution became a bloody mess that ended in dictatorship.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Why does terrorism rarely work as intended?
A)Terrorists do not have the political skills to lead long-term movements.
B)Civilian deaths usually make the target country even more determined to resist.
C)Terrorist groups tend to run out of money or recruits before they can achieve their goals.
D)Terrorism has become a cliché even among extremists.
Q4) "Class antagonism" is a Marxist term for the consequences of relative deprivation.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: International Relations
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Q1) The recent global contraction brought a new wave of __________.
A)offshoring
B)outsourcing
C)isolationism
D)protectionism
Q2) How is the Iranian effort to acquire nuclear capabilities an example of the problem of sovereignty?
A)Iran could potentially use a nuclear weapon to attack another sovereign nation.
B)Iran does not have the legitimate authority to break international atomic energy agreements.
C)Iran is powerless to stop other nations from imposing economic sanctions to stop its nuclear program.
D)Iran has no obligation to comply with the desire of other nations to limit the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
Q3) Following 9/11,NATO forces worked to stabilize Afghanistan.
A)True
B)False
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