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International Relations explores the complex interactions between nations, focusing on the political, economic, social, and cultural dynamics that shape global affairs. The course covers key theories and concepts, examines the roles of states, international organizations, and non-state actors, and analyzes major issues such as conflict, diplomacy, international law, human rights, globalization, and security. Through case studies and critical discussions, students develop a foundational understanding of the forces influencing international cooperation and competition in the contemporary world.
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Understanding Politics Ideas Institutions and Issues 11th Edition by Thomas M. Magstadt
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Chapter 1: Introduction: The Study of Politics
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Q1) Behavioral political scientists place little emphasis on abstract or normative political questions.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Arbitrary national borders that challenge the traditional idea of the nation-state emerged after A)decolonization.
B)the Peace of Westphalia.
C)the end of WWI.
D)the American Revolution.
E)None of the above is correct.
Answer: A
Q3) Normativism is normally associated with which political philosopher?
A)Immanuel Kant
B)Thomas Hobbes
C)Adolf Eichmann
D)Aristotle
E)Jean-Jacque Rousseau
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: The Idea of the Public Good: Ideologies and Isms
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Q1) Laissez faire capitalism emphasizes the importance of central state planning in the success of the economy.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Who did not influence the theory of revolutionary communism?
A)Karl Marx
B)Friedrich Engels
C)V.I. Lenin
D)Aleister Crowley
E)All of the above
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following policies could be linked to the notion of racial superiority?
A)Foreign policy
B)Civil rights
C)Immigration
D)All of the above
E)None of the above
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Utopias: Model States
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Q1) What term is used to describe the abolishment of private property and the creation of a classless society?
A)Proletariat upheaval
B)Social experiment
C)Bourgeois government
D)Withering away of the state
E)None of the above
Answer: D
Q2) "Newspeak" is introduced by the government in which dystopian work?
A)A Clockwork Orange
B)Brave New World
C)1984
D)The Giver
E)Children of Men
Answer: C
Q3) In Marx's first stage of communism, governments naturally wither away.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Constitutional Democracy: Models of Representation
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Q1) Federalism is competitive as well as cooperative.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Socrates noted that people want and rely on experts in most aspects of their lives. For instance, most people hire trained plumbers, auto mechanics, financial advisors, and medical doctors. Why should politics, a subject that involves trillions of dollars, the public welfare, and issues of war and peace, be left to a majority of whoever shows up on Election Day? Why not rely on experts in areas of politics and governance?
Q3) Which tool enables branches of government to resist any illegitimate expansion of power by other branches?
A)Dual federalism
B)Checks and balances
C)Supremacy Clause
D)Bicameralism
E)Brokered democracy
Q4) John Calhoun favored a system that would allow the federal government to dictate policies to the states.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: The Authoritarian Model: Myth and Reality
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Q1) What is the main aim of authoritarian states?
A)Maintaining power
B)Growing the economy
C)Stifling opposition
D)Both B and C
E)None of the above
Q2) Given what you have read about the impact of individual leaders on authoritarian systems, describe some of the possible difficulties associated with a change of leadership. Are there any empirical examples of problems associated with leadership change in an authoritarian system?
Q3) Tyrants are the same as dictators.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In the postwar era, what has been the most common way that authoritarian rulers have left office?
A)Resigned
B)Ousted
C)Assassinated
D)Lost election
E)Executed
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Chapter 6: The Totalitarian Model: A False Utopia
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Q1) Totalitarian ideologies generally focus on some form of absolute evil to which they can attribute all national or worldwide wrongs and social injustices.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The text refers to totalitarian regimes as presenting a contrast between ends and means; describe the ends sought by leaders of totalitarian societies, and compare this to the ways they attempt to bring about these ends. Is it possible for a totalitarian leader to not bring about such a contradiction?
Q3) The text indicates that Afghanistan under the Taliban is a recent example of a totalitarian regime. In what ways did that regime reflect the characteristics of totalitarianism? What does this tell us about the regime's supporters? Does this bring any insight to the question of why terrorists based in Afghanistan consider the United States an enemy?
Q4) Mao's Great Leap Forward involved a significant reduction in social control and media censorship.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Why does the text refer to totalitarian regimes as false utopias?
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Chapter 7: Parliamentary Democracy
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Q1) Virtually every government in the world today tries to give the appearance of
A)constitutionalism.
B)populism.
C)environmentalism.
D)socialism.
E)equality.
Q2) Briefly describe how France has achieved political stability with its "hybrid system" of government. How has Charles de Gaulle's influence extended beyond his term as President of France from 1959 to 1969?
Q3) What peace treaty was brokered by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 to end the war between Israel and Egypt?
A)Meiji Restoration
B)Peace of Washington
C)Knesset Armistice
D)Camp David Accords
E)Israeli Concord
Q4) Japan has successfully blended Western political forms and Japanese political culture.
A)True
B)False
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Democracy and Yesterday
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Q1) The election of Vicente Fox was a major victory for the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
A)True
B)False
Q2) The New Economic Mechanism (NEM) attempted to decentralize the economy of which state?
A)Romania
B)Poland
C)Hungary
D)Russia
E)Czech Republic
Q3) Though it is prosperous, which South American country has seen a great deal of civil unrest related to concerns over fairness?
A)Argentina
B)Mexico
C)Chile
D)Brazil
E)Both A and D
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Chapter 9: Development: Myths and Realities
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Q1) Where are most of the least developed countries located?
A)East Asia
B)Sub-Saharan Africa
C)Central Europe
D)The Pacific Islands
E)South America and the Caribbean
Q2) What is the "root cause" of the worst problems facing developing nations?
A)Poor public services
B)Endemic poverty
C)Corruption
D)Disease
E)Potable water
Q3) Colonialism is synonymous with modernization and improvement.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Overpopulation is not a problem in the developing nations of Africa, which has an average population density of 24 per square mile.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain the paradox of Nigeria's failure and India's success.
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Chapter 10: Political Socialization: The Making of a Citizen
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Q1) Approximately how much was spent on the 2008 Presidential Election?
A)$675 million
B)$925 million
C)$1.35 billion
D)$1.75 billion
E)$2.25 billion
Q2) The faith that is most strongly associated with academic performance is Buddhism.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In totalitarian societies, good citizenship is characterized by loyalty.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The process of inculcating in potential citizens the fundamental values and beliefs of the established order is known as
A)political culture.
B)civic education.
C)liberal education.
D)political socialization.
E)collective memory.
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Chapter 11: Political Participation: The Limits of Democracy
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Q1) Imagine that you are one of the founders of a new democracy, and are charged with designing an electoral system that is stable, efficient, and representative. What type of system would you choose? What factors influenced your choice?
Q2) Which age group has been the most supportive of the Democratic Party in the 2004, 2006, and 2008 general elections?
A)Young adults aged 18-29
B)Middle-aged adults, 30-39
C)Older adults aged 40-49
D)Seniors in their golden years, aged 50-64
E)Retired seniors, aged 65 and older
Q3) How has the role of Political Action Committees (PACs) changed since the 1970s and why? How is the computer age helping to empower the individual?
Q4) Soft money refers to contributions given to a political party rather than a specific candidate.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Political Leadership: The Many Faces of Power
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Q1) According to the delegate theory of representation, representatives should only trust public opinion if it accords with their own judgment.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What could happen to the idea of excellence in leadership during this Age of Equality?
A)It could fade away and never return.
B)Excellence could be downgraded to mediocrity.
C)We could end up with too many chiefs and not enough Indians.
D)It could be dismissed and debunked as elitist.
E)None of the above
Q3) Under Sadat, Egypt was the first Arab country to recognize Israel as a sovereign state.
A)True
B)False
Q4) How have the demands of leadership changed in the United States since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001? Do you feel that America's leaders have been up to the task? What sort of leadership have they provided?
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Chapter 13: Issues in Public Policy: Politics, Principles, Priorities,
and Practicies
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Q1) Former U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote that, over time, Americans have become less willing to accept violence and crime.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following would the Supreme Court likely NOT view as a violation of the constitutional protection of our freedom of speech?
A)Organizing a terror strike against our government
B)Burning a replica of the American Flag
C)Asking for a list of names of all organizers and participants of an anti-government rally and then investigating them.
D)Wiretaps of individuals without their knowledge and without a warrant
E)Ku Klux Klan rally designed to start a riot against the minorities
Q3) Compared to the rest of the world, the United States pays a fairly low percentage of taxes compared to their overall GDP, yet Americans continually complain about how they are overtaxed. Is this complaint a rational complaint? Explain.
Q4) In the United States, corporate income is taxed heavier than individual income.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Revolution: In the Name of Justice
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Q1) What document enshrined the egalitarian spirit and slogan of the French revolution: liberty, equality, and fraternity?
A)The Republic
B)The Declaration of the Rights of Man
C)The Declaration of Independence
D)The Magna Carta
E)Two Treatises on Government
Q2) How did Gurr and Gladstone reconceptualize the idea of a modern revolution?
A)As a struggle between social classes
B)As a desire to destroy the prevailing social order
C)As a new belief that political struggle can change social and economic structures
D)As a desire to vent public frustrations and exercise their right to revolt
E)As an interactive process that occurs over time
Q3) Edmund Burke believed that political society is best founded on
A)the protection of human rights.
B)religion and tradition.
C)the philosophy of rationalism.
D)the principles of liberty, equality, and fraternity.
E)scientific principles.
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Chapter 15: War: Politics by Other Means
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Q1) What has been the most significant change to warfare? Consider technological advancements like the development of nuclear weapons, political changes such as the development of the nation-state system, and changing justifications for war like just war theory.
Q2) According to Morgenthau, human nature and a drive for self-awareness are a leading, if not the leading, cause of conflict.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What is a war of misperception?
A)Armed conflict due to the wrong interpretation of a diplomatic dispatch
B)Armed conflict due to an escalation of a small war into a larger one
C)Armed conflict due to an argument over territory
D)Armed conflict due to the misreading of a situation
E)None of the above
Q4) According to Richard Falk, what is the cause of war?
A)The war system
B)Population explosions
C)Shortages of natural resources
D)Environmental overload
E)All of the above
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Chapter 16: Terrorism: Weapon of the Weak
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Q1) Which term is used to define terrorism that involves the governments, citizens, and interests of more than one country?
A)State-sponsored terrorism
B)International terrorism
C)Domestic terrorism
D)Transnational terrorism
E)None of the above
Q2) Which of the following is considered to be a state sponsor of terrorism according to the U.S. government?
A)Algeria
B)Somalia
C)Indonesia
D)Syria
E)Venezuela
Q3) How has the United States responded to the terrorist attacks of September 11? What understanding of the root causes of terrorism underlies this response? What factors will determine its effectiveness?
Q4) Discuss the three long-term historical forces that helped create a climate conducive to terrorism.
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Chapter 17: World Politics: The Struggle for Power
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Q1) Idealism helps explain why nations act, but also furnishes guidelines for how nations ought to act.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is the difference between hard, soft, and derivative power? Select a global problem and explain how each type of power may be used to solve the problem. Which type is the most effective at resolving the chosen issue? Why?
Q3) Who argued that "a prudent ruler recognizes what must be done to protect and enlarge his dominions and does not allow moral qualms to cloud his judgment?"
A)Rousseau
B)Morganthau
C)Aristotle
D)Machiavelli
E)None of the above
Q4) France played her role in the European balance of power as the keeper of the balance.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 18: International Organizations: Globalization and the Quest for Order
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Q1) Economic pacts promote economic integration among its member states.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which state does NOT have a seat at the United Nations Security Council?
A)The United States
B)Russia
C)The United Kingdom
D)Germany
E)China
Q3) Military alliances were the first major form of intergovernmental organization to grow out of the modern state system.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is considered an unconventional nonstate actor?
A)Privatized military firms
B)UN peacekeeping forces
C)al-Qaeda
D)The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
E)Both A and C
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