International Politics Final

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Realism posits that

the international system is anarchic

The study of the interactions among the various actors that participate in international politics is known as

International relations

At the height of colonialism, __________ was one of the only Asian countries that was not under direct European or U.S. influence.

Japan

Which of the following actors is not part of the focus of international relations?

Locally focused student organizations

Conceiving of the international system as a system characterized by anarchy implies that there is

an absence of international anarchy

__________ proposes that individuals act in patterned ways, which can be studied by empirically testing hypotheses about those patterns.

behavioralism

The strategic idea held during the Cold War that aimed to protect the status quo from further Soviet expansion is known as

containment.

Which of the following is an example of an application of behavioralism?

correlates of war project

In the nineteenth century, under the balance-of-power system, states formed alliances on what basis?

counteracting powerful factions

Of the more prominent theoretical approaches, _______ is most concerned with power

Realism

The idea behind the balance of power is that

states are less likely to go to war when their power is relatively symmetrical to that of their adversaries.

When Iraw invaded Kuwait in 1990

the Soviet Union/Russia supported a military UN mission to remove Iraq from Kuwait

The congress of Berlin in 1855 divided ______ between the major powers

Africa

which countries made up the concert of europe in the 19th century

Austria, Britain, France, Prussia, and Russia

Which of the following made the Vietnam War different than the 2003 Iraq War?

The United States had different goals in the two wars.

Which country refused to join the League of Nations?

United States

In 2014, the Russian Federation invaded

Ukraine

The nationalist reaction to economic and political globalization that became prominent in the mid-2010s is known as

populism

The __________ seek to deconstruct the basic concepts of the field by searching sources for hidden meanings in the subtext.

postmodernists

Napoleon's army was defeated after invading which country?

Russia

When Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935, the League of Nations

placed sanctions on Italy, but those sanctions were not enforced

Realism argues that the national interest is defined in terms of

power

The settling of people from a home country among indigenious people of a distant territory is known as

colonialism

In contrast to realists and liberals, __________ argue that the key structures in the international system are not material but instead are social and depend on ideas.

constructivists

The __________ trace how ideas shape identities which, in turn, affect international political life.

constructivists

Theories are designed to help us

describe, explain, and predict

One of the characteristics of the behavioral approach is that

different data may lead to different conclusions

One idea that emerged after that American and French revolutions was that

government legitimacy comes from the consent of the governed

International relations was part of which discipline until the early twentieth century?

history

______ is the annexation of distant territory and its inhabitants to an empire

imperialism

Aristotle concluded that states rise and fall largely due to

internal factors

The idea that political power ultimately rests with the people is a core part of the concept of

legitimacy.

Constructivism argues that the interests of states are

malleable and ever-changing

When a people come to identify with a common past, language, customs, and practices, it is termed

nationalism

According to Jean Bodin, sovereignty is not without limits. Which of the following can limit a leader's practice of sovereignty?

natural law

In international relations, we refer to the moral aspects of political life as

normative

Behavioralism

proposes that individuals act in patterned ways

The authority of a state to govern matters within its own borders free from external interference is known as

sovereignty

In the international system, the states live in what Hobbes called the

state of nature.

In his study of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides argued that the war was caused by

the changing distribution of power between Athens and Sparta

Looking at the similarities and differences between states to understand why they rise and fall is an example of

the comparative method

The Treaties of Westphalia ended the Thirty Years' War (1618-48). Which of the following resulted from this experience?

the notion of sovereignty

What does the period immediately following the Treaties of Westphalia represent to the study of international relations?

the rise of secular authority

In which countries did the Islamic State control large swaths of territory at the height of its power in 2016?

Iraq and Syria

Which of the following is true of the study of international relations?

It is rooted in history and philosophical traditions as well as the scientific method.

In the early 1900s, __________, a non-European power, defeated Russia, a European power, in a war.

Japan

During the Cold War, the alliance between the United States and the Western European powers was known as the __________ and the alliance between the Soviet Union and east European powers was known as the __________

North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Warsaw Pact

In the balance of power in Europe following the Napoleonic Wars, which state played the role of "builder of alliances"?

Russia

Which approach dominates the study of international relations today?

behavioralism

About how many states exist in the world today?

193


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