Poli Sci 7

Islamic fundamentalist terrorists first attacked New York's world trade center in

1993

Which of the following would Fareed Zakaria classify as an "illiberal democracy"?

A state that has democratic institutions, but has neither an active civil society nor classical liberal values.

Which of the following are possible reasons for Iraq's invasion of Kuwait

All the above

Which of the following is a major innovation of the European Court of Human Rights

Allowing private parties, and not just governments, to petition the court.

The realist perspective would perspective would most likely call attention to which of the following features of the post cold war international system

American unipolarity

Under the oslo accords israel agreed to which of the following

Both of the above

Samuel Huntington warned against the possibility of cooperation between which two civilizations against the United States?

Confucian (or Sinic) and Islamic

In 1992, which U.S secretary of defense drafted a document calling on the US to forestall any challenges to american primacy

Dick Cheney

Which of the following former soviet republics were admitted to nato in 2004

Estonia, latvia and lithuania

Which states traditionally select the managing director of the internatinal

European states select the managing directer

Francis Fukuyama drew heavily from which political theorists' nonmaterial account of history?

Georg W. F. Hegel.

Which of the following can be described as operating beneath or across different states

Inter-governmental organizations

Which of the following is the arabic term used to describe uprisings in territory occupied by israel such as the one that began in 2000

Intifada

Despite the fact that iraq nuclear program was gutted by the iaea, which of the following seemed to indicate that iraq was continuing to develop nuclear weapons

Iraq forced un weapon inspectors out in 1998

The oslo accords sought to resolve conflict btw which two parties

Israel and the Palestinian

Following sep 11, european nations offered to help the US by invoking article 5 of the

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Which of the following states did not eventually give up the nuclear weapons it either had or was developing

Pakistan

The g5 states are which of the following

Permanent members of the international monetary and finance committee and top contributors to the international monetary fund

Which school of thought in american foreign policy circles was most associated with the view that the US did not need UN support of its invasion

Power transition realist perspective

Arguing that a common belief in the liberty and equality of all individuals and groups is the basis of a system of world pluralism is to note the importance of which of the following concepts?

Procedural norms.

In Nov of 2002, following a US Congressional vote authorizing the use of force against Iraq, and a UN resolution demanding UN weapon inspectors be allowed into Iraq

Saddam Hussein allowed UN inspectors into Iraq and they failed to find any evidence that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction

After 18 US soldiers were killed while pursuing a warlord, US president pulled troops out to which country

Somalia

Which of the following principles did Iraq violate by invading Kuwait

Sovereignty

What occurred on November 11, 1989

The Berlin Wall came down

By 2005, many states complained public that the US had moved away from cooperating with other nations through multilateral institutions

The US termination of the Ballistic missile treaty with russia

Which is not an example of the US tendency to act unilaterally during the George W. Bush administration?

The establishment of the six- party talks regarding nuclear proliferation in North Korea

How great was support for the UN security council resolution 660 which condemned Iraq's invasion of kuwait

The resolution passed unanimously

Which of the following element of the UN once had jurisdiction over non- self governing territories

The trusteeship council

The power transition school of realism sees war as most likely when which of the following occurs

There is a move toward equilibrium in the system

According to the realist thinkers, international organizations such as the UN and NATO function best when

They act consistently with the interests of the most powerful states that are members of the group

In 1991, civil war broke out in which former eastern bloc state

Yugoslavia

Which of the following major human rights treaties has been ratified by more than 185 states?

a and b are both correct

The concern with human rights and an emphasis on the responsibility to protect reflect which of the following trends

a shift from the rights of states to the rights of individuals

When a state gives another state most favored nation status what does it entail

a state applies the same low tariff to all states it has given most favored to

ECOSOC the un principal economic organization oversees which of the following

all the above

Which of the following is an example of a non-governmental organization

all the above

Which of the following rights are included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

all the above

Which of the following states abstained from voting on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

all the above

According to the identity perspective which of the following is not the origin of ethnicity

ancient hatreds between groups

In 2002 National security strategy of the US announced that the US would

both a and b are correct

Which section of the un charter provides for peacekeeping activities

ch 6

Realist perspectives emphasize that international law and international organizations are

created by powerful states and therefore almost always work to strengthen states that are already powerful

The international criminal court can prosecute individuals for which of the following international law crimes

crimes against humanity

how often are IMF quotas recalculated

every five years

The realist perspective tend to think that multilateral institutions like Nato and Un

give small countries legal authority that exceeds their material capabilities and ability and willingness to take responsibly for decisions about the of force

Which of the following states does not have a premeditate member on the world banks board of directors

india

Where is the historical center of Sunni Islam, located in the territories once ruled by the Ummayad and Abbasid dynasties

iraq and syria

Which of the following describes the international court of justice

it can only hear cases brought to it by states

Since the end of the Cold War, how has the rate of international intervention to enforce human rights changed?

it has become more frequent

What power does the ECOSOC have over the institutions in supervises

it issues recommendations and receives reports

How is the voting power of state in the world trade organization apportioned

its based on one state/ one vote system

which of the following terms describes the practice of reconciling different regulatory standards across states by requiring producers standards accepted in one state to be recognized by all participants

mutual recognition

Which of the following made nato intervention in kosovo unique compared to earlier interventions

nato was interfering with a sovereign state

Power balancing realist in the US foreign policy establishment tended to favor a US invasion of Iraq

only after the attacks on the US in 2001

Under the bretton woods system which states have the obigation to redeem dollars for gold

only us

which of the follwiing sectors is a primary focus of the doaha round of negotiations

pharmaceuticals

which of the following norms most directly challenges or modifies the norm of state sovereignty

respect for human rights

Which of the following, an Egyptian writer and former government official who studied in the United States, is the "prophet of contemporary Islamic fundamentalism

sayyid qutb

article 51 of the un charter is used to justify the use of force for which of the following purposes

self defense

how does the world bank raise oney

sells world bank bonds

which of the following norms is centered around a states freedom from interference in internal affairs by other states

sovereignty

Arguing that Bull clinton pulled troops out of somalia bc congress pressured him to do so is an example of an argument from which level of analysis

the foreign policy level of analysis

Which of the following statements about the international criminal court is not true

the icc can only bring changes in a particular situation after the un security council votes to authorize and ICC investigation

The failed Baruch plan was a precursor to which of the following

the international atomic energy agency

The term "rejectionist" is used to describe states like Syria, Iran and pre-2003 Iraq because they have which of the following policies

the rejection of Israel

the international monetary fund offers loans of the principle of conditionality which means which of the following

the state receiving the loan must adjust its domestic policies to fix balance of payment imbalances

Realists would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements

the use of force makes effective diplomacy possible

which of the following organizations would be responsible for projects like buildings

the world bank

In 1994 the uruguay round of negotiations to liberalize trade the general agreement on tarrifs ad trade became which of the following organizations

the world trade organization

The Geneva Convention and the International Committee of the Red Cross originally monitored human rights linked to what type of events?

war