Study Gude for the Final Exam - Global Perspectives
According to Figure 12.7, which country among the three has the largest gap between the rich and poor?
Brazil
_____ report values in terms of the worth of the currency in the year being reported.
Current dollars
Which of the following countries is NOT in the "euro zone?"
Denmark
The North symbolizes the ____, and the South represents _____.
EDCs, LDCs
The _____ serves as a benchmark in the transition to modern diplomacy.
early 20th century
Western and non-Western precepts are the same.
false
Economic sanctions include
imposing economic embargoes.
The bipolar system during the cold war was dominated by
the U.S. and the Soviet Union
According to the book, which country has not ratified the International Criminal Court (ICC) Treaty?
the United States
Which country has the largest military spending?
the United States
Classic liberals are optimistic about human nature.
true
Classic realists are pessimistic about human nature and believe that it is foolhardy to trust other countries and their people.
true
Countries are sometimes reluctant to follow the decisions of international courts and the UN Secretariat does not have the power to enforce ICJ rulings.
true
Wars that do not meet the standards of jus ad bellum (just cause of war) are
wars of aggression.
More than 1.1 billion people in LDCs live in extreme poverty, which the World Bank defines as the condition of those trying to survive on less than ___ a day.
$1
The United States defense spending totaled ___ during fiscal year 2006.
$536 billion
The world has been totally free of significant interstate, colonial, or civil war in only about 1 out of every ____ years.
12
International Court of Justice (ICJ) consists of ____ judges.
15
The UN Security Council (UNSC) has ____ members.
15
As evident in Figure 10.1. about ____ million people have died during wars since the year ____.
150, 1000
The United Nations was established in
1945
Global military spending soared in the late 1980s at the end of the cold war, peaking at over 1 trillion in ____.
2005
Studies before 9/11 found that only over ___ of Americans followed foreign news and that most Americans knew little about global politics.
30%
There are more than ____ McDonald's outlets in ____ countries.
31,000, 119
By 2050, an estimated _____ of Japan's population will be age 65 and older.
33%
Due to widespread alcoholism and smoking, longevity for Russian males has declined to less than ____ years.
59
There were only ___ IGOs established during the 1800s.
6
In 2007, the world added ____ million people, a number somewhat larger than the population of ____.
77, Egypt
International judges are elected to ____ terms through a complex voting system in the UN.
9-year
In which continent is the world's longest river, the Nile?
Africa
Baku is the capital city of which Eastern European country?
Azerbaijan
Which of the followings is NOT a multistate nation?
Canada
During the period 2000-2005, ____ were the world's top arms importers.
China and India
______ diplomacy can be effective when you have the power, will and credibility to back it up.
Coercive
_____ occurs when a company violates trade laws by selling its products abroad at a price lower than what it sells them for at home.
Dumping
_____ argues that countries do and should use their economic strength to increase national power. And, in turn, use their national power to further build economic strength.
Economic nationalism
According to the book, the French government requires the exclusive use of ____ in teaching, business, and government.
French
The industrial revolution began in the mid-1700s in
Great Britain
International Court of Justice (ICJ) sits in
Hague, the Netherlands
In which country would you be if you were visiting the Taj Mahal?
India
Which of the following countries have undeclared nuclear weapons?
Israel and North Korea
In the era of Euro-American imperialism, many Asian cultures were subjected to Eurowhite domination. Only ____ remained truly sovereign.
Japan and Siam
Which of the following countries are NOT the UN Security Council P5 countries?
Japan/Germany
Two stateless nations that have been much in the news in recent years are
Kurds and the Palestinians.
Which of the followings is NOT the rules of effective diplomacy?
Leave avenues of retreat closed
Which of the following statements is NOT true about Liberalism?
Liberals dismiss power as a factor in world politics.
Health and safety standards are one form of _____ trade and investment.
Nontariff barriers
From the U.S. perspective, the State Department repeatedly listed ____ as countries guilty of state terrorism.
North Korea
The world is generally divided into two economic spheres: ____ made up of EDCs and ____ composed of LDCs.
North, South
East Germany dissolved itself in ____ and the Warsaw Pact dissolved in _____
October 1990, early 1991
Which of the following statements is NOT true about Realist Theory?
Realism is a new approach to world politics.
_______ falls into the classification of newly industrializing countries (NICs).
South Korea
Is Australia is the Northern or the Southern hemisphere?
Southern
______ is the UN's plenary organ.
The UN General Assembly
Developing countries are known as the
Third World countries
The followings are advantages for Americans when the dollar is strong EXCEPT
U.S. exports more costly in foreign markets
What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
In which country is the world's highest waterfall?
Venezuela
Obediene to the law is based on
a mix of voluntary compliance and coercion.
The size of a country's population can be
a positive or a negative factor.
Direct negotiations between two countries are
bilateral diplomacy.
A state is a ____
country
Which of the followings is NOT a reason for growth of international organizations.
decreased global interdependence
That the people, not a ruler or a religion, became the source of political authority is
democracy
A nation shares 3 elements. The third element is
desire to be politically separate.
The followings are disadvantages for Americans when the dollar is weak EXCEPT
easier for U.S. firms to sell goods and services abroad
The core of ________ is the belief that the state should use its economic strength to further national interests.
economic nationalism
Imperialism and neoimperialism are one set of ______ practices.
economic nationalist
The world's wealthier countries want the world's less developed countries to remain poor in order to dominate and exploit them is the belief of
economic structuralism.
According to the book, Canada is a country where national divisions
exist
Napoleonic France (1799-1815) was the ___ country to have a true patriotic draft that raised an army of a million strong.
first
Economic internationalists support _____.
free trade
Which of the followings is a positive sequence between globalization and peace?
globalization > greater prosperity > more democracies > fewer wars
Gross national product (GNP) is also called
gross national income (GNI).
Coercive power is also called
hard power.
The non-Western countries share the following commonalities EXCEPT
have their values on Western religions and philosophies.
Constructivists believe that an important role is played by non-material factors such as
ideology
The second most important source of international law is
international custom.
The primary source of international law is
international treaties.
Hugo Grotius
is considered the father of international law.
An example of negative nationalism is that
it is reluctance to help others
An example of positive nationalism is that
it promotes democracy
The most common formula for allocating votes in IGOs is
majority voting.
Several factors have spurred increased trade, according to the book, a third factor is
materialism.
Voting in the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund is based on
member's financial contribution.
Which of the followings is a state-level cause of war?
militarism
Which of the following is NOT part of Just Cause of War?
must not make civilians intentional target
The membership of IGOs consists of
national governments.
International law is least effective when applied to
national security relations.
Postmodernists want to expand primary political identity beyond
nationalism
The basic argument about economic globalization is that the benefits are distributed
not anywhere near equally.
Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990 is a good example of
offensive warfare
There are five basic models of nation-states. The ideal model is
one nation, one state
A nation is a ____
people
The EU is an example of
regional government.
Persuasive power is also called
soft power
Which of the followings is a system-level cause of war?
the distribution of power
Exceptionalism is the belief by some that
their nation is better than others
The European Parliament (EP) members are elected by voters in
their respective countries.
Realists tend to see power as ____; idealists usually portray it as ____.
zero-sum non-zero-sum
