International Relations Chapter 2

Ukraine

In 2014, the Russian Federation invaded

Africa

The Congress of Berlin in 1855 divided __________ between the major powers.

the notion of sovereignty

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

Austria, Britain, France, Prussia, and Russia

Which countries made up the Concert of Europe in the nineteenth century?

United States

Which country refused to join the League of Nations?

Imperialism

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

the rise of secular authority

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

government legitimacy comes from the consent of the governed

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

nationalism

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

North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Warsaw Pact

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 __________.

Japan

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

counteracting powerful factions

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

Iraq and Syria

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

Japan

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

Russia

Napoleon's army was defeated after invading which country?

sovereignty

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

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

The idea behind the balance of power is that

legitimacy

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

populism

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

colonialism

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

containment

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

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

When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990,

placed sanctions on Italy, but those sanctions were not enforced

When Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935, the League of Nations

natural law

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

Russia

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