Practice Quiz 1
Which event in the post-World War II period probably brought the United States and the Soviet Union closest to nuclear war?
Cuban Missile Crisis
In 2006, Israel fought a brief but intense war with __________ in southern Lebanon, while violent clashes between Israel and __________ continued from 2009 to 2014.
Hezbollah; Hamas
According to transformationalists, why is sovereignty sometimes more fluid than one might think?
International organizations such as the EU erode state sovereignty.
__________ is a necessary component of a state.
Territory
What was the result of the Korean War at the time of the 1953 truce?
The United States hardened its attitude toward communism.
International relations revolves around the key problem of how __________.
a group can reconcile its collective and individual interests
The collective goods problem is the problem of how to provide something that benefits __________ members of a group regardless of what each member contributes.
all
The set of relationships among the world's states, structured according to __________, is referred to as the international system.
certain rules and patterns of interaction
The U.S. home mortgage market initiated the __________ of 2008-2009.
global economic recession
The Sino-Soviet split resulted in China becoming extremely __________ in the 1960s.
independent
A major source of conflict and war at present is the frequent mismatch between perceived __________ and actual state borders.
nations
International relations is largely a(n) __________ discipline.
practical
Nongovernmental organizations are __________ organizations acting as __________ actors.
private; transnational
The disadvantages of dominance as a solution to collective goods problems include __________.
stability that comes at a cost of constant oppression of the lower-ranking members in the status hierarchy
Which theorists are most likely to believe that the European Union is ultimately going to replace its individual member states?
transformationalists
