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