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40 Cards in this Set
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The concept of an internation system assumes that the
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world is more than just a sum of its parts
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The birth of the modern international system domintated by the states dates back to the
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Treaty of Westphalia
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Shifting alliances designed to preserve the balance of power was distintive characteristics of
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1700-1800's
multipolar system the beginning of the twentieth century |
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The term for the post-World War II confrontation between Soviet Union and The US is the
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Cold War
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After World War II, the threat of Soviet power changed US foreign policy to one of
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Containment
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Which of the following is not likely to be a feature of a modified multipolar system?
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hegemony
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Barber's use of the term McWorld to describe international political,economic,and social integration might also be characterized as
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Globalism
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Which of the following is not one of the three major global economic organization
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The World Economic Council
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Some countries in the South that have achieved substantial industrialization and increases in the standard of living are referred to as
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NIC's
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Balancing the need to develop economically while simultaneously protecting the environment is known as
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sustainable development
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Individual-level analysis studies the decision-making process of people
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as a species
in groups idiosyncratically |
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Making decisions by drawing comparisons between new situations and past situations is the use of
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analogies
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The primary cause of group think in decision-making groups is pressure to
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achieve consensus
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Seeing human decisions as a mix of rational and irrational inputs is a tenet of
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Poliheuristic theory
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Which level of analysis is concerned with how a country's political structure and the political forces and subnational actors within the country cause its government to decide to adopt one or another foreign policy?
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state-level analysis
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An authoritarian government is more likely than a democratic government to have
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foreign policy centered in a narrow segment of the government
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The American belief that American society is in some way superior is known as
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American Exceptionalism
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System-level analysis adopts a
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Top-down approach to studying world politics
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The rules of the game in a unipolar system suggest that
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Lesser powers try to escape dominance
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Which on the following accuratly reflects the role norms play in the international system?
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Norms play a limited but important role in shaping state behavior
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Which of the following best characterizes a nation?
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It is an intangible entity definted by individuals who are culturally and politically homogenous and who desire to control themselves politically
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Which of the following is an example of nationally divided state?
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Canada
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Whici of the following events/trends did not contribute to the growth of nationalism?
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The growth of the united nations
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All of the followig are characteristics of many former African colonial states except
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national political identificaion
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The relationship between a nation and a state is such that
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the relationship need not be sequential
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What percentage of states represent a perfect "fit" between the largest nationality and total population?
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10 percent
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All fo the following are examples of multistate nations except
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India
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When there exists a strong sense of nationalism that precedes the emergence of a state, this is known as
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Unification nationalism
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What national group resideds in both Afghanistan and Pakistan has a long term aspiration to statehood
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Pashtuns
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Which of the following statemetns does not support the argument that nationalism promotes economic development
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Nationalism spurs external aggression
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Globalization could not exist without
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global transportation
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All of the follwoing are results of globalization except
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increased currency exchanges
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The two main sources of translationalism are
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global interaction and human thought
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Which of the following best describes the relationship between transnationalism and nationalism?
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They are antomyms, with transnationalism focusing on the ways that humans are connected across national boundaries and nationalism focusing on the ways humans are connected within national boundaries
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An organization that operates across national boundaries and whose membership is composed of individuals si known as an
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NGO
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The growth in the number of NGO's can be attributed to all the following except
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an increase desire for stronger nationalism
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the term "jihad" translates as
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struggle
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A poll conducted in Jan 2002 found the majority of Muslims viewed the US
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unfavorably
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ONe of the outcomes of transnational woman's movement is that it has
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increasingly enabled woman to participate in politics
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What best describes the current trend of transnationalism
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Transnationalism continues to process, but it is difficult to determine how long it will conntinue to grow
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