Question 1

The Treaty of Westphalia was signed in

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A)   1548.
B)   1648.
C)   1748.
D)   1848.

Question 2

What is economic interdependence?

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This is the intertwining of na...

Question 3

A bipolar system was created in the wake of

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A)   World War I.
B)   colonialism.
C)   League of Nations.
D)   World War II.

Question 4

According to the text,the new international system is most likely to be

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A)   dominated by the United States.
B)   some form of a multipolar system.
C)   some form of a bipolar system.
D)   dominated by the United Nations.

Question 5

Environmental degradation may pose a threat to national security because it

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A)   reduces our ability to build a missile defense program.
B)   increases international competition over scarce water supplies.
C)   decreases the amount of money spent on military operations.
D)   increases the debate over whether or not the hole in the ozone layer will ultimately harm humans.

Question 6

The decline in the feudal system was caused by which of the following?

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A)   advances in military technology
B)   improved trade
C)   mass production
D)   all of the above

Question 7

The number of UN peacekeeping missions has

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A)   declined, as a result of the end of the cold war.
B)   declined, resulting in demands for regional organizations to intervene in conflicts.
C)   increased, as a result of détente.
D)   increased, but still have limited utility.

Question 8

What is the significance of the Treaty of Westphalia?

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It represents the fo...

Question 9

Which of the following is not one of the three major global economic organizations?

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A)   Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 
B)   World Trade Organization (WTO) 
C)   Southern Common Market (Mercosur) 
D)   None of the above

Question 10

Barber's use of the term "McWorld" to describe international political,economic,and social integration might also be characterized as

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A)   tribalism.
B)   globalism.
C)   asymmetrical warfare.
D)   sustainable development.

Question 11

Ancient Greece and Rome brought what unique characteristics to political organization? What other attributes came out of this time period that still remains present today?

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The first answer is political organizati...

Question 12

The terms North and South denote

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A)   the world's major trading blocs.
B)   two disparate economic spheres.
C)   the two poles of a bipolar system.
D)   the just division of the world.

Question 13

All of the following undermined universalistic authority and solidified the position of the sovereign state in international affairs except the

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A)   Protestant Reformation.
B)   Renaissance.
C)   French Revolution.
D)   Treaty of Westphalia.

Question 14

The cold war is a classic example of multipolarity.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

A limited unipolar system is characterized by one state that dominates the system without restraints.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The multipolar system

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A)   had its peak between 1700-1800.
B)   emerged after World War I.
C)   emerged after World War II.
D)   describes the current state of the world.

Question 17

What are some of the characteristics of increasing economic interdependence,and what steps have been taken to deal with this phenomenon?

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Characteristics include increasing trade...

Question 18

The "Third World" refers to

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A)   the Soviet bloc, caught between capitalist West and Communist East.
B)   developing countries, not aligned with the United States or Soviet Union
C)   new members of the Warsaw Pact.
D)   the seemingly endless war in Vietnam, which came to represent a world in itself for exhausted U.S. servicemen.

Question 19

People in the global South mostly blame themselves for their predicament.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Briefly describe two forces that led to the decline of the feudal system.

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Military technology (gunpowder...

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