Quiz Chapter 1 Revised Please complete with answers, print off and Bring to Class on Tuesday.
Which of the following might be an example of reification in the study of international relations?
studying international relations from a country-specific bias
rejecting systems thinking as a means of studying international relations
assuming that any international system is zero-sum
assigning the four IR systems described by the book to specific, non-overlapping time periods
rejecting theories of international relations as incapable of reflecting reality
Scholars that reject the balance-of-power theory might use which of the following to support their case?
World War I
World War II
the Cold War
the Crimean War of the 1850s
the establishment of the Peace of Westphalia
Which of the following was NOT one of the trends in West Europe that led to the development of the modern concept of the state?
the rise of absolutism
the more frequent fighting of wars
the diminishing of trade with Asia and the Americas
the development of gunpowder and cannons
secularization of the various kingdoms
Which of the following is true of the interwar period?
Only the democratic states in the system chose to participate in the balancing of power.
The United States took an active and overbearing role in influencing the affairs of European nations.
Britain and France harshly enforced the provisions of the Versailles Treaty on Germany.
There was a failure, by design, of any balance-of-power system to function.
The system was mostly bipolar in structure, though even this quickly became unstable.
Which is NOT a reason for the failure of the Cold War bipolar system?
The arms race became increasingly expensive.
The expensive arms race on top of an inherently defective economy led to the Soviet collapse in 1991.
Third World nationalism declined.
At least one of the two camps split.
Both superpowers looked foolish, due to the economic growth of the Pacific Rim countries.
Which of the following is the chief problem with defining the post-1991 world system as unipolar?
The regional blocs cannot look after their own security without U.S. help.
Russia retained too much power in military affairs even after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Globalization has blurred the concept of sovereign states.
Third World nationalism remained too weak for new regional blocs to establish much power.
Regional blocs have failed to establish economic competitiveness with the United States.
Which of the following could be considered a key problem of the counterweight model?
overreliance on military strength and muscular foreign policy
a refusal to cooperate or ask for help of the major opposing power, leading to that power's weakening and greater global instability
too much concentration of wealth into a single bloc of states
disorganization and lack of cooperation among the group of counterweight countries
a tendency to develop into an unstable bipolar system
Those who suggest that the current world system is a duopoly of power refer to which two principal entities?
the U.S. and the United Nations
the U.S. and the European Union
the U.S. and Russia
the U.S. and the Pacific Rim
the U.S. and China
Which of the following is NOT among the characteristics of globalization as it exists in the current international system?
Most countries profess free trade but do not practice it.
Although some countries profess isolation as a policy, in reality there are no countries that are not globalized.
The worldwide 2008-2009 recession worked against globalization.
Greater prosperity has been shown to increase the incidence and longevity of peace.
Some regions and countries have grown little, while others have zoomed ahead.
Which of the following characterized the Bismarckian balance of power?
It relied on the formation of two principal, opposing blocs.
It repressed German nationalism.
It was less stable than the earlier Metternichian system.
It rejected the concept of treaties as a means to establish balance of power.
It relied on a hierarchy of power.
