Question 1

All of the following countries are permanent members of the UN Security Council except:

Accepted Answer

A)  the United Kingdom. 
B)  Germany. 
C)  Russia. 
D)  the United States. 
A)  the United Kingdom. 
B)  Germany. 
C)  Russia. 
D)  the United States. B

Question 2

Throughout the history of the nation-state, diplomacy has:

Accepted Answer

A)  proven useless when compared with war. 
B)  never been tried to prevent wars. 
C)  done much to avoid war. 
D)  never helped even once to avoid a war. 
A)  proven useless when compared with war. 
B)  never been tried to prevent wars. 
C)  done much to avoid war. 
D)  never helped even once to avoid a war. C

Question 3

On the international level, reasonable discussion is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  negotiation. 
B)  verbal discretion. 
C)  diplomacy. 
D)  a pacifistic address. 
A)  negotiation. 
B)  verbal discretion. 
C)  diplomacy. 
D)  a pacifistic address. C

Question 4

Nigeria is ruled by Robert Mugabe.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The UN Security Council is composed of twenty-five nations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

All of the following are coercive measures that the UN can take against the state that is to blame for a threat to peace, breach of peace, or act of aggression, except:

Accepted Answer

A)  severance of diplomatic relations. 
B)  the complete or partial interruption of economic relations with the dissident state. 
C)  terrorism. 
D)  the use of armed forces. 
A)  severance of diplomatic relations. 
B)  the complete or partial interruption of economic relations with the dissident state. 
C)  terrorism. 
D)  the use of armed forces.

Question 7

In recent history, many states have discovered the high costs of having a bad reputation due to violations of international law.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The war on terrorism has more of a geographic component than did previous wars.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What is international law? How effective is international law? What are the limitations of it?

Accepted Answer

International law is the system of rules

Question 10

The nineteenth century military strategist who argued that "war is merely a continuation of politics by other means" was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Otto von Bismarck. 
B)  Carl von Clausewitz. 
C)  Napoleon. 
D)  Frederick the Great. 
A)  Otto von Bismarck. 
B)  Carl von Clausewitz. 
C)  Napoleon. 
D)  Frederick the Great.

Question 11

There is no international system of criminal law.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The Trump administration has been much more accepting of settlements and has thrown its support behind Israel in the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In 2003, the United States and other Western countries established a Roadmap to Peace, which required both Palestinians and Israelis to move simultaneously toward peace.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) has supervisory power over:

Accepted Answer

A)  all of the world's nuclear weapons. 
B)  every nation using nuclear energy. 
C)  all physics projects. 
D)  the Treaty on Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons
(NPT). 
A)  all of the world's nuclear weapons. 
B)  every nation using nuclear energy. 
C)  all physics projects. 
D)  the Treaty on Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons
(NPT).

Question 15

The practice of having treaties registered and published by the UN Secretariat is designed to:

Accepted Answer

A)  create a historical archive. 
B)  justify the existence of the Secretariat. 
C)  reduce the chances of secret agreements existing. 
D)  make the reasons for war more obvious. 
A)  create a historical archive. 
B)  justify the existence of the Secretariat. 
C)  reduce the chances of secret agreements existing. 
D)  make the reasons for war more obvious.

Question 16

The power vacuum created by the breakup of the Soviet Union improves the conditions for peace.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The usefulness of international law in the maintenance of order and peace has always been:

Accepted Answer

A)  enormous during wars. 
B)  greatly overestimated in times of peace. 
C)  very strong in punishing violators. 
D)  limited. 
A)  enormous during wars. 
B)  greatly overestimated in times of peace. 
C)  very strong in punishing violators. 
D)  limited.

Question 18

The United States withdrew from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) in 1984 because the organization was:

Accepted Answer

A)  too much in favor of free markets and individual human rights. 
B)  too expensive. 
C)  over-funded. 
D)  hostile toward the institutions of a free society. 
A)  too much in favor of free markets and individual human rights. 
B)  too expensive. 
C)  over-funded. 
D)  hostile toward the institutions of a free society.

Question 19

The founder of modern international law was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Hugo Grotius. 
B)  William Penn. 
C)  Immanuel Kant. 
D)  Voltaire. 
A)  Hugo Grotius. 
B)  William Penn. 
C)  Immanuel Kant. 
D)  Voltaire.

Question 20

What are the major trouble spots of the world today? What threatens stability in these areas?

Accepted Answer

Major trouble spots of the world today i

Exam 22: International Institutions and the Search for Peace

All of the following countries are permanent members of the UN Security Council except:

Throughout the history of the nation-state, diplomacy has:

On the international level, reasonable discussion is called:

Nigeria is ruled by Robert Mugabe.

The UN Security Council is composed of twenty-five nations.

All of the following are coercive measures that the UN can take against the state that is to blame for a threat to peace, breach of peace, or act of aggression, except:

In recent history, many states have discovered the high costs of having a bad reputation due to violations of international law.

The war on terrorism has more of a geographic component than did previous wars.

What is international law? How effective is international law? What are the limitations of it?

The nineteenth century military strategist who argued that "war is merely a continuation of politics by other means" was:

There is no international system of criminal law.

The Trump administration has been much more accepting of settlements and has thrown its support behind Israel in the Israel-Palestine conflict.

In 2003, the United States and other Western countries established a Roadmap to Peace, which required both Palestinians and Israelis to move simultaneously toward peace.

The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has supervisory power over:

The practice of having treaties registered and published by the UN Secretariat is designed to:

The power vacuum created by the breakup of the Soviet Union improves the conditions for peace.

The usefulness of international law in the maintenance of order and peace has always been:

The United States withdrew from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1984 because the organization was:

The founder of modern international law was:

What are the major trouble spots of the world today? What threatens stability in these areas?

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