Question 1

Which scholar is known as an "offensive realist"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Kenneth Waltz. 
B)  George Modelski. 
C)  John Mearsheimer. 
D)  Robert Keohane. 
A)  Kenneth Waltz. 
B)  George Modelski. 
C)  John Mearsheimer. 
D)  Robert Keohane.

Question 2

Who were the main contestants in what we call the first great debate in international relations?

Accepted Answer

A)  Positivists and postpositivists. 
B)  Traditionalists and scientists. 
C)  Realists and idealists. 
D)  Liberals and neoliberals. 
A)  Positivists and postpositivists. 
B)  Traditionalists and scientists. 
C)  Realists and idealists. 
D)  Liberals and neoliberals.

Question 3

According to realists what mechanism comes into play if one country or group of countries seeks world domination?

Accepted Answer

A)  Diplomacy. 
B)  Preemptive war. 
C)  Balance of power. 
D)  Arms races. 
A)  Diplomacy. 
B)  Preemptive war. 
C)  Balance of power. 
D)  Arms races.

Question 4

What great historian sought to identify the causes and consequences of war "for eternity"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Herodotus. 
B)  Livy. 
C)  Guicciardini. 
D)  Thucydides. 
A)  Herodotus. 
B)  Livy. 
C)  Guicciardini. 
D)  Thucydides.

Question 5

What type of theory involves recommending what policy will achieve desired goals?

Accepted Answer

A)  Prescriptive. 
B)  Normative. 
C)  Empirical. 
D)  Predictive. 
A)  Prescriptive. 
B)  Normative. 
C)  Empirical. 
D)  Predictive.

Question 6

What of the following would be studied at the unit level of analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)  The psychoses of leaders. 
B)  The distribution of states' attitudes. 
C)  Foreign-policy making in France. 
D)  The global distribution of nuclear weapons. 
A)  The psychoses of leaders. 
B)  The distribution of states' attitudes. 
C)  Foreign-policy making in France. 
D)  The global distribution of nuclear weapons.

Question 7

Which of the following do neorealists believe is the key determinant of behavior in global politics?

Accepted Answer

A)  Distribution of power. 
B)  Ideology of leaders. 
C)  Aims of bureaucracies. 
D)  A country's economic system. 
A)  Distribution of power. 
B)  Ideology of leaders. 
C)  Aims of bureaucracies. 
D)  A country's economic system.

Question 8

Who coined the term "The Third Debate"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Alexander Wendt. 
B)  Yosef Lapid. 
C)  Robert Keohane. 
D)  Richard K. Ashley. 
A)  Alexander Wendt. 
B)  Yosef Lapid. 
C)  Robert Keohane. 
D)  Richard K. Ashley.

Question 9

What do we call the assumption that leaders choose the best of all alternatives in making policy based on comparing costs and benefits?

Accepted Answer

A)  Intelligence. 
B)  Logic. 
C)  Rationality. 
D)  Wisdom. 
A)  Intelligence. 
B)  Logic. 
C)  Rationality. 
D)  Wisdom.

Question 10

With which theoretical school would the author of the following quotation be associated? "[I]t is exactly the concept of interest defined in terms of power that saves us from both that moral excess and that political folly."

Accepted Answer

A)  Liberalism. 
B)  Realism. 
C)  Constructivism. 
D)  Marxism. 
A)  Liberalism. 
B)  Realism. 
C)  Constructivism. 
D)  Marxism.

Which scholar is known as an "offensive realist"?

Who were the main contestants in what we call the first great debate in international relations?

According to realists what mechanism comes into play if one country or group of countries seeks world domination?

What great historian sought to identify the causes and consequences of war "for eternity"?

What type of theory involves recommending what policy will achieve desired goals?

What of the following would be studied at the unit level of analysis?

Which of the following do neorealists believe is the key determinant of behavior in global politics?

Who coined the term "The Third Debate"?

What do we call the assumption that leaders choose the best of all alternatives in making policy based on comparing costs and benefits?

With which theoretical school would the author of the following quotation be associated? "[I]t is exactly the concept of interest defined in terms of power that saves us from both that moral excess and that political folly."

Prologue

The Evolution of the Interstate System and Alternative Political Systems

The World Wars

The Cold War

Decolonization and the Global South

Globalization: The New Frontier

Great Issues in Contemporary Global Politics

Causes of War

Technology and the Changing Face of War

International Law and Organization and the Quest for Peace

Identity Politics: Nationalism and Ethnicity

International Political Economy

Human Rights

Human Security

The Environment: a Global Collective Good

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Exam 2: An Introduction to Global Politics: Change and Continuity

Which scholar is known as an "offensive realist"?

Who were the main contestants in what we call the first great debate in international relations?

According to realists what mechanism comes into play if one country or group of countries seeks world domination?

What great historian sought to identify the causes and consequences of war "for eternity"?

What type of theory involves recommending what policy will achieve desired goals?

What of the following would be studied at the unit level of analysis?

Which of the following do neorealists believe is the key determinant of behavior in global politics?

Who coined the term "The Third Debate"?

What do we call the assumption that leaders choose the best of all alternatives in making policy based on comparing costs and benefits?

With which theoretical school would the author of the following quotation be associated? "[I]t is exactly the concept of interest defined in terms of power that saves us from both that moral excess and that political folly."

Prologue

The Evolution of the Interstate System and Alternative Political Systems

The World Wars

The Cold War

Decolonization and the Global South

Globalization: The New Frontier

Great Issues in Contemporary Global Politics

Causes of War

Technology and the Changing Face of War

International Law and Organization and the Quest for Peace

Identity Politics: Nationalism and Ethnicity

International Political Economy

Human Rights

Human Security

The Environment: a Global Collective Good

Filters