Question 1

Which of the following constitutes a step toward total war?

Accepted Answer

A)  The declining role of ideology in global politics. 
B)  The introduction of precision-guided "smart" bombs. 
C)  The breakdown of norms protecting innocent civilians. 
D)  Growing corruption in developing countries. 
A)  The declining role of ideology in global politics. 
B)  The introduction of precision-guided "smart" bombs. 
C)  The breakdown of norms protecting innocent civilians. 
D)  Growing corruption in developing countries. C

Question 2

Who was responsible for the 988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbee, Scotland?

Accepted Answer

A)  Muammar Qaddafi. 
B)  Osama bin Laden. 
C)  Saddam Hussein. 
D)  Ahmed Yassin. 
A)  Muammar Qaddafi. 
B)  Osama bin Laden. 
C)  Saddam Hussein. 
D)  Ahmed Yassin. A

Question 3

What general was among the first to recognize the possibilities of a war of attrition in an industrialized world?

Accepted Answer

A)  Douglas Haig. 
B)  Ulysses S. Grant. 
C)  Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. 
D)  Joseph Joffre. 
A)  Douglas Haig. 
B)  Ulysses S. Grant. 
C)  Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. 
D)  Joseph Joffre. B

Question 4

Which of the following is an effective way of managing and ending civil wars?

Accepted Answer

A)  Preventing foreign intervention. 
B)  Encouraging adversaries to live in the same communities and thereby get to know one another. 
C)  Dividing political power among combatants. 
D)  Allowing enemies to keep separate militias for their own security. 
A)  Preventing foreign intervention. 
B)  Encouraging adversaries to live in the same communities and thereby get to know one another. 
C)  Dividing political power among combatants. 
D)  Allowing enemies to keep separate militias for their own security.

Question 5

What group was responsible for killing eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hamas. 
B)  Hezbollah. 
C)  The Palestine Liberation Front. 
D)  Black September. 
A)  Hamas. 
B)  Hezbollah. 
C)  The Palestine Liberation Front. 
D)  Black September.

Question 6

Which of the following is a state-level explanation for intrastate war?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ethnic hatred. 
B)  Great power intervention. 
C)  Relative poverty compared to other countries. 
D)  Power-hungry, corrupt, and greedy leaders. 
A)  Ethnic hatred. 
B)  Great power intervention. 
C)  Relative poverty compared to other countries. 
D)  Power-hungry, corrupt, and greedy leaders.

Question 7

What Chinese innovation enabled mounted warriors to use hand-held weapons more effectively than ever before?

Accepted Answer

A)  Stirrups. 
B)  The saddle. 
C)  Spurs. 
D)  Reins. 
A)  Stirrups. 
B)  The saddle. 
C)  Spurs. 
D)  Reins.

Question 8

What form of terrorism was pioneered in Sri Lanka by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam?

Accepted Answer

A)  Improvised explosive devices. 
B)  Sarin gas. 
C)  Suicide bombings. 
D)  Barrel bombs. 
A)  Improvised explosive devices. 
B)  Sarin gas. 
C)  Suicide bombings. 
D)  Barrel bombs.

Question 9

What is the great advantage of "smart" weapons?

Accepted Answer

A)  Destructiveness. 
B)  Accuracy. 
C)  Mobility. 
D)  Range. 
A)  Destructiveness. 
B)  Accuracy. 
C)  Mobility. 
D)  Range.

Question 10

Who were the World War II kamikaze?

Accepted Answer

A)  Japanese pilots who committed suicidal attacks. 
B)  Russian partisans behind German lines. 
C)  British commandos landing in Normandy on D-Day. 
D)  The bodyguards protecting Chiang Kai-shek. 
A)  Japanese pilots who committed suicidal attacks. 
B)  Russian partisans behind German lines. 
C)  British commandos landing in Normandy on D-Day. 
D)  The bodyguards protecting Chiang Kai-shek.

Question 11

Which of the following increased deterrence credibility during the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sputnik. 
B)  Submarine-launched missiles. 
C)  Long-range bombers. 
D)  Ballistic missiles. 
A)  Sputnik. 
B)  Submarine-launched missiles. 
C)  Long-range bombers. 
D)  Ballistic missiles.

Question 12

Following its defeat of Poland in 1939, what was Nazi Germany's next conquest?

Accepted Answer

A)  Norway and Denmark. 
B)  France. 
C)  Yugoslavia. 
D)  The Netherlands. 
A)  Norway and Denmark. 
B)  France. 
C)  Yugoslavia. 
D)  The Netherlands.

Question 13

What weapon in World War One terrorized troops in the trenches?

Accepted Answer

A)  The machine gun. 
B)  The tank. 
C)  Poison gas. 
D)  Submarines. 
A)  The machine gun. 
B)  The tank. 
C)  Poison gas. 
D)  Submarines.

Question 14

What system-level factor increased the level of violence in war?

Accepted Answer

A)  Spreading nationalism among political leaders. 
B)  The triumph of fascism and Nazism in Italy and Germany respectively. 
C)  The Bolshevik Revolution. 
D)  Industrialization. 
A)  Spreading nationalism among political leaders. 
B)  The triumph of fascism and Nazism in Italy and Germany respectively. 
C)  The Bolshevik Revolution. 
D)  Industrialization.

Question 15

What British vessel, sunk in 1915 with the loss of many American lives, produced revulsion against Germany in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Lusitania. 
B)  The Athenia. 
C)  The Titanic. 
D)  The Andrea Doria. 
A)  The Lusitania. 
B)  The Athenia. 
C)  The Titanic. 
D)  The Andrea Doria.

Question 16

What town, bombed by German aircraft in the Spanish civil war, became the subject of a painting by Pablo Picasso?

Accepted Answer

A)  Toledo. 
B)  Granada. 
C)  Cádiz. 
D)  Guernica. 
A)  Toledo. 
B)  Granada. 
C)  Cádiz. 
D)  Guernica.

Question 17

What military strategist, writing about irregular warfare, declared "the skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy operations in the field"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Karl Maria von Clausewitz. 
B)  Giulio Douhet. 
C)  Antoine-Henri Jomini. 
D)  Sun Tzu 
A)  Karl Maria von Clausewitz. 
B)  Giulio Douhet. 
C)  Antoine-Henri Jomini. 
D)  Sun Tzu

Question 18

To what school of theory does Clausewitz belong?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 19

What is unique about weapons of mass destruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  They make it possible, for the first time, to destroy cities . 
B)  They can be used to target innocent civilians. 
C)  They permit the milling of more enemy soldiers than ever before. 
D)  They are inherently indiscriminate. 
A)  They make it possible, for the first time, to destroy cities . 
B)  They can be used to target innocent civilians. 
C)  They permit the milling of more enemy soldiers than ever before. 
D)  They are inherently indiscriminate.

Question 20

What was the "Gulag"?

Accepted Answer

A)  The system of Soviet prison camps. 
B)  A code name used by Germany's Red Army Faction. 
C)  The name of a terrorist group seeking Basque independence from Spain. 
D)  A Palestinian terrorist group that specialized in kidnapping Westerners. 
A)  The system of Soviet prison camps. 
B)  A code name used by Germany's Red Army Faction. 
C)  The name of a terrorist group seeking Basque independence from Spain. 
D)  A Palestinian terrorist group that specialized in kidnapping Westerners.

Which of the following constitutes a step toward total war?

Who was responsible for the 988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbee, Scotland?

What general was among the first to recognize the possibilities of a war of attrition in an industrialized world?

Which of the following is an effective way of managing and ending civil wars?

What group was responsible for killing eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany?

Which of the following is a state-level explanation for intrastate war?

What Chinese innovation enabled mounted warriors to use hand-held weapons more effectively than ever before?

What form of terrorism was pioneered in Sri Lanka by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam?

What is the great advantage of "smart" weapons?

Who were the World War II kamikaze?

Which of the following increased deterrence credibility during the Cold War?

Following its defeat of Poland in 1939, what was Nazi Germany's next conquest?

What weapon in World War One terrorized troops in the trenches?

What system-level factor increased the level of violence in war?

What British vessel, sunk in 1915 with the loss of many American lives, produced revulsion against Germany in the United States?

What town, bombed by German aircraft in the Spanish civil war, became the subject of a painting by Pablo Picasso?

What military strategist, writing about irregular warfare, declared "the skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy operations in the field"?

To what school of theory does Clausewitz belong?

What is unique about weapons of mass destruction?

What was the "Gulag"?

Prologue

An Introduction to Global Politics: Change and Continuity

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

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 10: Technology and the Changing Face of War

Which of the following constitutes a step toward total war?

Who was responsible for the 988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbee, Scotland?

What general was among the first to recognize the possibilities of a war of attrition in an industrialized world?

Which of the following is an effective way of managing and ending civil wars?

What group was responsible for killing eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany?

Which of the following is a state-level explanation for intrastate war?

What Chinese innovation enabled mounted warriors to use hand-held weapons more effectively than ever before?

What form of terrorism was pioneered in Sri Lanka by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam?

What is the great advantage of "smart" weapons?

Who were the World War II kamikaze?

Which of the following increased deterrence credibility during the Cold War?

Following its defeat of Poland in 1939, what was Nazi Germany's next conquest?

What weapon in World War One terrorized troops in the trenches?

What system-level factor increased the level of violence in war?

What British vessel, sunk in 1915 with the loss of many American lives, produced revulsion against Germany in the United States?

What town, bombed by German aircraft in the Spanish civil war, became the subject of a painting by Pablo Picasso?

What military strategist, writing about irregular warfare, declared "the skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy operations in the field"?

To what school of theory does Clausewitz belong?

What is unique about weapons of mass destruction?

What was the "Gulag"?

Prologue

An Introduction to Global Politics: Change and Continuity

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

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