Deck 6: Non-State Actors and the Quest for Global Community

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of a "universal membership" IGO?

A)North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
B)Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
C)the Red Cross
D)the United Nations (UN)

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What international organization manages the exchange of money across borders?

A)the International Monetary Fund
B)the World Bank
C)the United Nations
D)the International Trade Organization

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What principle requires states to cooperate across borders to protect global resources and address transnational threats?

A)responsible sovereignty
B)responsible interventionism
C)international responsibility
D)conditional sovereignty

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which interpretation of sovereignty provides for a greater role by IGOs and NGOs?

A)Westphalian sovereignty
B)Weimar sovereignty
C)responsible sovereignty
D)conditional sovereignty

Question 5

How do we usually measure the number of distinct nonstate nations?

A)We use ethnicity as a proxy.
B)We use race as a proxy.
C)We use spoken languages a proxy.
D)We use group identity as a proxy.

Question 6

Which member-state of the European Union elected a right-wing populist government in the 2010's and should, possibly, no longer be considered a liberal democracy?

A)Germany
B)Ireland
C)Hungary
D)Turkey

Question 7

What distinguishes religious groups from secular NGOs?

A)Secular NGOs are politically legitimate.
B)Secular NGOs are politically illegitimate.
C)Religious groups do not provide a major source of identity.
D)Religious groups provide a major source of identity.

Question 8

Why was the World Bank originally established?

A)to alleviate poverty in the Global South
B)to alleviate poverty in the Global North
C)to support post-World War II reconstruction in Europe
D)to provide developmental assistance to ex-colonies

Question 9

Which of the following statements is consistent with liberalism?

A)IGOs facilitate international cooperation among states.
B)IGOs are merely tools at the disposal of states to exercise their power.
C)NGOs facilitate international cooperation among states.
D)NGOs enable states to overcome security dilemmas.

Question 10

The United Nations Security Council is made up of five permanent members and 10 nonpermanent members that serve two-year terms. Who are the five permanent members?

A)the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, China, and France
B)the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, China, and Germany
C)the United States, Russia, China, Germany, and Japan
D)the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, and France

Question 11

Which concept refers to a group of states whose high level of institutionalized or customary collaboration results in the settlement of disputes by means other than military force?

A)peaceful coexistence
B)security dilemma
C)security community
D)international collective

Question 12

Which entities aim to "mobilize information strategically to help create new issues…and to persuade, pressurize, and gain leverage over much more powerful organizations and governments"?

A)intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)
B)nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
C)transnational advocacy networks (TANs)
D)collective security organizations

Question 13

Technically speaking, which international organization violates the international norm of nonintervention, with its members having voluntarily surrendered some of their sovereignty under the assumption that doing so would produce greater gains than losses?

A)World Trade Organization
B)World Bank
C)North Atlantic Treaty Organization
D)International Trade Organization

Question 14

Which of the following countries is a theocracy?

A)Vatican City
B)Monaco
C)Uzbekistan
D)Andorra

Question 15

Which idea describes a situation where states grant legal authority to an IGO to make collective decisions in specific issue area?

A)pooled sovereignty
B)international integration
C)peaceful coexistence
D)modern sovereignty

Question 16

Which of the following represents a realist point of view?

A)IGOs are merely tools at the disposal of states to exercise their power.
B)IGOs are instruments that enable states to pool sovereignty.
C)IGOs enable states to cooperate with one another.
D)IGOs enable states to overcome security dilemmas.

Question 17

What distinguishes intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)from nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)?

A)IGOs link together people, not states.
B)NGOs link together people, not states.
C)IGOs have a smaller influence on international relations.
D)Only NGOs operate transnationally.

Question 18

Beyond ethnicity, what can be seen as the broadest level of cultural identity that people have?

A)nation
B)race
C)civilization
D)tribe

Question 19

Which concept refers to the processes and activities by which the populations of many or all states transfer their loyalties to a merged political and economic unit?

A)international merger
B)regionalism
C)security community
D)political integration

Question 20

Which entity is the executive organ administratively responsible for the European Union?

A)the European Commission
B)the European Parliament
C)the European Central Bank
D)the European Court of Auditors

Question 21

Which of the following is a component of the European Union?

A)International Court of Justice
B)Security Council
C)Council of Ministers
D)General Assembly

Question 22

Why did Samuel P. Huntington predict that a "clash of civilizations," rather than interstate war, will occur in the future?

A)because states continue to become irrelevant in the face of the growing power of NGOs
B)because indigenous peoples are more war-like than state leaders
C)because ethnic groups have been purchasing a larger number of arms than states have
D)because people identify with and organize their activities around the cultural values of their particular civilization, not their state

Question 23

Which of the following is true of terrorism?

A)Terrorism aims to influence an audience.
B)Terrorism is usually conducted by clandestine state agents.
C)Terrorism usually targets political authorities.
D)Terrorism is a relatively new phenomenon.

Question 24

Which condition makes regional IGOs more likely to fail?

A)lack geographical proximity
B)lack of institutionalized norms
C)lack of regional courts capable of adjudicating disagreements
D)lack of common currency

Question 25

The agreement by European states to delegate some of their domestic decision-making power to the European Union is an example of which of the following?

A)the nonintervention norm
B)pooled sovereignty
C)realpolitik
D)devolution

Question 26

Which of the following is one of the main objectives of the UN?

A)maintaining international peace and security
B)facilitating European integration
C)balancing the influence of Russia
D)providing collective security

Question 27

What type of government claims to be divinely guided?

A)monarchy
B)autocracy
C)theocracy
D)plutocracy

Question 28

Which of the following is a characteristic of radical religious moments?

A)They are typically peaceful.
B)They are exclusionist.
C)They are typically tolerant.
D)They are a relic of the past and do not exist in the twenty-first century.

Question 29

Which realist assumption is quite misleading when characterizing state actors and international relations?

A)that states are the most powerful actors in international relations
B)that states seek power
C)that states are unitary rational actors
D)that states exist in an anarchic world

Question 30

What UN body supervises territories that have not achieved self-rule?

A)General Assembly
B)Trusteeship Council
C)Security Council
D)Secretariat

Question 31

Which of the following is true of militant religious movements?

A)Their members are governments of states.
B)Their members are fanatically devoted to their beliefs.
C)They embrace religious tolerance.
D)They exist mainly in Western Europe.

Question 32

How are contributions to the UN's budget allocated among member states?

A)Each member state pays an equal share of the budget.
B)Allocations are based on a state's ability to pay.
C)Members contribute based on their state's total population.
D)The United States funds the entire budget.

Question 33

When individuals think nationalistically they are very likely to pledge their primary allegiance to which of the following?

A)their state
B)their civilization
C)their religious group
D)their ethnic group

Question 34

Which country decided to exit the European Union following a June 2016 referendum?

A)Poland
B)Hungary
C)the United Kingdom
D)Greece

Question 35

Which organ of the European Union represents the political parties and public opinion within Europe?

A)the European Parliament
B)the European Commission
C)the General Assembly
D)the Security Council

Question 36

Which of the following best describes the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?

A)It is an ethnopolitical movement.
B)It is a multinational corporation.
C)It is a religious movement.
D)It is a military alliance.

Question 37

The European Union and its security community are made up of states that have voluntarily given up some sovereignty in exchange for cooperative outcomes. Which theory of international relations best fits this kind of state behavior?

A)realist theory
B)liberal theory
C)feminist theory
D)string theory

Question 38

The World Trade Organization (WTO)originated with which post-World War II treaty?

A)the League of Nations
B)the Treaty of Versailles
C)the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT)
D)the Interstate Commerce Clause

Question 39

Which of the following is true about a theocracy?

A)The country's government is organized around a religious dogma.
B)Religion and state are separate and distinguishable.
C)In order for the state to thrive, it subordinates itself to the religion.
D)None have ever existed.

Question 40

Why were some experts critical of the International Monetary Fund?

A)because it operates on a "one-country, one-vote" system
B)because it allocates loans with no conditions attached for improving economic practices
C)because it is opposed to privatization of state-owned enterprises
D)because it attaches strict conditions on its loans, imposing its ideology on government spending for countries who seek loans

Question 41

Identify and evaluate the threat posed by terrorist and transnational crime groups.

Question 42

Greenpeace is an example of what type of nonstate actor?

A)a multinational corporation
B)an issue-advocacy group
C)malevolenta malevolent nonstate actor
D)an intergovernmental organization

Question 43

What are the implications of nonstate actors and their growing influence for state sovereignty and world politics?

Question 44

Which terrorist organization was responsible for the attacks of September 11, 2001?

A)ISIS
B)Al Qaeda
C)Hezbollah
D)Hamas

Question 45

If nonstate actors such as IGOs and NGOs continue to be able to exercise strong influence over state behavior in the international system, what will happen to the old notion of the state as the only important actor?

A)It will be proven correct.
B)It will remain common.
C)It will outlive other theories.
D)It will become less accepted.

Question 46

Which of the following refers to premeditated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups, transnational groups, or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience?

A)terrorism
B)transnational crime
C)malevolent forceful engagement
D)warfare

Question 47

Which statement regarding MNCs and human rights conditions in their host country is correct?

A)MNCs are only concerned with profit; they are not concerned with human rights.
B)The governments of the home country of the MNCs are responsible for making sure MNCs do not violate human rights in their hiring and labor practices.
C)MNCs are increasingly sensitive to human rights conditions because a greater respect for human rights translates into reduced political risk and a more productive workforce.
D)The primary purpose of many MNCs is to improve human rights around the globe.

Question 48

The European Union is often presented as the most successful model of political integration. Despite this, the EU governance did not escape controversy in recent years. Describe the controversies and challenges the EU faced in the twenty-first century.

Question 49

Distinguish between intergovernmental and nongovernmental international organizations.

Question 50

The World Trade Organization, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund were each formed to deal with specific international economic issues.
(a)Explain the purpose of each organization and how effective it has been.
(b)Do these organizations infringe on state sovereignty?