Deck 4: From the End of the Cold War to a New World Dis-Order

Question 1

The use of 'cold' in the term 'Cold War' refers to the lack of war in Asia from 1945 to 1989.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

At the time, most experts assumed the cold war would continue indefinitely.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Kenneth Waltz believed that the bipolarity of the cold war produced an unstable international system.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The end of the cold war marked the achievement of self-determination for the states of Eastern Europe.

Question 5

Recent events demonstrate the undisputed triumph of liberalism since the cold war.

Question 6

Which of the following people has popularized the term 'the new cold war'?

A) President Donald Trump
B) Kenneth Waltz
C) Samuel Huntington
D) Edward Lucas

Question 7

The election of Barack Obama in 2008 occurred during…

A) A time of heightened prosperity for the US
B) A technological revolution.
C) A time of peace in the Middle East.
D) The worst financial crisis faced by the US since the 1930s.

Question 8

The Arab Spring refers to the efforts by peoples in many Middle Eastern countries to throw off their autocratic rulers.

Question 9

The George W. Bush administration advocated for the use of containment and deterrence against terrorist threats.

Question 10

Who was Yeltsin's successor in post-communist Russia?

A) Gorbachev
B) Vladimir Putin
C) Dmitri Trenin
D) All of the above

Question 11

Since 2008, Russia has intervened militarily in which of the following countries?

A) Georgia
B) Ukraine
C) Poland
D) Georgia and Ukraine

Question 12

Distressed by inequitable distributions of wealth, problems associated with poverty, and the increasing threat posed by climate change, millions of people in the new global South have migrated to the more prosperous North.

Question 13

Which of the following authors is well-known for arguing that Asia is ripe for new rivalries?

A) Joseph Nye
B) Fareed Zakaria
C) Frantz Fanon
D) Aaron Friedberg

Question 14

What regional organization emerged in East Asia in 1967?

A) ASEAN
B) NATO
C) The UN
D) The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)