Question 1

List the six security threats identified by the UN Report, A More Secure World .  Are there any threats to global security that you think were not included in the list?  Which threats do you think are most important to global security? Why?

Accepted Answer

The answer of List the six security threats identified by...

Question 2

Political science theories make it easy to predict future trends and changes in the global community.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following best describes the general agreement of the scholarly community about the study of international politics?

Accepted Answer

A)  History speaks with sufficient continuity to make the scientific study of international politics possible and meaningful. 
B)  All scholars are in agreement about the superiority of liberalism to Marxism or communism. 
C)  There are few causal mechanisms at work in world politics. 
D)  All of these are true.

Question 4

Across the globe, "military and intelligence organizations are preparing the cyber battlefield with things called 'logic bombs' and 'trapdoors,' placing virtual explosives in other countries in peacetime".

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The UN's report, A More Secure World (2004), suggests that which of the following weapons does not represent a threat to global security.

Accepted Answer

A)  Nuclear 
B)  Biological 
C)  Chemical 
D)  Internet

Question 6

Globalization and the emergence of a common cosmopolitan culture has reduced feelings of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  independence 
B)  identity 
C)  autonomy 
D)  All of these are true.

Question 7

Pessimists would argue that a large percentage of humanity faces all of the following except.

Accepted Answer

A)  famine. 
B)  poverty. 
C)  denial of basic human rights. 
D)  a brighter future.

Question 8

There is no support within the international community for a global responsibility to protect those who suffer from mass abuse at the hands of their state governments.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

_____ said: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

Accepted Answer

A)  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 
B)  UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan 
C)  Niccoló Machiavelli 
D)  President John F. Kennedy

Question 10

What technological advances have provided positive benefits to the global community?

Accepted Answer

A)  Agro-ecological innovations that enhance food production 
B)  Medical advances that cure and prevent diseases that were once prevalent 
C)  Alternative energy sources 
D)  All of these have provided positive benefits to the global community.

Exam 15: Looking Ahead at Global Trends and Transformations

List the six security threats identified by the UN Report, A More Secure World . Are there any threats to global security that you think were not included in the list? Which threats do you think are most important to global security? Why?

Political science theories make it easy to predict future trends and changes in the global community.

Which of the following best describes the general agreement of the scholarly community about the study of international politics?

Across the globe, "military and intelligence organizations are preparing the cyber battlefield with things called 'logic bombs' and 'trapdoors,' placing virtual explosives in other countries in peacetime".

The UN's report, A More Secure World (2004) , suggests that which of the following weapons does not represent a threat to global security.

Globalization and the emergence of a common cosmopolitan culture has reduced feelings of _____.

Pessimists would argue that a large percentage of humanity faces all of the following except.

There is no support within the international community for a global responsibility to protect those who suffer from mass abuse at the hands of their state governments.

_____ said: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

What technological advances have provided positive benefits to the global community?