Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

What regional organization emerged in East Asia in 1967?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The election of Barack Obama in 2008 occurred during…

Accepted Answer

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 6

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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

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

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

What regional organization emerged in East Asia in 1967?

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

The election of Barack Obama in 2008 occurred during…

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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