Deck 11: Understanding International Relations: Terms and Theories

Question 1

In the beginning of the nineteenth century, which state upset the balance of power by conquering much of Europe?

A)France
B)Russia
C)Germany
D)The United States
E)Poland

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which countries made up the five great powers of Europe in the nineteenth century?

A)Great Britain, France, Italy, Russia, and Prussia
B)Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Russia
C)Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, Russia, and France
D)Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Italy
E)Austria, Prussia, Italy, Spain, and Russia

Answer 2

C

Question 3

When sovereign State A is invaded by sovereign State B, State B is said to have violated what feature of State A?

A)Empire
B)Regional balance
C)Balance of power
D)Territorial integrity
E)Territorial fluidity

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The Congress of Vienna brought which country back in the great power system because a country that large and powerful needed to be part of a strong international system of security?

A)Austria
B)France
C)Germany
D)Prussia
E)Russia

Question 5

Which of the following was the first international conference held in peace time in order to promote future peace and security?

A)Congress of Vienna
B)Congress of Chaumont
C)Paris Peace Conference
D)Congress of Venice
E)Conference at Munster

Question 6

What historical event is often regarded as the beginning of the modern state system in international relations?

A)Treaty of Osnabruck
B)Treaty of Muenster
C)Treaty of Versailles
D)Treaty of Westphalia
E)Congress of Vienna

Question 7

Why did the leadership of Austria and Russia try to turn the Quadruple Alliance into an agency that would forcefully intervene against countries' internal revolutionary or democratic or liberal movements?

A)Because they feared the rise of communism
B)Because of the idea that the spirit of liberalism had perpetuated the French Revolution
C)Because they believed any internal strife could upset carefully built alliances
D)Because they feared the spread of dissent from one country to another
E)Because they feared that Great Britain would promote these movements

Question 8

In the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, how could the balance of power be characterized?

A)Reactionary
B)Preemptive
C)Nonexistent
D)Secular
E)Theological

Question 9

The "national interest," where national leaders place what is best for their own state above all else, is also known as what?

A)Sovereignty
B)Raison d'état
C)Raison d'être
D)Pre-emption
E)Secularism

Question 10

Which war began as a religious war but ended as a political war and is often considered the last of the religious wars of Europe?

A)The French Revolution
B)The Reformation
C)The Thirty Years' War
D)The War of Imperialism
E)The Great Patriotic War

Question 11

What are the two core concepts of the modern state?

A)Territorial integrity and power
B)Territorial fluidity and power
C)Security and force
D)Sovereignty and territorial integrity
E)Territorial fluidity and sovereignty

Question 12

The Napoleonic Wars ended as a result for what treaty?

A)The Treaty of Westphalia
B)The Paris Peace Treaty
C)The Treaty of Versailles
D)The Treaty of Avignon
E)The Treaty of Chaumont

Question 13

The model of the state is based on which model?

A)American
B)European
C)Asian
D)African
E)Japanese

Question 14

Which of the following wrote On the Law of War and Peace , establishing limits to the conduct of warfare?

A)Cardinal Richelieu
B)Ferdinand II
C)Frederick II
D)Hugo Grotius
E)Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 15

In the nineteenth century, how could the balance of power be characterized?

A)Reactionary
B)Preemptive
C)Nonexistent
D)Secular
E)Theological

Question 16

When a state is the sole source of authority within its borders and is recognized for its territorial integrity internationally , it is said to possess what attribute?

A)Territorial integrity
B)Sovereignty
C)Primacy
D)Determinism
E)Government

Question 17

What was the name given to the European balance of power system of the nineteenth century that largely maintained peace for nearly one hundred years?

A)The Congress of Vienna
B)The Paris Peace
C)The Long Peace
D)The Subtle Orchestra
E)The Concert of Europe

Question 18

The belief that religion should remain separate from governmental authority and political power is known as what?

A)Statism
B)Theocracy
C)Anti-Federalism
D)Federalism
E)Secularism

Question 19

The state (as opposed to the church)became the primary actor in global affairs following what historical event?

A)Seven Years War
B)War of the Roses
C)War of Spanish Succession
D)Thirty Years' War
E)French Revolution

Question 20

Who was the French foreign secretary who changed the way states approach their own national interest?

A)Ferdinand II
B)King Louis XIV
C)Louis XVI
D)Cardinal Richelieu
E)Metternich

Question 21

According to Paul Kennedy, what are the two main factors that contributed to Germany's impact on the international balance of power system?

A)Location and natural resources
B)Location and imperial nature
C)Power and glory
D)Location and industrial/commercial/military growth
E)Management and marketing

Question 22

The use of practical methods, instead of moral or ideological means, to secure political power is called what?

A)Raison d'être
B)Realpolitik
C)Liberalism
D)Raison d'état
E)Secularism

Question 23

What are the main components of the United Nations?

A)The Security Council, the General Assembly, the Trusteeship Council, the Secretariat, the Economic and Social Council, and the International Court of Justice
B)The United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, China, and France
C)The Security Council, the Senate, the Chamber of Deputies, and the International Court of Justice
D)The Security Council, the General Assembly, the Trusteeship Council, the Secretariat, and the Economic and Social Council
E)The Security Council, the General Assembly, and the Economic and Social Council

Question 24

What nations constitute the permanent members of the UN Security Council?

A)The United States, France, China, and Russia
B)The United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, China, and Russia
C)The United States, the United Kingdom, France, China, and Russia
D)The United States, India, France, Russia, and China
E)The United Kingdom, the United States, China, Russia, and India

Question 25

Whose Fourteen Points were the underpinning for the League of Nations?

A)Metternich
B)Bismarck
C)Clemenceau
D)Wilson
E)Roosevelt

Question 26

Which one of the following is NOT one of Karen Mingst's assumptions of collective security?

A)Wars are caused by aggressive states.
B)Aggressors must be stopped.
C)Aggressors are easily identified.
D)Aggressors are always wrong.
E)Aggressors know the international community is powerless.

Question 27

Who designed a system of secret treaties and alliances that were able to maintain the balance of power for some time, while placing Germany at the center of Europe?

A)Metternich
B)Richelieu
C)Talleyrand
D)Wilson
E)Bismarck

Question 28

How long are the terms of the ten nonpermanent members of the UN Security Council?

A)One year
B)Two years
C)Three years
D)Four years
E)Five years

Question 29

Which legislative group kept the United States from joining the League of Nations?

A)The French Chamber of Deputies
B)The French Senate
C)The US Congress
D)The US House of Representatives
E)The US Senate

Question 30

Which of the following two countries were NOT part of the League of Nations at its formation?

A)France and the United Kingdom
B)Italy and the United States
C)The Soviet Union and the United States
D)The United Kingdom and Italy
E)The United States and France

Question 31

How many countries are permanent members of the UN Security Council?

A)Four; the United States, France, China, and Russia
B)Five; the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, China, and Russia
C)Five; the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China, and Russia
D)Six; the United States, the United Kingdom, India, France, Russia, and China
E)Five; the United Kingdom, the United States, China, Russia, and India

Question 32

In 1854, the Concert of Europe was somewhat shaken by a war fought between Britain and Russia, known today as what?

A)World War I
B)World War II
C)The Thirty Years' War
D)The Crimean War
E)The Battle of Britain

Question 33

What concept refers to the belief that independent nations should have the right to govern themselves?

A)National self-determination
B)Democracy
C)Liberty
D)Federalism
E)Imperialism

Question 34

What is required to veto a resolution in the UN Security Council?

A)One of the members of the Security Council can veto a measure.
B)Nine out of the fifteen members can veto a measure.
C)Permanent members of the Security Council can veto a measure.
D)Vetoes are impossible at the United Nations.
E)Three out of five members (60 percent)can veto a measure.

Question 35

With which of the following countries was Germany NOT allied with at some point through Bismarck's system of alliances and treaties?

A)Austria-Hungary
B)France
C)Prussia
D)Russia
E)Italy

Question 36

After World War II, what competing ideologies shaped the international relations system?

A)Balance of power and collective security
B)Communism and capitalism
C)Liberalism and realpolitik
D)Raison d'état and individual rights
E)Socialism and conservatism

Question 37

How many main components make up the United Nations?

A)Six
B)Five
C)Four
D)Seven
E)Three

Question 38

Which of the following is NOT a part of the United Nations?

A)The Security Council
B)The General Assembly
C)The Trusteeship Council
D)The International Court of Justice
E)The Office of Refugee Resettlement

Question 39

To assess entry into a war as a calculation of power for one's own country, regardless of morality, would be an example of what?

A)Realpolitik
B)Liberalism
C)Containment
D)Deterrence
E)Raison d'être

Question 40

Which one of the following was NOT a result of the Franco-Prussian War?

A)A united Germany
B)The French loss of Alsace-Lorraine
C)Otto von Bismarck coming to power
D)The collapse of Austria
E)The loss of "buffer zones"

Question 41

Describe the evolution of the balance of power model from the eighteenth to the nineteenth century?

Question 42

Trace the rise and fall of the Concert of Europe from the Congress of Vienna to the outbreak of World War I.

Question 43

What are three major components of the modern state? Explain each one in detail and provide examples.

Question 44

Compare the treatment of France after the Napoleonic Wars and Germany's treatment after World War I. What do these two cases tell us about the dynamics of war and peace?

Question 45

What are the challenges of foreign policy in today's democratic states? How is this similar to or different from past and present systems and their rulers' attitudes toward the capacity of their people to understand foreign policy?

Question 46

Which component of the United Nations would address an issue that deals with development or health?

A)The Security Council
B)The International Court of Justice
C)The Permanent Secretary
D)The Environmental and Financial Council
E)The Economic and Social Council

Question 47

Describe the Congress of Vienna and its consequences.

Question 48

What are the major contributions of Hugo Grotius to the rule of law? How did his writings impact the development of war?

Question 49

The headquarters of the United Nations are located in which city?

A)Brussels
B)Frankfort
C)London
D)New York
E)Paris

Question 50

What are the differences between the balance of power and collective security? Be sure to provide examples that highlight your argument.

Question 51

What are the troops sent in by the United Nations called?

A)Peacekeepers
B)Eurocorps
C)Green Berets
D)NATO officers
E)SADC Standby Brigade

Question 52

Organizations that act independently of states, often with a particular focus or interest, are known as what?

A)Interest groups
B)Nongovernmental organizations
C)Peacekeepers
D)Proxy states
E)Rogue states

Question 53

Should there be rules of warfare, and if so, how should they be enforced?