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Chap 01_5e
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. What is the right number of levels when categorizing theories by their level of analysis?
a. Three
b. Four
c. Five
d. The "right" number of levels is up for debate
2. Which of the following best describes the problem that confronts scholars in the study of international politics?
a. Most questions in international politics have no answer
b. Politicians require scholars to give concrete solutions to the questions they pose
c. For most important questions, we have two or more good answers
d. Most puzzles in international politics today have little consequence for us
3. If a political scientist finds a war in which there was not an imbalance of power, should that political scientist
rejects the balance of power hypothesis?
a. Yes, automatically reject the hypothesis.
b. Only if in a dispute with the author of the hypothesis
c. Not if it fits with the data better than any other hypothesis
d. No, we never reject hypotheses
4. Which of the following refers to the goals that actors pursue?
a. Power
b. Purpose
c. Statecraft
d. Contingency plans
5. Which of the following is a main goal of this textbook?
a. To help readers evaluate arguments in international politics by connecting them to scholarly research
b. To tell readers what to think
c. To help readers remember the history of world so that they can better understand world politics
d. To assert which solutions to international crises should be adopted
6. Which of the following best defines the "domino theory?"
a. The idea that policymakers recognize their generalizations can be called "theories"
b. The notion that acquiring new generalizations leads to additional ones
c. The idea that one state cannot democratize if it has autocratic neighbors
d. The idea that if one state in a region becomes communist, others will follow
7. Structural power is best described as which of the following?
a. Power based on coercion
b. Power based in rules
c. The ability to persuade
d. Unquestioned 'rules of the game' that benefit certain actors
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Chap 01_5e
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. What is the right number of levels when categorizing theories by their level of analysis?
a. Three
b. Four
c. Five
d. The "right" number of levels is up for debate
2. Which of the following best describes the problem that confronts scholars in the study of international politics?
a. Most questions in international politics have no answer
b. Politicians require scholars to give concrete solutions to the questions they pose
c. For most important questions, we have two or more good answers
d. Most puzzles in international politics today have little consequence for us
3. If a political scientist finds a war in which there was not an imbalance of power, should that political scientist
rejects the balance of power hypothesis?
a. Yes, automatically reject the hypothesis.
b. Only if in a dispute with the author of the hypothesis
c. Not if it fits with the data better than any other hypothesis
d. No, we never reject hypotheses
4. Which of the following refers to the goals that actors pursue?
a. Power
b. Purpose
c. Statecraft
d. Contingency plans
5. Which of the following is a main goal of this textbook?
a. To help readers evaluate arguments in international politics by connecting them to scholarly research
b. To tell readers what to think
c. To help readers remember the history of world so that they can better understand world politics
d. To assert which solutions to international crises should be adopted
6. Which of the following best defines the "domino theory?"
a. The idea that policymakers recognize their generalizations can be called "theories"
b. The notion that acquiring new generalizations leads to additional ones
c. The idea that one state cannot democratize if it has autocratic neighbors
d. The idea that if one state in a region becomes communist, others will follow
7. Structural power is best described as which of the following?
a. Power based on coercion
b. Power based in rules
c. The ability to persuade
d. Unquestioned 'rules of the game' that benefit certain actors
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