POSC 2601-Midterm Questions with
100% Correct Answers
International Relations Correct Answer: field that studies political relations
between states
state sovereignty Correct Answer: state has sovereignty over it's territory
sovereignty- ultimate responsibility and legal authority over the state & is
recognized by all other states
Levels of Analysis (Waltz) Correct Answer: 1. Individual ( focus on leaders)
2. State Level ( focus on the state)
3. International Level ( focus on the society of states under anarchy)
Thirty Years War (1618-1648) Correct Answer: conflict between all European
kingdoms and empires
1. religious divide between protestants and catholics
2. struggle of dominance between HRE, french house of bourbon, and
hapsburg (inbred) spain
Peace of Westphalia (1648) Correct Answer: ended 30 years war
established state sovereignty
cuius regio, eius religio ('whose realm,their religion')
European State Making (Tilly) Correct Answer: connection between 1. War-
making 2. Protection 3. State-making 4. Extraction
, Divine Right of Kings Correct Answer: said that kings and emperors were chosen
by God and had full immunity
The Great Divergence Correct Answer: rapid rise of the west from the 1800's with
Europe replacing Asia as dominant continent (industrialization, emergence of
"rational"/administrative states, imperialism)
Thucydides, "The Melian Dialogue" Correct Answer: REALIST
discussion between Athenians and Melians the night before war
Melians ( morality)
Athenians (power)
Machiavelli's "The Prince" Correct Answer: REALIST
a state does whats necessary to survive
it's better to be feared than loved
Hobbes's "Leviathan" Correct Answer: REALIST
-humans are evil and selfish
"war of every man against every man"
- without a strong common power people will steal from each other and kill
6 tenants of Classic Realism - Anarchy Correct Answer: interactions are a zero-
sum game
states are at constant competion with eachother for power and resources
100% Correct Answers
International Relations Correct Answer: field that studies political relations
between states
state sovereignty Correct Answer: state has sovereignty over it's territory
sovereignty- ultimate responsibility and legal authority over the state & is
recognized by all other states
Levels of Analysis (Waltz) Correct Answer: 1. Individual ( focus on leaders)
2. State Level ( focus on the state)
3. International Level ( focus on the society of states under anarchy)
Thirty Years War (1618-1648) Correct Answer: conflict between all European
kingdoms and empires
1. religious divide between protestants and catholics
2. struggle of dominance between HRE, french house of bourbon, and
hapsburg (inbred) spain
Peace of Westphalia (1648) Correct Answer: ended 30 years war
established state sovereignty
cuius regio, eius religio ('whose realm,their religion')
European State Making (Tilly) Correct Answer: connection between 1. War-
making 2. Protection 3. State-making 4. Extraction
, Divine Right of Kings Correct Answer: said that kings and emperors were chosen
by God and had full immunity
The Great Divergence Correct Answer: rapid rise of the west from the 1800's with
Europe replacing Asia as dominant continent (industrialization, emergence of
"rational"/administrative states, imperialism)
Thucydides, "The Melian Dialogue" Correct Answer: REALIST
discussion between Athenians and Melians the night before war
Melians ( morality)
Athenians (power)
Machiavelli's "The Prince" Correct Answer: REALIST
a state does whats necessary to survive
it's better to be feared than loved
Hobbes's "Leviathan" Correct Answer: REALIST
-humans are evil and selfish
"war of every man against every man"
- without a strong common power people will steal from each other and kill
6 tenants of Classic Realism - Anarchy Correct Answer: interactions are a zero-
sum game
states are at constant competion with eachother for power and resources
