Intro to World Politics Final Exam -
2054 Virginia Tech fully solved
War v. Cooperation - correct answer ✔✔ -Societies can fight wars because they can cooperate
internally
-Often fight wars because they cannot cooperate externally
-Sometimes, fighting an external enemy makes internal cooperation possible....A state at war is
a society at peace."
Turks in Germany - correct answer ✔✔ -Citizenship by blood, not geography
-In 2000, Germany granted citizenship to Turks born after 1990
Nuremberg Principle - correct answer ✔✔ -States have an ethical and legal obligation to
intervene in another state's affairs where necessary to protect human rights
When was the Decade of Terrorism? - correct answer ✔✔ 1980-1990
Third Generation Rights - correct answer ✔✔ Minority and indigenous rights
Nature v. Character of War - correct answer ✔✔ -Nature: The constant, universal, and inherent
qualities that define war across time (violence, chance, uncertainty)
-Character: The impermanent, circumstantial, and adaptive features that war develops and that
account for the different periods of warfare throughout history
Countries that are acknowledged nuclear powers by the treaty on non-proliferation of nuclear
weapons - correct answer ✔✔ U.S., U.K., Russia, China, France
,India and Pakistan joined in 1998
Stuxnet - correct answer ✔✔ -Targeted Iranian Nuclear Enrichment Program'
-First major use of a cyber-weapon
-Spread by USB flash drive and infected Microsoft Windows machines
Modern Warfare - correct answer ✔✔ -Nationalized
-Opposing meta-narratives and overarching ideologies
-Industrialized
-Civilians as legitimate targets
-Centralized
-Governed by rules of war or engagement
Options after getting a zero-day - correct answer ✔✔ -Horde it and keep it a secret
-Disclose it and tell someone about it to prevent adverse use
-Limit use
-Unlimited use
Delivery systems for bioweapons - correct answer ✔✔ -1920s: Crop sprayers on planes
-1940s/50s: Bombers
-1970s: Single warhead ICBMs
1980s: Cruise missiles/SS-18s
Biological Weapons Convention - correct answer ✔✔ -Signed in 1972
-Pledge not to develop, produce, stockpile biological weapons
-140 signatures
, Sub-Critical reaction - correct answer ✔✔ Stable, self-quenching reaction
Critical reaction - correct answer ✔✔ -Stable, self-sustaining reaction
Super-Critical reaction - correct answer ✔✔ Most unstable; known as a "runaway reaction"
Nationalism - correct answer ✔✔ -Fantastical devotion to the nation
-Exclusionary and supremacist
-National purity
UDHR - correct answer ✔✔ 30 articles that define the fundamental rights and freedoms to be
enjoyed by all peoples of all cultures, nationalities, and state affiliations
Health Security - correct answer ✔✔ Guaranteeing a minimum protection from disease and
unhealthy lifestyles
Environmental Security - correct answer ✔✔ Protecting people from the short and long term-
ravages of nature, man-made threats in nature, and the deterioration of the natural
environment
Economic Security - correct answer ✔✔ An assured basic income for individuals from
productive work as well as publicly financed safety nets
Community Security - correct answer ✔✔ Protecting people from the loss of traditional
relationships and values, and from sectarian and ethnic violence
2054 Virginia Tech fully solved
War v. Cooperation - correct answer ✔✔ -Societies can fight wars because they can cooperate
internally
-Often fight wars because they cannot cooperate externally
-Sometimes, fighting an external enemy makes internal cooperation possible....A state at war is
a society at peace."
Turks in Germany - correct answer ✔✔ -Citizenship by blood, not geography
-In 2000, Germany granted citizenship to Turks born after 1990
Nuremberg Principle - correct answer ✔✔ -States have an ethical and legal obligation to
intervene in another state's affairs where necessary to protect human rights
When was the Decade of Terrorism? - correct answer ✔✔ 1980-1990
Third Generation Rights - correct answer ✔✔ Minority and indigenous rights
Nature v. Character of War - correct answer ✔✔ -Nature: The constant, universal, and inherent
qualities that define war across time (violence, chance, uncertainty)
-Character: The impermanent, circumstantial, and adaptive features that war develops and that
account for the different periods of warfare throughout history
Countries that are acknowledged nuclear powers by the treaty on non-proliferation of nuclear
weapons - correct answer ✔✔ U.S., U.K., Russia, China, France
,India and Pakistan joined in 1998
Stuxnet - correct answer ✔✔ -Targeted Iranian Nuclear Enrichment Program'
-First major use of a cyber-weapon
-Spread by USB flash drive and infected Microsoft Windows machines
Modern Warfare - correct answer ✔✔ -Nationalized
-Opposing meta-narratives and overarching ideologies
-Industrialized
-Civilians as legitimate targets
-Centralized
-Governed by rules of war or engagement
Options after getting a zero-day - correct answer ✔✔ -Horde it and keep it a secret
-Disclose it and tell someone about it to prevent adverse use
-Limit use
-Unlimited use
Delivery systems for bioweapons - correct answer ✔✔ -1920s: Crop sprayers on planes
-1940s/50s: Bombers
-1970s: Single warhead ICBMs
1980s: Cruise missiles/SS-18s
Biological Weapons Convention - correct answer ✔✔ -Signed in 1972
-Pledge not to develop, produce, stockpile biological weapons
-140 signatures
, Sub-Critical reaction - correct answer ✔✔ Stable, self-quenching reaction
Critical reaction - correct answer ✔✔ -Stable, self-sustaining reaction
Super-Critical reaction - correct answer ✔✔ Most unstable; known as a "runaway reaction"
Nationalism - correct answer ✔✔ -Fantastical devotion to the nation
-Exclusionary and supremacist
-National purity
UDHR - correct answer ✔✔ 30 articles that define the fundamental rights and freedoms to be
enjoyed by all peoples of all cultures, nationalities, and state affiliations
Health Security - correct answer ✔✔ Guaranteeing a minimum protection from disease and
unhealthy lifestyles
Environmental Security - correct answer ✔✔ Protecting people from the short and long term-
ravages of nature, man-made threats in nature, and the deterioration of the natural
environment
Economic Security - correct answer ✔✔ An assured basic income for individuals from
productive work as well as publicly financed safety nets
Community Security - correct answer ✔✔ Protecting people from the loss of traditional
relationships and values, and from sectarian and ethnic violence
