IB Global Politics Exam 2023 with complete solutions

What is power? - Answer- The ability to affect change What important global politics term did Joseph Nye coin? - Answer- Soft Power What is soft power? - Answer- The ability to make others want what you want According to the constitutive theory of statehood, in order to become a state, they must... - Answer- be recognized by other states Structural realists argue that natural self-interest is created by what? - Answer- the anarchic nature of the world system Who are the P5? - Answer- China, US, UK, France, Russia What does NGO stand for? - Answer- non-governmental organization What are examples of non-state actors? - Answer- NGOs, MNCs, individuals Globalization is most often focused on interdependence caused by... - Answer- the economy and trade What year was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights written? - Answer- 1948 Human rights is founded on the idea of... - Answer- universalism Why is international law often followed? - Answer- States fear isolation What is cultural relativism? - Answer- The belief that culture cannot be understood or judged by external people (opposite of human rights) What is relative poverty? - Answer- when people have less than the average level of income What is the highest need in Maslow's hierarchy of needs? - Answer- Self-actualization What is modernization theory suggest? - Answer- modernization is the inevitable product of time & evolution What is the absence of violence called? - Answer- Negative peace What is the criteria for just war? - Answer- It should be at last resort, you need legitimate authority, the goal must be to establish peace What does the Democratic Peace thesis suggest? - Answer- democracies are naturally more peaceful What does neoliberalism support? - Answer- free-market capitalism What critical theory is most concerned with economic inequality? - Answer- Marxism What critical theory considers humanitarian intervention an excuse for imperialism? - Answer- Post-colonialism What terms did Johan Galtung coin for global politics? - Answer- Negative Peace and Positive Peace What does peacekeeping help to maintain? - Answer- Negative peace What is structural violence? - Answer- violence when there is no specific actor Where did Arab Spring start? - Answer- Tunisia What did Arab Spring protesters start as? - Answer- non-violent The Syrian Civil War can be considered as what types of war? - Answer- Civil War, Proxy War, Religious War Why hasn't the UN intervened in Syria? - Answer- The US and Russia can't agree as to whether they should intervene Why are the Rohingya's being persecuted? - Answer- Their religion (islam) What intergovernmental organization is Myanmar absent from? - Answer- The ICC (international criminals court) What UN organization admitted that Palestine was a member state? - Answer- UNESCO Why did the US begin its most recent war with Afghanistan? - Answer- pursue Al Qaeda John Mearsheimer argues what provoked the war between Ukraine and Russia? - Answer- NATO The alleged Rwandan-based rebel group in the DRC is... - Answer- M23