PLSC 101 Exam #1 (A+ Graded)

Current event: China correct answers This country helped to build and pay for the railroad between Ethiopia and Djibouti that just opened. It is already planning to build another, longer railway in West Africa Current event: Egypt correct answers Women in this country created a Roller Derby team in the aftermath of the Arab Spring to demonstrate their strength Current event: Gambia correct answers After 22 years of dictatorship, this country just chose Adama Barrow as its new president in its first democratic election Current event: Venezuela correct answers The government of this country has started printing new money to try and solve its serious economic crisis Which are not among the materials I expect you to have access to for our class? correct answers A clicker Out of the seven weekly quizzes, how many of them will count towards your final grade? correct answers Six With exams in this course, what is true about them? correct answers They will only cover information that has been covered since the previous exam Comparative politics correct answers Canada v. USA v. Mexico = comparing the states with each other. Ex: comparing protests between Armenia and Egypt International relations correct answers Canada - USA - Mexico = the relationships between states and how they interact with one another. Ex: Brexit bc UK wants to break away from EU The Treaty of Westphalia, signed in 1648: correct answers Marked the end of the Thirty Years War, marked the start of the modern state system and established the concept of sovereignty Sovereignty correct answers Freedom in your country What is true about the Soviet Union (USSR) and European wars that occurred in the 1900s? correct answers The USSR fought with the U.S. and its allies during WWII During the "Scramble for Africa" European powers divided up the continent of Africa into colonies. Their effort to extend imperialism was driven by efforts to extract resources in order to support economic changes in Europe. That is because the "Scramble for Africa" came: correct answers Shortly after the Industrial Revolution Wars that occurred in the Third World, in which two superpowers jockeyed for position by supplying weapons and giving advice to opposing sides, are known as: correct answers Proxy wars