INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS FINAL
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
According to realists, order in international relations can be achieved through
__________.
a. changing global norms
b. joining international organizations
c. class struggle
d. balance of power - ANSWER-balance of power
According to realists, which one of the following is a feature of the "structure of the
international system"?
a. class struggle
b. gendered perspectives
c. norms of behavior
d. uncertainty of other states' intentions - ANSWER-uncertainty of other states'
intentions
According to liberals, what can promote peace and cooperation?
a. economic interdependence
b. authoritarian forms of government
c. global hegemony
d. female-led government - ANSWER-economic interdependence
What do constructivists believe about state interests?
a. They are externally determined and constant.
b. They are socially constructed.
c. They are determined and benefit elites.
d. They are determined based on state military and economic power - ANSWER-They
are socially constructed.
Which important event encouraged many scientists to become more skeptical of
realism?
a. the start of World War I
b. the end of World War II
c. the end of the Cold War
d. the 9/11 terrorist attacks - ANSWER-the end of the Cold War
With of the following statements are liberals most likely to agree with?
a. There are good and bad states.
b. The goal of politics is the pursuit of power.
c. What drives international conflict is class conflict.
, d. We need to question the foundational assumptions of international relations. -
ANSWER-There are good and bad states.
What is the balance of power model?
a. a system where the power of one state or alliance is balanced by another state
or alliance
b. an instance when there is a similar number of liberal and illiberal states in the
international system
c. a system where there is no serious conflict between different class interests
d. a system where realist, liberal, and constructivist explanations of world politics
balance out - ANSWER-a system where the power of one state or alliance is balanced
by another state
or alliance
The Kantian triangle is ____________.
a. the idea that peace and cooperation among states are perpetual
b. the idea that structure, cultural norms, and human agency determine state
behavior
c. the idea that international organizations, trade and economic interdependence,
and the spread of democracy are all beneficial towards achieving peace
d. the idea that the transition to a world governed only by republican governments
is inevitable - ANSWER-the idea that international organizations, trade and economic
interdependence,
and the spread of democracy are all beneficial towards achieving peace
WMD stands for
a. Weapons of mass destruction.
b. Women's minority delegation.
c. World medicine for democracy.
d. Water measures of development. - ANSWER-Weapons of mass destruction.
__________ war is a war over control of the entire world order, whereas __________
war is warfare by one state waged to conquer and occupy another.
a. Total, limited
b. Limited, civil
c. Civil, hegemonic
d. Hegemonic, total - ANSWER-Hegemonic, total
Warfare without __________ involving irregular forces is called guerrilla war.
a. hegemonic intentions
b. lethal gasses
c. front lines
d. armies - ANSWER-front lines
"Democratic states are unlikely to go to war with each other." This statement
constitutes an example of a(n) __________ level of analysis of war.
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
According to realists, order in international relations can be achieved through
__________.
a. changing global norms
b. joining international organizations
c. class struggle
d. balance of power - ANSWER-balance of power
According to realists, which one of the following is a feature of the "structure of the
international system"?
a. class struggle
b. gendered perspectives
c. norms of behavior
d. uncertainty of other states' intentions - ANSWER-uncertainty of other states'
intentions
According to liberals, what can promote peace and cooperation?
a. economic interdependence
b. authoritarian forms of government
c. global hegemony
d. female-led government - ANSWER-economic interdependence
What do constructivists believe about state interests?
a. They are externally determined and constant.
b. They are socially constructed.
c. They are determined and benefit elites.
d. They are determined based on state military and economic power - ANSWER-They
are socially constructed.
Which important event encouraged many scientists to become more skeptical of
realism?
a. the start of World War I
b. the end of World War II
c. the end of the Cold War
d. the 9/11 terrorist attacks - ANSWER-the end of the Cold War
With of the following statements are liberals most likely to agree with?
a. There are good and bad states.
b. The goal of politics is the pursuit of power.
c. What drives international conflict is class conflict.
, d. We need to question the foundational assumptions of international relations. -
ANSWER-There are good and bad states.
What is the balance of power model?
a. a system where the power of one state or alliance is balanced by another state
or alliance
b. an instance when there is a similar number of liberal and illiberal states in the
international system
c. a system where there is no serious conflict between different class interests
d. a system where realist, liberal, and constructivist explanations of world politics
balance out - ANSWER-a system where the power of one state or alliance is balanced
by another state
or alliance
The Kantian triangle is ____________.
a. the idea that peace and cooperation among states are perpetual
b. the idea that structure, cultural norms, and human agency determine state
behavior
c. the idea that international organizations, trade and economic interdependence,
and the spread of democracy are all beneficial towards achieving peace
d. the idea that the transition to a world governed only by republican governments
is inevitable - ANSWER-the idea that international organizations, trade and economic
interdependence,
and the spread of democracy are all beneficial towards achieving peace
WMD stands for
a. Weapons of mass destruction.
b. Women's minority delegation.
c. World medicine for democracy.
d. Water measures of development. - ANSWER-Weapons of mass destruction.
__________ war is a war over control of the entire world order, whereas __________
war is warfare by one state waged to conquer and occupy another.
a. Total, limited
b. Limited, civil
c. Civil, hegemonic
d. Hegemonic, total - ANSWER-Hegemonic, total
Warfare without __________ involving irregular forces is called guerrilla war.
a. hegemonic intentions
b. lethal gasses
c. front lines
d. armies - ANSWER-front lines
"Democratic states are unlikely to go to war with each other." This statement
constitutes an example of a(n) __________ level of analysis of war.
