POSC 2601 Midterm #2 Questions with
100% Correct Answers
Interstate War Correct Answer: state vs. state across state borders
-ex: WWI, WWII, Russian and Ukraine War
Intrastate War Correct Answer: civil war, state vs. non-state actor/group within a
state
-ex: Syrian Civil War
Extrastate War Correct Answer: state vs. non-state actor/group across state
borders
-ex: US fight against Al Qaedan or ISIS and colonial wars
Minimum Criteria of War Correct Answer: 1. incompatibility over government or
territory
2. use of armed force
3. government involvement
4. minimum of 25 deaths
Total War Correct Answer: a conflict where a nation mobilizes all of its resources,
including its military, economy, industry, and population to pursue victory over
an adversary
-ex: Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) and WWII (1939-1945)
Hegemonic War Correct Answer: a war over control of the entire world order
, -ex: WWII
Limited War Correct Answer: military actions that seek objectives short of the
surrender and occupation of the enemy
-ex: raids
Civil War Correct Answer: intrastate war can be ethnic or ideological in nature
Conflict of Ideas Correct Answer: ethnicity, religion, and ideology
Conflict of Interest Correct Answer: territory, control of the government, and
economic assets
Ethnic Conflict Correct Answer: tensions, hostilities, or violence between ethnic
groups within a society or across different societies
-most common type of war today
Types of Ethnic Conflict Correct Answer: genocide, nationalism, and ethnic
cleansing
Causes of Ethnic Conflict Correct Answer: 1. historical grievances,
marginalization, and discrimination
2. competing nationalism
3. control of resources
Genocide Correct Answer: an intentional and systematic attempt to destroy a
national, ethnic, racial, or religious group, in whole or in part
Nationalism Correct Answer: identification with and devotion to the interests of
one's nation
100% Correct Answers
Interstate War Correct Answer: state vs. state across state borders
-ex: WWI, WWII, Russian and Ukraine War
Intrastate War Correct Answer: civil war, state vs. non-state actor/group within a
state
-ex: Syrian Civil War
Extrastate War Correct Answer: state vs. non-state actor/group across state
borders
-ex: US fight against Al Qaedan or ISIS and colonial wars
Minimum Criteria of War Correct Answer: 1. incompatibility over government or
territory
2. use of armed force
3. government involvement
4. minimum of 25 deaths
Total War Correct Answer: a conflict where a nation mobilizes all of its resources,
including its military, economy, industry, and population to pursue victory over
an adversary
-ex: Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) and WWII (1939-1945)
Hegemonic War Correct Answer: a war over control of the entire world order
, -ex: WWII
Limited War Correct Answer: military actions that seek objectives short of the
surrender and occupation of the enemy
-ex: raids
Civil War Correct Answer: intrastate war can be ethnic or ideological in nature
Conflict of Ideas Correct Answer: ethnicity, religion, and ideology
Conflict of Interest Correct Answer: territory, control of the government, and
economic assets
Ethnic Conflict Correct Answer: tensions, hostilities, or violence between ethnic
groups within a society or across different societies
-most common type of war today
Types of Ethnic Conflict Correct Answer: genocide, nationalism, and ethnic
cleansing
Causes of Ethnic Conflict Correct Answer: 1. historical grievances,
marginalization, and discrimination
2. competing nationalism
3. control of resources
Genocide Correct Answer: an intentional and systematic attempt to destroy a
national, ethnic, racial, or religious group, in whole or in part
Nationalism Correct Answer: identification with and devotion to the interests of
one's nation
