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1.

The African Union is an example of a

regional security organization but
often works alongside the U.N.
collective security organization.

True

2.

As the Kargil War case illustrated,

Pakistan's civilian government
struggles to maintain control of the
military.

True

3.

Because Libyan leader Muammar

Qaddafi renounced his nuclear
program in 2003, NATO provided the
regime protection during the Arab
Spring.

False

4.

British Prime Minister Margaret

Thatcher benefited politically from
the Falklands War.

True

By 1991, the Soviet Union dissolved

into 15 newly independent nonCommunist countries and the
Communist governments of the Soviet
Union's European allies were out of
power, which left the U.S. the only
global superpower.

True

6.

By the 1870s, most of the industrial

world had adopted the gold standard.

True

7.

During the Cold War, the U.S.

supported rebels in countries with
pro-Soviet governments like
Nicaragua, Afghanistan, and Angola.

True

8.

Each member of the P5 UN Security

Council has veto power to block a
resolution it does not like.

True

9.

Ethnic-based special interests, such as

the American-Israel Public Affairs
Committee (AIPAC), are often shut out
of foreign policy decision-making,
while military contractors effectively
lobby policymakers in Washington.

False

10.

Free-riding is a strategy in which states

join forces with the stronger side in a
conflict.

False

11.

How did Europe's Emissions Trading

Scheme work?

Firms were given

allowances for
greenhouse gas
emissions that
they could sell or
buy, depending
on their own
efficiency.

5.

12.

How did nuclear weapons help lead to

the "Long Peace"?

Because both
powers had
second-strike
capability,
neither was
willing to start a
direct war.

13.

If two states possess nuclear weapons and

credibly commit to using them in a war,
what effect does this have on bargaining
between the two parties?

It expands the
range of
acceptable
bargains for
both parties
and should
make war less
likely.

14.

The League of Nations was founded to

challenge the formation of the Warsaw
Pact.

False

15.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

(NATO) alliance requires the members
consider an attack on any one of them as
an attack on all of them.

True

16.

Outbidding is a strategy of terrorist

attacks intended to sabotage a
prospective peace between the target
and the moderate leadership from the
terrorists' home society.

False

17.

The Pax Britannica was the settlement

that ended the Thirty Years' War and is
often said to have created the modern
state system because it included a general
recognition of the principles of
sovereignty and nonintervention.

False

18.

Policy speeches by both Presidents Bill

Clinton and George W. Bush cited the
democratic peace in arguing for a foreign
policy of promoting democracy abroad.

True

19.

Scholars conventionally require a

conflict to cause at least 1,000 battle
related deaths in order to qualify as a civil
war and casualties need to be incurred by
all sides.

True

20.

The succession of civil wars in the

Democratic Republic of Congo since 1996
(which continues to smolder to this day)
illustrates an intersection between
interstate and intrastate war.

True

21.

The Treaty of Versailles formally ended

World War II.

False

22.

The U.S. is the top contributor to UN

Peacekeeping Operations.

False

23.

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson famously warned of the influence of the

military-industrial complex - an alliance between military leaders and arms
manufacturers who have an interest in an aggressive foreign policy.

False

24.

What is the relationship between globalization and income inequality?

Globalization causes a slight increase in income

inequality within developed countries.

25.

What makes the Lima Accord different from previous agreements on that
topic?

It is the first time that all nations, rich and poor,

agreed to take action to combat the issue.

26.

Which of the following countries possessed nuclear weapons but gave them
up?

Ukraine

27.

Why did the U.S. refuse to ratify the Kyoto Protocol?

The U.S. would have to reduce its carbon emissions

while developing countries would not.

28.

Why is preservation of the environment sometimes like a Prisoner's

Dilemma?

Individuals have a shared interest in cooperating

but would rather "defect" since their own efforts
would have little effect on overall pollution levels.

29.

Why is the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) a compromise between

nuclear and non-nuclear weapons states?

Nuclear powers keep their nuclear weapons while

other states get assistance in developing nuclear
energy

30.

Why is the problem of ozone depletion different than global warming?

There are few CFC-producing countries, but nearly

all industrialized and industrializing countries emit
greenhouse gases.