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PLSC 101 Final Exam IUP questions withverified solutions
The impact of international trade on domestic societies - correct answer ✔✔continues to increase
World Politics - correct answer ✔✔can directly affect the economic conditions of us all
The world economy affects domestic jobs through - correct answer ✔✔trade, international investment,
and tourism (all of the above)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measures - correct answer ✔✔the value of all goods and services
produced within a country in a year
The textbook makes a comparison between defense spending and higher education spending to
demonstrate - correct answer ✔✔how eliminating one B-2 bomber from the defenses budget could
provide thousands of full scholarships for college students
The world's population is now approximately - correct answer ✔✔7 billion
The sharp increase in the number of melanoma (skin cancer) cases is the result of - correct answer
✔✔damage to the ozone layer
According to the UN figures, civilians accounted for what percentage of war deaths during the 1990s -
correct answer ✔✔90%
The main feature of a bipolar system is the existence of - correct answer ✔✔hostile relations between
the two main world powers
By 2050 the UN estimates the world's population will increase to - correct answer ✔✔9 billion
,Realism and Liberalism can best be described as - correct answer ✔✔broad perspectives or points of
view in regards to world politics
Which of the following men is considered to be the inspiration for realism? - correct answer ✔✔Thomas
Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes stressed that - correct answer ✔✔humans possess an inherent urge to dominate
Which perspective is said to put more emphasis on a cooperative approach to international relations -
correct answer ✔✔liberalism
which of the following men is considered to be the inspiration for liberalism - correct answer ✔✔Jean-
Jacques Rousseau
Realists - correct answer ✔✔adhere to the philosophy of "Might makes Right"
Liberalists - correct answer ✔✔believe the ethical policy does not necessarily work against the national
interest
liberalists believe - correct answer ✔✔foreign policy should be based on cooperative and ethical
standards
President Ronald Reagan appeared to be primarily a follower of the _________ perspective - correct
answer ✔✔Realism
President Jimmy Carter is a - correct answer ✔✔Liberalist
Liberalists emphasize the usefulness of - correct answer ✔✔both international law and
intergovernmental organizations
The origins/birth of the modern international political system dominated by states dates back to the
1648 - correct answer ✔✔treaty of Westphalia
, A state that does not recognize a higher authority is said to possess - correct answer ✔✔sovereignty
Popular sovereignty means that - correct answer ✔✔political authority lies with the people
The American and French revolutionaries opposed the concept of - correct answer ✔✔Kings/Queens
governing by divine right
The North-South Axis refers to the division of states according to the countries' - correct answer
✔✔levels of economic development
The Bipolar world political system was established - correct answer ✔✔after World War II
The term for the intense tension between the USSR and the United States was - correct answer ✔✔Cold
War
The Tripolar system emerged with the emerging power of - correct answer ✔✔China
A theory that emphasizes the role of resource dependence would argue that the US came to the aid of
Kuwait when it was invaded by Iraq in the first Gulf War because - correct answer ✔✔the national
interest of the US was threatened by Iraq's seizure of Kuwait's oil
The North (rich countries) represents 25% of the world's population and is responsible for - correct
answer ✔✔an overwhelming majority of the CO2 emissions historically
The World Trade Organization because its members are countries, is - correct answer ✔✔an IGO
intergovernmental organization
The United Nations has approximately how many members - correct answer ✔✔193
Which is not a permanent member of the UN Security Council - correct answer ✔✔Japan
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