PSCI 1102 Midterm 2 Review Questions with Correct Answers
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PSCI 1102 Midterm 2 Review Questions with Correct Answers
What is the term for the use of force by regular, uniformed, national military units to achieve military or political objectives? - Answer-Conventional warfare
On what is the Clausewitz philosophy of war not based? - Answer-A conceptuali...
PSCI 1102 Midterm 2 Review Questions
with Correct Answers
What is the term for the use of force by regular, uniformed, national military units to
achieve military or political objectives? - Answer-Conventional warfare
On what is the Clausewitz philosophy of war not based? - Answer-A conceptualization
of was as an end in itself (other answers: his concept of trinity (passion, chance,
reason), his concept of trinity (people, military, political leadership), and a
conceptualization of war as a means to achieve political ends)
Who are the five "official" nuclear-weapons states (NWS) as first identified in the Non-
Proliferation Treaty of 1968? - Answer-US, USSR/Russia, China, Britain, and France
Which states are not currently signatories to the NPT? - Answer-India, Pakistan, and
Israel
(T/F) Terrorism is the use of illegitimate violence by sub-state groups to inspire fear -
Answer-True
(T/F) Scholars estimate that the defense of culture or identity is the primary motivation
for globalized terrorist violence - Answer-True
What factor does this chapter say has improved terrorist capabilities? - Answer-
Technologies associated with globalization
Which culture is not considered by Huntington to qualify as a "civilization"? - Answer-
African
Which nation is not a member of the permanent five who hold a veto on the Security
Council? - Answer-Germany
Which body is not a principle organ of the United Nations system? - Answer-World Bank
(other answers: ECOSOC, Trusteeship Council, International Court of Justice)
(T/F) NGO is an umbrella term applied to a broad range of organizations that differ in
size, scope, motives, and functions - Answer-True
Amnesty International is an example of what kind of transnational actor? - Answer-An
international non-governmental organization (INGO)
, (T/F) The term "social corporate responsibility" is understood as corporate regard for the
global climate, human rights or the well-being of the communities in which they work -
Answer-True
What term is used to describe governance arrangements among TNGOs and
corporations intended for mutual benefit and to ensure adherence to agreed rules? -
Answer-Public-private partnerships
(T/F) Supranationalism implies the creation of common institutions having independent
decision-making authority - Answer-True
Which region does this chapter identify as a paradox for trends in regionalism? -
Answer-Central America
(T/F) Promoting development is an important UN goal in itself - Answer-True
In Barbara Walter's article on civil war settlement, why do civil war negotiations fail?
What solution does she propose to remedy this failure? Please name one factor that
she argues that this remedy would need to use to be effective. - Answer-Because the
losing side is always worse off than if they just fought to the death. There is little
incentive for the losing side to abide by any reached agreement (if any) and security
concerns remain. The remedy involves a 3rd party guarantor. The 3rd party guarantor
must be willing to use force
In Ted Gurr's article on factors explaining civil violence, what term does he mention is a
precondition for civil violence? Please define and explain this term. Will the presence of
this concept always precipitate civil violence or are their other factors at play (what are
those terms)? - Answer-Precondition for violence is anger/frustration due to relative
deprivation, which is the discrepancy between one's expectations and capabilities and
their limited reality, which provides one little to no opportunity to achieve their ambitions.
This doesn't always precipitate civil violence --> one might vote down an incumbent due
to unemployment or other unsatisfactory circumstances
Please name one critique that is generally leveled at Sam Huntington's article "The
Clash of Civilizations?" How does that criticism impact our understanding of
Huntington's interpretation of conflicts in the post-Cold War era? Where does
Huntington predict that conflicts will take place around the world? - Answer-It is not
nuanced/too generalized. The post cold war era isn't merely the conflict between the
West and the Islamic world, for example, because the Islamic civilization isn't totally
unified (Sunni-Shia conflict, etc.)
Huntington predicts that conflict will take place along cultural fault lines (Mexico and
Turkey as examples of states along those fault lines)
In the Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engles famously argued that "the history of all
hitherto existing societies is the history of... - Answer-... class struggle"
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