PLSI 140 Exam 1 Questions with
complete solution
Nation-state - correct answer ✔nation (people) and state (border) coincide,
hence nation-states; sense of identity + national government
Characteristics of nations - correct answer ✔creation of national identity;
psychological loyalty - flags, holidays, symbols
European system of independent sovereign states - correct answer
✔nonintervention in internal affairs
Colonialism and the division of the world into countries - correct answer
✔European military and commercial empires drew borders as political and
administrative units formed colonies into "states"
Foundations of liberalism - correct answer ✔prefer cooperation
Outcomes of liberalism - correct answer ✔determined by rules and
institutions thus democracy, constitutions, private property, "free" markets
Inalienable rights - correct answer ✔democratic participation
State requirements - correct answer ✔private property
Why don't liberal states go to war? - correct answer ✔interest group
republics have the same ruling class (Marx) - rich linked up worldwide
, Fukuyama - correct answer ✔a "meaningful sense of self" comes from
liberalism, not communism or religion
Radical perspective (Marxist critique of liberalism and capitalism) - correct
answer ✔tends toward centralization of power
Core vs periphery - correct answer ✔linked cores among nation-states;
global economic class emerges to recognize each others' interests
Key elements of realism - correct answer ✔autonomous unitary state
constantly in power struggles
Illustrations of realism - correct answer ✔superpowers; e.g. US, China, UK
Polarity - correct answer ✔balance of power; unipolar, bipolar, multipolar
How structural change in balance of power occurs - correct answer
✔diffusion of technology and different rates of learning
Bretton Woods Conference - correct answer ✔lower trade barriers (GATT)
and new institutions - IMF and the World Bank
Truman Doctrine (1947) - correct answer ✔containment theory (to prevent
spread of communism), and MAD - mutual assured destruction (as
deterrence)
1979, 1981 - correct answer ✔Soviets invade Afghanistan, US arms
fundamentalists
complete solution
Nation-state - correct answer ✔nation (people) and state (border) coincide,
hence nation-states; sense of identity + national government
Characteristics of nations - correct answer ✔creation of national identity;
psychological loyalty - flags, holidays, symbols
European system of independent sovereign states - correct answer
✔nonintervention in internal affairs
Colonialism and the division of the world into countries - correct answer
✔European military and commercial empires drew borders as political and
administrative units formed colonies into "states"
Foundations of liberalism - correct answer ✔prefer cooperation
Outcomes of liberalism - correct answer ✔determined by rules and
institutions thus democracy, constitutions, private property, "free" markets
Inalienable rights - correct answer ✔democratic participation
State requirements - correct answer ✔private property
Why don't liberal states go to war? - correct answer ✔interest group
republics have the same ruling class (Marx) - rich linked up worldwide
, Fukuyama - correct answer ✔a "meaningful sense of self" comes from
liberalism, not communism or religion
Radical perspective (Marxist critique of liberalism and capitalism) - correct
answer ✔tends toward centralization of power
Core vs periphery - correct answer ✔linked cores among nation-states;
global economic class emerges to recognize each others' interests
Key elements of realism - correct answer ✔autonomous unitary state
constantly in power struggles
Illustrations of realism - correct answer ✔superpowers; e.g. US, China, UK
Polarity - correct answer ✔balance of power; unipolar, bipolar, multipolar
How structural change in balance of power occurs - correct answer
✔diffusion of technology and different rates of learning
Bretton Woods Conference - correct answer ✔lower trade barriers (GATT)
and new institutions - IMF and the World Bank
Truman Doctrine (1947) - correct answer ✔containment theory (to prevent
spread of communism), and MAD - mutual assured destruction (as
deterrence)
1979, 1981 - correct answer ✔Soviets invade Afghanistan, US arms
fundamentalists
