JAMES STONER POLI SCI 1001 EXAM 1
In his Farewell Address, george Washinton rcommends which foreign policy?
A. That America have no permanent alliance with any nation.
B. That Americans make a permanent alliance with Great Britain.
C.That americans make a permanent alliance with France
D. That americans prepare for permanent hostility with great britain. - Answers- A. That
America Have no permanent alliance with any nation.
Which of the following in NOT one of woodrow wilson's fourteen points?
A. Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at..
B. The removal, so far as possible, of all economic barriers and the establishment of an
equality of trade conditions among all the nations
C. Germany mus pay reparations for the costs of the recent conflict
D. A general association of nations must be formed - Answers- C. Germany must pay
reparations for the costs of the recent conflict
In his 1982 speech to the British Parliament, ronald reagan calls for
A. Military action to force regime change in the soviet union
B. Acceptance by the western powers of a world half-free and half-totalitarian
C. Fostering the infrastructure of democracy in countries around the world
D. All the above - Answers- C. Fostering the infrastructure of democracy in countries
around the world
According to Walzer, strategy and morality
A. Both involve real knowledge and provide grounds for criticism
B. Are opposites: strategists want to win, moralists don't care who wins
C. Belong to ancient thought and modern thought, respectively
D. Are opposites: strategy is a matter of the mind, morality of the heart - Answers- a.
Both involve real knowledge and provide grounds for criticism
The distinction between jus ad bellum and jus in bello is between, respectively,
A. Justice among aristocrats at war, and justice among conscripted armies
B. Justice in the decision to go to war, and justice in the way war is fought
C. Justice among equals , and justice among unequals
D. Justice in the domestic affairs of a country. And international justice - Answers- b.
Justice in the decision to go to war, and justice in the way war is fought.
Why does Walzeer use or criticize Sherman's adage, "war is hell"?
A. Because sherman is right in seeing that war typically brings great harm to the
undeserving, so starting a war unjustly is a great crime
B. Because sherman is wrong in thinking that the crime of starting a war excuses all
actions by those who justly defend themselves
C. Because the theory of just war does not apply to "non-hellish" tournament like wars
D. All the above - Answers- d. All the above
, The war convention is
A. The rules for fighting war and treating prisoner, based on the consent of mankind
B. A treaty by which nations agreed not to go to war to settle their differences
C. A meeting of the united nations to adjudicate disputes that might lead to war
D. The plans made by the general staff of the aggressor nation - Answers- a. The rules
for fighting war and treating prisoner, based on the consent of mankind
Which of the following, according to Walzer, is not among the rights of state?
A. To maintain their territorial integrity
B. To preserve their political sovereignty
C. To go to war to punish aggressors who attack other states but not theirs
D. To demand that their allies appease aggressors whom they cannot defeat -
Answers- d. To demand that their allies appease aggressors whom they cannot defeat
Which of the following is not a part of the legalist paradigm defining the crime of war?
A. Aggression is a criminal act
B. There is an international society of independent states
C. Nothing but aggression can justify war
D. Non-democratic states cannot be members of international society - Answers- d.
Non-democratic states cannot be members of international society
Who, according to walzer, held a theory that contradicted just war theory but
nevertheless judged an actual war in terms of aggression and defense?
A. Otto von bismark
B. Karl marv
C. Thomas hobbes
D. Gerald van - Answers- b. Karl marv
According to Walzer, for preemption to be justified, a state must wait for
A. An "imminent attack"
B. A "point of sufficient threat"
C. A prospective, future threat
D. Walzer does not think preemptive attacks are ever justified - Answers- b. A "point of
sufficient threat"
John Stuart Mill believes in self-determination for political communities and thinks that
even well intentioned military interventions by others are usually wrong because:
A. The interventions usually fail to help
B. The harm of killing outweighs the benefits to civic virtue
C. Political virtue must be developed internally and can't be imposed by force
D. The use of international force is inherently immoral - Answers- c. Political virtue must
be developed internally and can't be imposed by force
According to Walzer, military intervention by one state in the military affairs of another
can be justified in all the following circumstances except,
A. To come to the aid of a state trying to secede from another
In his Farewell Address, george Washinton rcommends which foreign policy?
A. That America have no permanent alliance with any nation.
B. That Americans make a permanent alliance with Great Britain.
C.That americans make a permanent alliance with France
D. That americans prepare for permanent hostility with great britain. - Answers- A. That
America Have no permanent alliance with any nation.
Which of the following in NOT one of woodrow wilson's fourteen points?
A. Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at..
B. The removal, so far as possible, of all economic barriers and the establishment of an
equality of trade conditions among all the nations
C. Germany mus pay reparations for the costs of the recent conflict
D. A general association of nations must be formed - Answers- C. Germany must pay
reparations for the costs of the recent conflict
In his 1982 speech to the British Parliament, ronald reagan calls for
A. Military action to force regime change in the soviet union
B. Acceptance by the western powers of a world half-free and half-totalitarian
C. Fostering the infrastructure of democracy in countries around the world
D. All the above - Answers- C. Fostering the infrastructure of democracy in countries
around the world
According to Walzer, strategy and morality
A. Both involve real knowledge and provide grounds for criticism
B. Are opposites: strategists want to win, moralists don't care who wins
C. Belong to ancient thought and modern thought, respectively
D. Are opposites: strategy is a matter of the mind, morality of the heart - Answers- a.
Both involve real knowledge and provide grounds for criticism
The distinction between jus ad bellum and jus in bello is between, respectively,
A. Justice among aristocrats at war, and justice among conscripted armies
B. Justice in the decision to go to war, and justice in the way war is fought
C. Justice among equals , and justice among unequals
D. Justice in the domestic affairs of a country. And international justice - Answers- b.
Justice in the decision to go to war, and justice in the way war is fought.
Why does Walzeer use or criticize Sherman's adage, "war is hell"?
A. Because sherman is right in seeing that war typically brings great harm to the
undeserving, so starting a war unjustly is a great crime
B. Because sherman is wrong in thinking that the crime of starting a war excuses all
actions by those who justly defend themselves
C. Because the theory of just war does not apply to "non-hellish" tournament like wars
D. All the above - Answers- d. All the above
, The war convention is
A. The rules for fighting war and treating prisoner, based on the consent of mankind
B. A treaty by which nations agreed not to go to war to settle their differences
C. A meeting of the united nations to adjudicate disputes that might lead to war
D. The plans made by the general staff of the aggressor nation - Answers- a. The rules
for fighting war and treating prisoner, based on the consent of mankind
Which of the following, according to Walzer, is not among the rights of state?
A. To maintain their territorial integrity
B. To preserve their political sovereignty
C. To go to war to punish aggressors who attack other states but not theirs
D. To demand that their allies appease aggressors whom they cannot defeat -
Answers- d. To demand that their allies appease aggressors whom they cannot defeat
Which of the following is not a part of the legalist paradigm defining the crime of war?
A. Aggression is a criminal act
B. There is an international society of independent states
C. Nothing but aggression can justify war
D. Non-democratic states cannot be members of international society - Answers- d.
Non-democratic states cannot be members of international society
Who, according to walzer, held a theory that contradicted just war theory but
nevertheless judged an actual war in terms of aggression and defense?
A. Otto von bismark
B. Karl marv
C. Thomas hobbes
D. Gerald van - Answers- b. Karl marv
According to Walzer, for preemption to be justified, a state must wait for
A. An "imminent attack"
B. A "point of sufficient threat"
C. A prospective, future threat
D. Walzer does not think preemptive attacks are ever justified - Answers- b. A "point of
sufficient threat"
John Stuart Mill believes in self-determination for political communities and thinks that
even well intentioned military interventions by others are usually wrong because:
A. The interventions usually fail to help
B. The harm of killing outweighs the benefits to civic virtue
C. Political virtue must be developed internally and can't be imposed by force
D. The use of international force is inherently immoral - Answers- c. Political virtue must
be developed internally and can't be imposed by force
According to Walzer, military intervention by one state in the military affairs of another
can be justified in all the following circumstances except,
A. To come to the aid of a state trying to secede from another
