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International Politics, Chapter 1 Quiz

1. The term "intermestic" is used to emphasize the close relationship between

a. domestic and local issues.

b. national and ethnic issues.

c. national and international issues.

d. international and ethnic issues.

2. Which of the following best explains the effects of U.S. exports on American employment?

a. have no effect on employment

b. increase employment opportunities

c. decrease employment opportunities

d. decrease employment but increase the GDP

3. International financial markets

a. are predominately of concern to American businesses.

b. are predominately of concern to wealthy Americans.

c. now receive investments from about 50 percent of all American families.

d. are increasingly unsafe markets, causing Americans to decrease their international financial market investments.

4. Which of the following is not associated with realism?

a. balance of power

b. globalism

c. self-interest

d. nationalism

5. Which of the following best characterizes the beliefs of neoidealists?

a. They adhere to the tenets of Thomas Hobbes.

b. The international system is not dominated by sovereign states.

c. The best path for cooperation is an emphasis on international organizations.

d. The international system is not anarchic.

6. It is true that idealists

a. believe an ethical policy works against the national interest.

b. believe foreign policy should be based on cooperative and ethical standards.

c. are usually out of touch with reality.

d. believe that the tenets of realism have no place in foreign policy.

7. The great political philosophers, such as Aristotle, Hobbes, and Rousseau, supported their political observations by relying primarily on

a. quantitative analysis.

b. logical analysis.

c. traditional observation.

d. case studies.

8. System-level analysis uses a

a. top-down approach.

b. bottom-up approach.

c. state-centric approach.

d. Marxist approach.

9. A theory stating that democracies do not go to war is based on which level of analysis?

a. individual-level

b. state-level

c. system-level

d. realist

10. Direct action is an effective means of political participation.

a. True

b. False

11. Realists and idealists are similar in that they are both suspicious of international cooperation.

a. True

b. False