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International Politics, Chapter 2 Quiz

1. Which of the following is not a factor that helped to create the modern state?

a. the secularization of politics

b. the weakening of city-states

c. the Napoleonic Wars

d. the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire

2. An anarchical political system is characterized by

a. unchecked chaos.

b. a powerful central authority.

c. a set of informal rules.

d. a set of formal rules.

3. Democracy is founded on the notion that

a. sovereign political power rests with the people.

b. popular sovereignty supports monarchical government.

c. sovereign political power rests within the international system.

d. legitimate political authority is centered in the government.

4. Industrialization resulted in all of the following except

a. the creation of the North-South Axis.

b. the Spanish-American War.

c. Eurowhite domination.

d. the end of colonialism.

5. The North-South Axis refers to the division of states according to their

a. regime type.

b. level of development.

c. major religion.

d. racial characteristics.

6. The balance-of-power system

a. ensured that the European countries retained their status as major powers.},

b. was characterized by the British domination of Europe.

c. was characterized by a series of shifting alliances.

d. had collapsed by 1900.

7. The bipolar system was established

a. after World War I.

b. after World War II.

c. at the Munich Conference.

d. by the Treaty of Westphalia.

8. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's political and economic reforms sought to

a. institute five-year state economic plans.

b. quash Eastern European independence movements.

c. decrease military spending.

d. forge economic ties through trade with the Eastern European bloc countries.

9. Benjamin Barber's Jihad vs. McWorld best symbolizes which of the following trends?

a. an emphasis on human rights and environmentalism

b. the new morality propagated by the Third World

c. renewed religious fervor

d. the simultaneous falling apart and coming together of the international community

10. Many LDCs believe that the EDCs are trying to prevent them from developing further.

a. True

b. False