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International Politics, Chapter 3 Quiz

1. System-level analysis adopts a

a. "top-down" approach to studying world politics.

b. "bottom-up" approach to studying world politics.

c. subjective approach to studying world politics.

d. normative approach to studying world politics.

2. The traditional concept of sovereignty means that states

a. are not legally answerable to a higher authority for international behavior.

b. are not legally answerable to a higher authority for domestic behavior.

c. are not legally answerable to a higher authority for either international or domestic behavior.

d. have the authority to rule by anarchy.

3. A state has all of the following except

a. a territory.

b. sovereignty.

c. a government.

d. a sense of community.

4. Supranational actors

a. have specific issues with which they concern themselves.

b. allow all recognized countries in the world to be eligible for membership.

c. are seldom alliances or regional organizations.

d. require individual members to surrender some degree of their sovereignty to the organization.

5. Transnational actors are distinguished by their

a. private membership.

b. state-centered membership.

c. reliance on formal state funding.

d. focus on national security issues.

6. The central feature of a bipolar system is the existence of

a. an intergovernmental organization.

b. cooperation between the poles.

c. acute hostility between the poles.

d. a non-aggression treaty.

7. According to one academic study, multipolar systems were found to be

a. more stable than bipolar systems.

b. more stable than tripolar systems.

c. the most stable international systems.

d. the most unstable international systems.

8. Chaos theorists argue that patterns of global power

a. are variable and influenced by small random effects.

b. can be predicted using historical cycles.

c. can be predicted using historical cycles.

d. have strict patterns.

9. System norms are developed

a. to preserve the dominance of the major powers.

b. to create universally accepted standards.

c. because humans tend to favor regularized patterns of behavior.

d. by the United Nations Security Council.

10. Japan's economic woes will prevent it from achieving major power status.

a. True

b. False