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International Politics, Chapter 8 Quiz

1. Which of the following are the most powerful political actors in the world system?

a. states

b. individuals

c. transnational actors

d. multinational corporations

2. When a state's population grants it the authority to make rules and to govern, the state has

a. sovereignty.

b. legitimacy.

c. nationhood.

d. popularity.

3. The feudal system was eroded by advances in

a. education.

b. mass communications.

c. the unrestrained power of kings.

d. military technology.

4. The power of the Roman Catholic Church declined as kings

a. claimed divine right.

b. lost power to lords.

c. gained control over lords.

d. saw their empires collapse.

5. Which of the following marked the end of the imperial and Catholic Holy Roman Empire?

a. the Treaty of Westphalia

b. the French Revolution

c. the Protestant Reformation

d. the failure of the city-states

6. The creation of the national state was promoted by the

a. coming of democracy in the eighteenth century.

b. divine right of kings.

c. reign of Louis XVI.

d. beginning of mass production.

7. In its original form, communism is essentially

a. an authoritarian theory.

b. a theory of government.

c. an economic theory.

d. a critique of democracy.

8. Substantive democracy is based on

a. regular elections.

b. law.

c. equality.

d. government institutions.

9. According to studies cited in the text, which states are least likely to go to war with each other?

a. contiguous nondemocratic states

b. noncontiguous nondemocratic states

c. contiguous democratic states

d. noncontiguous democratic states

10. In the real world, sovereignty and independence are synonymous.

a. True

b. False