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International Politics, Chapter 13 Quiz

1. The parable of Og and Ug demonstrates that confrontation usually results from

a. hatred.

b. insecurity.

c. greed.

d. hunger.

2. On the subject of arms control, realists

a. are strongly opposed to arms reductions under any conditions.

b. believe that arms reductions are the only way to achieve security.

c. are in favor of total disarmament of all nuclear weapons.

d. support reductions under the right circumstances.

3. What is the primary peacekeeping mechanism of the limited self-defense approach to security?

a. lack of ability to fight

b. armed states with defensive capabilities

c. armed states with offensive capabilities

d. international peacekeeping forces

4. The most significant arms control during the 1990s has involved efforts to control

a. conventional weapons.

b. chemical weapons.

c. biological weapons.

d. nuclear weapons.

5. The practice of nuclear-capable countries withholding nuclear weapons, material, or technology from nonnuclear-capable countries is known as

a. negotiated limits.

b. conventional restraint.

c. nonproliferation.

d. categorical proliferation.

6. The most recent advance in the effectiveness of verification procedures has resulted from

a. the elimination of mobile intercontinental ballistic missles.

b. comparability standards.

c. on-site inspections.

d. the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

7. Which concept is behind the use of most international security forces?

a. collective security

b. collective stability

c. hegemonic stability

d. bilateral action

8. Pacifism begins with the belief that

a. weapons increase insecurity.

b. all nuclear weapons should be eliminated.

c. conflicts between countries can be avoided.

d. it is wrong to kill.

9. The NPT has been signed by 85 percent of the world's countries and it became permanent in 1995.

a. True

b. False

10. National technical means (NTM) is used to describe the level of technological capability a country has achieved.

a. True

b. False