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Activities:

Survey: Identify Your Perspective on World Politics
Exercise: Utilizing Levels of Analysis
Survey: What Does The Future Hold For World Politics? Alternative Perspectives On The Next Century.
Exercise: A System of Political Power
Exercise: Provide a System-level Analysis of a Group to Which You Belong
Exercise: Rules of the Game
Survey: Attitudes in Foreign Policy Decision Making
Exercise: Making Foreign Policy: State-Level Analysis
Exercise: "So Say The Mamas": A Feminist World
Exercise: What Would the Women Do?
Exercise: How Do You Define Your International Identity?
Exercise: Will Nationalism Survive?
Exercise: A Transnational Personal Inventory
Survey: Transnationalism-Effect of the Women's Movement
Survey: Democracies or McDonald's; What Builds World Peace?
Exercise: Searching for International Organizations: Roles and Resources
Exercise: IGO: The Work of the United Nations
Exercise: An Adventure in Diplomacy
Survey: You Be The Judge: Should We Judge Others By Our Own Standards?
Exercise: Surf the World Court
Exercise: What Would You Spend for Your Security?
Survey: The United Nations and International Security
Exercise: Make Love Not War
Survey: Free Trade or Fair Trade: You Make the Decision
Exercise: The International Political Economy
Survey: The South and the New International Economic Order
Exercise: Measuring a Country’s Economic Freedom
Survey: How Far Should Western Hemispheric Free Trade Go?
Exercise: The European Union—How Big?
Survey: A Global Bill of Rights
Exercise: Human Rights: Think You Know What They Are?
Survey: What is the Environment Worth to You? Conservation and Opportunity Costs
Exercise: World Watch Institute Environmental Alerts

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Maps:

Map: Exports as a Percentage of GNP
Map: World War II Europe/Post-Cold War Europe
Map: The Breakup of the Soviet Europe
Map: Rich and Poor Countries: Gross National Product
Map: World Countries
Map: NATO and the EU March East
Map: Female Heads of State or Government
Map: Sovereign States
Map: World Languages
Map: World Religions
Map: Political Systems
Map: The European Union
Map: Population by Age Group
Map: Nations with Nuclear Weapons
Map: Energy Requirements per Capita
Map: Production of Crucial Materials
Map: Regional Trading Groups
Map: GDP – Share in Agriculture
Map: Production of Staples: Cereals, Roots, and Tubers
Map: Deforestation and Desertification
Map: Water Use
Map: Air and Water Quality

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Tables:

Table: Sample Intergovernmental Organizations, 2000
Table: Form of Government, Capital City, and Major Languages
Table: Area, Population, and Population Density
Table: Defense Expenditures, Armed Forces, Refugees, and the Arms Trade
Table: Armed Conflict, 1990-96
Table: Basic Economic Indicators

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Additional Links:

Chapter 1: Thinking and Caring About World Politics
Chapter 2: The Evolution of World Politics
Chapter 3: System-Level Analysis
Chapter 4: State-Level Analysis
Chapter 5: Individual-Level Analysis
Chapter 6: Nationalism: The Traditional Orientation
Chapter 7: Transnationalism: The Alternative Orientation
Chapter 8: National States: The Traditional Structure
Chapter 9: International Organization: The Alternative Structure
Chapter 10: National Power and Diplomacy: The Traditional Approach
Chapter 11: International Law and Morality: The Alternative Approach
Chapter 12: National Security: The Traditional Road
Chapter 13: International Security: The Alternative Road
Chapter 14: The International Economy: A Global Road Map
Chapter 15: National Economic Competition: The Traditional Road
Chapter 16: International Economic Cooperation: The Alternative Road
Chapter 17: Preserving and Enhancing Human Rights and Dignity
Chapter 18: Preserving and Enhancing the Global Commons

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Chapter Summaries:

Chapter 1: Thinking and Caring About World Politics
Chapter 2: The Evolution of World Politics
Chapter 3: System-Level Analysis
Chapter 4: State-Level Analysis
Chapter 5: Individual-Level Analysis
Chapter 6: Nationalism: The Traditional Orientation
Chapter 7: Transnationalism: The Alternative Orientation
Chapter 8: National States: The Traditional Structure
Chapter 9: International Organization: The Alternative Structure
Chapter 10: National Power and Diplomacy: The Traditional Approach
Chapter 11: International Law and Morality: The Alternative Approach
Chapter 12: National Security: The Traditional Road
Chapter 13: International Security: The Alternative Road
Chapter 14: The International Economy: A Global Road Map
Chapter 15: National Economic Competition: The Traditional Road
Chapter 16: International Economic Cooperation: The Alternative Road
Chapter 17: Preserving and Enhancing Human Rights and Dignity
Chapter 18: Preserving and Enhancing the Global Commons

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Practice Quizzes:

Chapter 1: Thinking and Caring About World Politics
Chapter 2: The Evolution of World Politics
Chapter 3: System-Level Analysis
Chapter 4: State-Level Analysis
Chapter 5: Individual-Level Analysis
Chapter 6: Nationalism: The Traditional Orientation
Chapter 7: Transnationalism: The Alternative Orientation
Chapter 8: National States: The Traditional Structure
Chapter 9: International Organization: The Alternative Structure
Chapter 10: National Power and Diplomacy: The Traditional Approach
Chapter 11: International Law and Morality: The Alternative Approach
Chapter 12: National Security: The Traditional Road
Chapter 13: International Security: The Alternative Road
Chapter 14: The International Economy: A Global Road Map
Chapter 15: National Economic Competition: The Traditional Road
Chapter 16: International Economic Cooperation: The Alternative Road
Chapter 17: Preserving and Enhancing Human Rights and Dignity
Chapter 18: Preserving and Enhancing the Global Commons

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