31 Jan League of Nations

Week 7 Quiz

Question 1

(TCO 9) Rarely the work of small bands and conspirators alone, _____ are usually the result of system collapse, which permits small but well-organized groups (often military) to take over.

erosions of legitimacy

acts of genocide

dictatorships

coups d’état

Question 2

(TCO 9) Describe what can often happen in a changing society when, during times of prosperity, some people get rich faster than others.

Jealousy is aroused.

Politicians pay more attention to poverty.

The very poor revolt.

Economists become confused.

Question 3

(TCO 9) What is likely to happen if the people are unhappy and there is no organization to focus their discontent?

They will almost assuredly turn to violence.

Not much will happen.

The people will organize themselves regardless.

They will eventually find other means of achieving contentedness.

Question 4

(TCO 9) Some states engage in _____, despite officially denouncing terrorism.

sharing intelligence with nongovernmental militias

“state-sponsored terrorism”

targeting specific groups for violence

democracy

Question 5

(TCO 9) According to Hannah Arendt, the American struggle was indeed a revolution, perhaps history’s only complete revolution, _____.

because it alone ended with a democratic institutions.

because it became an example for other nations.

because it managed to rout what was then the great world power.

because it alone ended with a new foundation of liberty instead of the tyranny that came after other revolutions.

Question 6

(TCO 8) Countries generally sign treaties over which of the following concerns?

Economic sanctions, cease-fires, and fiscal cliffs

Tariffs, infrastructure, and drug trafficking

Global warming, land mines, and germ warfare

Trade, energy, and education

Question 7

(TCO 8) The recent global contraction brought a new wave of _____, as one country after another started to worry about keeping jobs at home.

isolationism

outsourcing

offshoring

protectionism

Question 8

(TCO 8) According to macro theorists, _____ are the key factors leading to war.

cultures

leaders

states

citizens

Question 9

(TCO 8) The United Nations’ predecessor, the _____, tried collective security to ensure peace.

Geneva Convention

Fourteen Points of Peace

Court of International Justice

League of Nations

Question 10

(TCO 8) Evaluate the changing role of sovereignty in today’s international relations.

International relations have reinforced the notion of sovereignty.

Sovereignty is dwindling in the face of international law.

Weaker nations are losing sovereignty to larger, more powerful ones.

United States sovereignty has weakened due to the threat of terrorism.