Analyzing Politics 6th Edition By Ellen Grigsby – Test Bank

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. __________ emphasize the utility of international organizations such as the United Nations in achieving peace among states.
a. Liberals
b. Realists
c. Containment advocates
d. Conservatives

ANS: A REF: 270

2. The Iroquois League represents an example of _________.
a. liberalism
b. realism
c. anarchy
d. bipolarism

ANS: A REF: 270

3. A country’s security does not consist only of military security, but includes also human security, or quality of life security according to
a. liberalism.
b. realism.
c. conservatism.
d. anarchism.

ANS: A REF: 270

4. UN activities have included
a. programs to improve public health.
b. peacekeeping operations.
c. Both A and B are correct.
d. None of the above is correct.

ANS: C REF: 270

5. An examination of U.S. intervention in Third World conflicts between 1945 and 1989 reveals that
a. when the U.S. intervened, intervention was primarily undertaken for the purpose of promoting human rights.
b. when the U.S. intervened, intervention was primarily undertaken to facilitate food and health care distribution as a means of reducing the effects of famine and natural disasters.
c. when the U.S. intervened, intervention was primarily undertaken to strengthen the premises of liberalism.
d. when the U.S. intervened, intervention was primarily undertaken to promote the military security interests of the United States.

ANS: D REF: 271

6. __________ draw upon the writings of Machiavelli and Hobbes and stress that governments must gain and hold power relative to other states.
a. Liberals
b. Realists
c. Anarchists
d. None of the above is correct.

ANS: B REF: 271

7. Under conditions of international anarchy, democratic and nondemocratic governments face similar pressures to survive and tend to behave similarly in terms of foreign policy. This is an argument
a. consistent with liberalism.
b. consistent with realism.
c. consistent with arguments stressing human security over military security.
d. None of the above is correct.

ANS: B REF: 273

8. The Truman Doctrine
a. was first advanced to justify support for the Taliban.
b. is consistent with containment principles.
c. was used to argue against implementation of the Marshall Plan.
d. argues in favor of international anarchy.

ANS: B REF: 274

9. __________ provided economic aid to Europe after World War II in a manner consistent with containment.
a. The Warsaw Treaty
b. The Taliban
c. The Marshall Plan
d. The Secretariat Plan

ANS: C REF: 274

10. The Bay of Pigs invasion represented an example of
a. how tensions surfaced under conditions of bipolarism.
b. how conflict can occur under unipolar conditions.
c. how conflict surfaced prior to the development of the idea of containment.
d. how conflict surfaced prior to the creation of NATO.

ANS: A REF: 274, 275

11. Which of the following is more powerful?
a. The UN General Assembly
b. The UN Security Council
c. The World Court
d. The Iroquois League

ANS: B REF: 278

12. With respect to the UN and its member states,
a. the UN is dependent upon member states when it comes to actually carrying out UN decisions.
b. member states give up their sovereignty upon joining the UN, for member states must abide by all General Assembly decisions.
c. member states must agree to submit to World Court decisions whenever the World Court disagrees with a judicial decision made by the state’s own court system.
d. Both B and C are correct.

ANS: A REF: 283