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1
As presented in "The Age of Nonpolarity," a nonpolar international system is characterized by:
A)no real centers of power.
B)one specific center of power.
C)two major and opposed centers of power.
D)numerous centers of power.
2
According to "The Age of Nonpolarity," one of the cardinal features of the contemporary international system is the:
A)monopoly of power among specific nation-states.
B)rise to power of various non-state entities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
C)existence of the United States as the central world power.
D)failure of regional groups to gain significant power.
3
As claimed in "The Age of Nonpolarity," one of the results of nonpolarity will be a decrease in U.S. influence on the actions of other nations.
A)True
B)False
4
According to "America's Edge," in the twenty-first-century world, the measure of power is:
A)military strength.
B)wealth.
C)connectedness.
D)independence.
5
As claimed in "America's Edge," the entities that have been the slowest to understand and respond to twenty-first-century challenges have been:
A)governments.
B)corporations.
C)non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
D)entrepreneurs.
6
As stated in "America's Edge," in the twenty-first-century world, the larger and more populous a country, the more power that country will naturally possess.
A)True
B)False
7
Most foreign analysts, as presented in "Europe, the Second Superpower," are convinced that Europe has fallen behind the United States and Asia for all of the following reasons except:
A)weak militaries.
B)sluggish economic and demographic growth.
C)a loss of language dominance.
D)political disunity.
8
The single-most powerful policy instrument Europe possesses, as maintained in "Europe, the Second Superpower," is:
A)the International Criminal Court.
B)accession to the EU.
C)a strong currency.
D)flexible diplomatic strategies.
9
Europe, as noted in "Europe, the Second Superpower," is second only to the United States in trade with China.
A)True
B)False
10
China's initial response to the global financial crisis, as put forth in "Is Beijing Ready for Global Leadership?", was to:
A)blame the capitalist system.
B)offer better credit terms to struggling economies.
C)increase its foreign aid.
D)declare that it could best help the world by helping itself.
11
According to "Is Beijing Ready for Global Leadership?", China's military diplomacy now includes all of the following except:
A)extensive participation in UN peacekeeping operations.
B)joint exercises.
C)arms sales within its region.
D)joint training and education.
12
For the past several years, as mentioned in "Is Beijing Ready for Global Leadership?", China has quietly rejected entreaties to join the G-8, arguing that it has not reached that level of development.
A)True
B)False
13
India's refusal to sign nuclear testing and non-proliferation agreements, as explained in "The Elephant in the Room," has led to:
A)other countries abandoning their treaties.
B)environmental damage from their nuclear-testing program.
C)a nuclear arms race in South Asia.
D)threats of sanctions from EU countries.
14
According to "The Elephant in the Room," India may have worked to remove a president of the World Bank because Indian officials were upset over:
A)allegations of corruption and diversion of funds to India.
B)pressure to repay loans.
C)inspection proceedings.
D)a perceived lack of respect.
15
On crucial matters of global concern, as maintained in "The Elephant in the Room," India generally agrees with the rest of the world, but frequently is opposed on smaller issues.
A)True
B)False
16
As presented in "Europe and Russia: Up from the Abyss?", 2008 was a contentious year for Russia-Europe relations in the area of:
A)economics.
B)culture.
C)politics.
D)U.S. relations.
17
As described in "Europe and Russia: Up from the Abyss?", from 2008 to 2009, Russia's economy:
A)plummeted.
B)soared.
C)remained stable.
D)improved slowly and incrementally.
18
As noted in "Europe and Russia: Up from the Abyss?", a government report detailing Russia's long-term economic goals revealed that Europeans would be Russia's most important partners in achieving its goals.
A)True
B)False
19
Tensions between North and South Korea seem different now compared to past crises, as asserted in "In the Koreas, Five Possible Ways to War," in part because the North is:
A)hostile towards China as well.
B)suffering from a prolonged famine.
C)undertaking a military expansion.
D)going through a succession crisis.
20
The expected successor to Kim Jong-il in North Korea, as explained in "In the Koreas, Five Possible Ways to War," is his youngest son, whose strongest qualification appears to be:
A)a Western education.
B)an honorable career in the military.
C)that he is considered less corrupt than his brothers.
D)good health.
21
According to "In the Koreas, Five Possible Ways to War," South Korea has a new government that appears more willing than past regimes to offer the North bribes to curb their nuclear ambitions.
A)True
B)False
22
Many observers, as put forth in "Obama's Nuclear Policy: Limited Change," have hoped that President Obama would claim that the sole purpose of the U.S. nuclear arsenal was to:
A)ensure the safeguard of nuclear material.
B)deter a potential nuclear attack.
C)pressure others into abandoning nuclear ambitions.
D)preserve scientific knowledge.
23
The United States originally kept some nuclear weapons in NATO states, as explained in "Obama's Nuclear Policy: Limited Change," in order to prevent the possible nuclearization of:
A)the Soviet Union.
B)Italy.
C)Germany.
D)Turkey.
24
In a speech in Prague, as reported in "Obama's Nuclear Policy: Limited Change," President Obama stated his support for the idea of a world entirely free of nuclear weapons.
A)True
B)False
25
If the Islamic Republic of Iran develops a nuclear bomb, as stated in "After Iran Gets the Bomb," the number of countries with nuclear capacity will number:
A)5.
B)10.
C)20.
D)25.
26
According to "After Iran Gets the Bomb," the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, invested Iran with the mission of:
A)defeating the United States.
B)waging war against Christianity.
C)rebuilding the Persian Empire.
D)redeeming the Middle East for the forces of righteousness.
27
Even a successful military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, as maintained in "After Iran Gets the Bomb," would likely only delay Iran's program for a few years as well as strengthen its determination to proceed.
A)True
B)False
28
As presented in "Evolving Bioweapon Threats Require New Countermeasures," the authors have made a study of past covert government bioweapons programs in Iraq and:
A)Ukraine.
B)China.
C)South Africa.
D)Saudi Arabia.
29
South Africa's Project Coast, as explained in "Evolving Bioweapon Threats Require New Countermeasures," recruited many of its first researchers from among:
A)the population that had been educated abroad.
B)veterinarians with advanced degrees.
C)humanitarian-aid workers.
D)those attending nursing schools.
30
During the 1960s and 1970s, as pointed out in "Evolving Bioweapon Threats Require New Countermeasures," developing countries often sent their most promising young scientists abroad for advanced study or training, which prepared them to work in their home country's covert bioweapons programs.
A)True
B)False
31
According to "Obama's Foreign Policy: The End of the Beginning," the single-most remarkable thing about President Obama's foreign policy is how:
A)consistent it is with the promises he made during his campaign.
B)much it differs from George W. Bush's policies.
C)closely aligned it is with the policies of U.S. allies.
D)consistent it is with George W. Bush's policies.
32
As noted in "Obama's Foreign Policy: The End of the Beginning," Obama's basic strategy in Afghanistan is to:
A)maintain a purely defensive posture.
B)hold on there until a political settlement is possible.
C)move to a completely offensive position.
D)begin an immediate but gradual withdrawal of troops.
33
As claimed in "Obama's Foreign Policy: The End of the Beginning," France and Germany have shown their support for Obama's presidency by agreeing to his requests for assistance in Afghanistan.
A)True
B)False
34
As presented in "In Search of Sustainable Security," many average non-U.S. citizens across the globe share the opinion that the United States:
A)will always remain the most prominent world superpower.
B)is a champion for the rest of the world.
C)has changed for the worse.
D)is the best place to live and work.
35
As claimed in "In Search of Sustainable Security," in promoting U.S. core values of freedom and human dignity, the Bush Administration has culled its allies from those countries that:
A)are most committed to democracy.
B)have oil.
C)are most in need of U.S. help.
D)strongly supported the invasion of Iraq.
36
As noted in "In Search of Sustainable Security," until the United States has solved its own internal problems, it is best not to take on the problems of other nations.
A)True
B)False
37
The recent shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, as maintained in "A Hidden World, Growing Beyond Control," may be best attributed to:
A)an entire lack of prior evidence.
B)few resources to follow up earlier signs.
C)military blindness to problems within their own ranks.
D)a lack of focus due to information overload.
38
The Christmas Day airliner bomb attempt, as described in "A Hidden World, Growing Beyond Control," was thwarted by:
A)the terrorist alert passenger list.
B)a passenger who saw smoke coming from his seatmate.
C)airline staff who reported suspicious behavior.
D)Defense Department analysts who identified a suspect.
39
The Washington Post, as reported in "A Hidden World, Growing Beyond Control," has found that while Top Secret America is largely hidden from public view, its budget has been steadily cut over the last decade, leaving its effectiveness in doubt.
A)True
B)False
40
War-fighting, as described in "DOD's Energy Challenge as Strategic Opportunity," is expected to lead to increased energy needs over the coming decade as a result of all of the following except:
A)anticipated new theaters of war.
B)greater mechanization.
C)irregular operations.
D)rugged terrain.
41
Although world oil use is expected to peak in 2016, as maintained in "DOD's Energy Challenge as Strategic Opportunity," it is expected to decline significantly thereafter primarily as a result of:
A)greater energy-saving efforts in homes and offices.
B)declining population.
C)decreased food-production costs.
D)adoption of electric cars.
42
For the first time, as noted in "DOD's Energy Challenge as Strategic Opportunity," the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review is expected to take into account energy's centrality to the mission of the Department of Defense.
A)True
B)False
43
The recent chaos in Kyrgyzstan, as reported in "The OSCE and the 2010 Crisis in Kyrgyzstan," prompted Kazakhstan and other countries to:
A)issue statements of support for the Kyrgyz government.
B)close their borders with Kyrgyzstan.
C)stifle protests in their own countries.
D)expel Kyrgyz nationals working in their countries.
44
The Kazakh government, as explained in "The OSCE and the 2010 Crisis in Kyrgyzstan," decided to address the crisis in Kyrgyzstan primarily through the OSCE mainly because of:
A)the lack of response on the part of the United States.
B)Kazakhstan's ambition to join the European Union.
C)the OSCE's chair-in-office held by Kazakhstan.
D)Kyrgyzstan's being a member of the OSCE.
45
Although most of the funding for the investment fund established between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan has been provided by Kazakhstan, as stated in "The OSCE and the 2010 Crisis in Kyrgyzstan," the larger part of the investment goes to Kyrgyzstan, in the form of joint Kazakh-Kyrgyz enterprises.
A)True
B)False
46
The Chinese Navy's most impressive growth, as maintained in "Chinese Military Seeks to Extend Its Naval Power," can be seen in its:
A)naval-officer class.
B)short-range boats.
C)aircraft-carrier fleet.
D)submarine fleet.
47
The first deployment of the Chinese Navy beyond the Pacific, as explained in "Chinese Military Seeks to Extend Its Naval Power," was to take part in:
A)the Iraq war.
B)transporting oil from Sudan.
C)anti-piracy patrols.
D)military exercises with the United States.
48
Chinese warships, as reported in "Chinese Military Seeks to Extend Its Naval Power," have been making port visits in the Middle East with increasing frequency over the past decade.
A)True
B)False
49
The beginning of the Israeli—Palestinian peace process, as described in "The False Religion of Mideast Peace," was in 1991, when U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker and Soviet Foreign Minister Boris Pankin announced that Arabs and Israelis were being invited to attend a peace conference in:
A)London.
B)Moscow.
C)Madrid.
D)Paris.
50
The word "religion," as pointed out in "The False Religion of Mideast Peace," comes from the Latin religare, meaning to:
A)bind.
B)embrace.
C)fear.
D)strengthen.
51
The goal of resolving the Arab—Israeli issue, as maintained in "The False Religion of Mideast Peace," has been both durable and bipartisan, with both Democratic and Republican U.S. presidents granting the problem a high priority.
A)True
B)False
52
The most heavily reported new Chinese investments in the African continent, as put forth in "The Next Empire?", involve:
A)oil.
B)diamonds.
C)agriculture.
D)education.
53
The first Chinese investment in Africa, as noted in "The Next Empire?", occurred in the early 1970s with:
A)highway construction.
B)the establishment of clothing factories.
C)construction of a railroad.
D)small restaurants and shops in African capitals.
54
Based on Chinese policy documents, as set forth in "The Next Empire?", it is clear that China has little interest in the interior of the African continent.
A)True
B)False
55
President Obama's predecessors, as described in "Obama and Latin America," have often angered governments in Latin America by treating the region as:
A)in need of education and protection.
B)populated exclusively by drug lords.
C)the "backyard" of the United States.
D)an annoying appendage.
56
In 2009, as reported in "Obama and Latin America," all of the following were sources of tension between the United States and the countries of Latin America except:
A)U. S. Cuba policy.
B)proposed changes to US immigration policy.
C)the crisis in Honduras.
D)U. S. military presence in Colombia.
57
In his dealings with Latin American leaders, as put forth in "Obama and Latin America," President Obama has been able to rely on his previous extensive travels in the region.
A)True
B)False
58
In 2003, as described in "Organized Crime in Iraq," the restoration of power to the national electrical grid was made more difficult by the theft of:
A)power company trucks.
B)yards of cable.
C)computers and other electronic equipment.
D)copper from downed pylons.
59
After oil crimes, as stated in "Organized Crime in Iraq," the most important activity for organized crime gangs was:
A)drug smuggling.
B)kidnapping.
C)protection rackets.
D)arson.
60
Until recently, as maintained in "Organized Crime in Iraq," fighting organized crime was a top priority for the United States in Iraq.
A)True
B)False
61
As asserted in "Africa's Forever Wars," most of today's African fighters are not rebels with a cause—they are:
A)predators.
B)rebels in search of a cause.
C)a confused rabble.
D)a sophisticated military.
62
As pointed out in "Africa's Forever Wars," before he became his country's president in 1986, Yoweri Museveni was:
A)Tanzania's director of tourism.
B)Angola's diamond-smuggling rebel leader.
C)Uganda's top guerrilla.
D)Somalia's foremost religious leader.
63
As reported in "Africa's Forever Wars," the International Rescue Committee has estimated that more than 5 million have died in Congo alone since 1998.
A)True
B)False
64
According to "Profiling: Sketching the Face of Jihadism," countries that now appear on new TSA lists requiring extra scrutiny of passengers from these locations include all of the following countries considered state sponsors of terrorism except:
A)Somalia.
B)Cuba.
C)Iran.
D)Yemen.
65
Conventional wisdom, as presented in "Profiling: Sketching the Face of Jihadism," holds that profiling programs will be effective in protecting the flying public from terrorist attacks because:
A)the public is a willing participant in these efforts.
B)new terrorist attacks are unlikely to take the form of attacks on aircraft.
C)profiling is easy to do.
D)terrorists will be deterred once they know these projects are in effect.
66
The use of profiles such as those established by the TSA, as maintained in "Profiling: Sketching the Face of Jihadism," sets up a security system for failure by causing personnel and the general public to focus on a threat that is overwhelmingly diffuse.
A)True
B)False
67
The Somali Islamist group al-Shabab, as explained in "Al-Shabab's Agenda in the Wake of the Kampala Suicide Attacks," demonstrated its international reach when it carried out successful attacks in Uganda targeting a rugby club and:
A)a church.
B)an Ethiopian restaurant.
C)a university building.
D)the local produce market.
68
Al-Shabab's media wing, as mentioned in "Al-Shabab's Agenda in the Wake of the Kampala Suicide Attacks," is well known for:
A)high-quality videos.
B)its journal publication.
C)providing articulate speakers for news programs.
D)poor quality audio presentations.
69
In 2009, as reported in "Al-Shabab's Agenda in the Wake of the Kampala Suicide Attacks," two al-Shabab suicide bombers were successful in infiltrating AMISOM's headquarters in Mogadishu.
A)True
B)False
70
The 1962 Overseas Internal Defense Policy, as described in "Three Pillars of Counterinsurgency," did not work very well in large part because the document:
A)was classified, so the information did not filter down to leaders in the field.
B)failed to account for the involvement of outside agencies in an insurgency.
C)contained too narrow a time line for effective strategy.
D)did not involve as many agencies as would be necessary to mount a counterinsurgency.
71
The environment in which an insurgency takes place, along with measures to counter it, as put forth in "Three Pillars of Counterinsurgency," can be compared to a(n):
A)small village.
B)chess game.
C)ecosystem.
D)whirlpool.
72
Insurgency, as explained in "Three Pillars of Counterinsurgency," is likely to continue to be a weapon of choice for enemies in light of the unprecedented superiority of the U.S. military.
A)True
B)False
73
The decisive terrain of the war on terror, as put forth in "Combating Terrorism with Socioeconomics," consists of the vast majority of people not directly involved in terrorist activities but whose support is necessary to continue operations and who can be compared to those in the United States who are:
A)union members.
B)church members.
C)swing voters.
D)quiet neighbors.
74
According to "Combating Terrorism with Socioeconomics," U.S. military officials believe economic benefits must be provided to ordinary Iraqi citizens:
A)in order to achieve lasting security.
B)out of humanitarian beliefs.
C)to prevent greater corruption and criminality.
D)so the Iraqi public can begin to repay some of the costs of war.
75
The U.S. military alone, as pointed out in "Combating Terrorism with Socioeconomics," does not have the skills or resources to create sustainable socioeconomic development in Iraq.
A)True
B)False
76
According to "Defining Success in Afghanistan," a fundamental breakdown in centralized authority and legitimacy occurred in Afghanistan following the:
A)Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1880.
B)coup of Mohammad Daud Khan in 1973.
C)Soviet invasion in 1979.
D)rise of the Taliban in the 1990s.
77
Traditionally in Afghanistan, as described in "Defining Success in Afghanistan," the local council, or jirga, fulfilled all of the following functions except:
A)solving problems.
B)negotiating over common goods and burdens.
C)selecting prominent members to serve as liaisons to the central government.
D)overseeing marriages.
78
Many Americans, as pointed out in "Defining Success in Afghanistan," are now skeptical that even a stable and acceptable outcome in Afghanistan is still possible.
A)True
B)False
79
As presented in "All Counterinsurgency is Local," U.S. military strategy in Afghanistan currently involves:
A)alliances with Russia and other former Soviet nations.
B)large military complexes in major Afghan cities.
C)alliances with Taliban insurgents to fight against the Afghan military.
D)small enclaves of military personnel spread through rural areas.
80
According to "All Counterinsurgency is Local," the U.S. engagement in Afghanistan is struggling due to U.S. failure to:
A)provide enough military personnel.
B)work with the Afghan central government.
C)protect the central cities and major urban centers.
D)engage and protect rural villagers.
81
As argued in "All Counterinsurgency is Local," extending the reach of the central government is an essential strategy in fighting Afghan insurgents.
A)True
B)False
82
Through a national input subsidy program, as set forth in "Millennium Development Goals," the country that showed the greatest improvement in food security, moving from a deficiency to a national food surplus in two years was:
A)Malawi.
B)Nicaragua.
C)Brazil.
D)Ghana.
83
Of the 69 million school-age children who are not in school, as reported in "Millennium Development Goals," almost half of these live in:
A)Southern Asia.
B)Latin America.
C)sub-Saharan Africa.
D)Eastern Asia.
84
Of the 67 countries with high child mortality rates, as noted in "Millennium Development Goals," more than two-thirds are expected to meet the MDG target.
A)True
B)False
85
Leaders of weaker states, as explained in "The African Standby Force, Genocide, and International Relations Theory," often make unattainable promises to supply international security as a means of:
A)deflecting attention from their own problems.
B)demonstrating their strength and independence.
C)promoting themselves for foreign investment.
D)bullying their neighbors.
86
A principal limiting factor in efforts to stop or prevent genocide, as maintained in "The African Standby Force, Genocide, and International Relations Theory," has been a lack of political will on the part of outside states to:
A)label conflict as genocide.
B)make the necessary financial commitment to intervene.
C)intervene in the internal affairs of sovereign states.
D)confront the consequences of genocide.
87
The nature of international politics, as stated in "The African Standby Force, Genocide, and International Relations Theory," provides little or no incentive to prevent leaders from making promises to supply international security or other public goods that they know may not be delivered.
A)True
B)False
88
The norm of humanitarian intervention, as described in "Rethinking the Responsibility to Protect," has emerged since the end of:
A)World War I.
B)World War II.
C)the Vietnam War.
D)the Cold War.
89
The first case of humanitarian intervention reflecting the Responsibility to Protect doctrine," was in:
A)northern Iraq.
B)Somalia.
C)Bosnia.
D)Zaire.
90
According to "Rethinking the Responsibility to Protect," the Responsibility to Protect doctrine most often achieves the goal of protecting at-risk civilians, but it often carries with it significant financial burdens.
A)True
B)False
91
As presented in "China to the Rescue," the only cure for the world's current economic problems is to:
A)increase global supply.
B)allow individual nations to adopt economic policies tailored to their unique needs.
C)adopt U.S. economic policy.
D)stimulate global demand.
92
As noted in "China to the Rescue," more than half of the global economy is accounted for by:
A)the United States.
B)China, India, and Southeast Asia.
C)the United States, Europe, and Japan.
D)China.
93
According to "China to the Rescue," one solution to the global economic crisis is for individual countries to export more goods.
A)True
B)False
94
At the core of the emerging economies that constitute the BRICs and others, as reported in "Can the BRICs Become a Bloc?", are:
A)sophisticated civil societies.
B)multinational corporations.
C)ambitious populaces.
D)strong militaries.
95
The 'Outreach Five,' as explained in "Can the BRICs Become a Bloc?", include the BRICs, South Africa, and:
A)Chile.
B)South Korea.
C)Mexico.
D)Egypt.
96
According to "Can the BRICs Become a Bloc?", it is expected to take at least another 50 years before the South will account for at least 50 percent of global GDP.
A)True
B)False
97
As noted in "The New Population Bomb: The Four Megatrends That Will Change the World," the United Nations Population Division now projects that by 2050, global population growth will:
A)rapidly accelerate.
B)be in a "negative" pattern.
C)fulfill the 1968 prophecy of biologist Paul Ehrlich.
D)nearly halt.
98
As pointed out in "The New Population Bomb: The Four Megatrends That Will Change the World," Europeans became not only more numerous than they had been,but also considerably richer per capita than others worldwide, as a direct result of the:
A)advancement of medicine in the 19th century.
B)Baby Boom.
C)reparations following World War II.
D)Industrial Revolution.
99
According to "The New Population Bomb: The Four Megatrends That Will Change the World," over the next four decades, most of the world's population will become urbanized, something that has never before been the case.
A)True
B)False
100
In the spring of 2008, as put forth in "The World's Water Challenge," the international community failed to predict all of the following related to water scarcity except:
A)a spike in food prices.
B)serious droughts affecting key regions of the world.
C)migration patterns related to famine.
D)a rise in energy prices.
101
More than half of the water suitable for human consumption, as described in "The World's Water Challenge," is used for:
A)agriculture.
B)power generation.
C)industry.
D)domestic purposes.
102
Of the 1.8 million people who lose their lives due to unsafe water each year, as noted in "The World's Water Challenge," almost half of them are children.
A)True
B)False





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