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World Politics: International Politics on the World Stage, Brief, 4/e

John T. Rourke, University of Connecticut - Storrs
Mark A. Boyer, University of Connecticut - Storrs

Pursuing Security

Chapter 10 Quiz


1	The parable of Og and Ug demonstrates that confrontation usually results from
		A)	hatred.
		B)	insecurity.
		C)	greed.
		D)	hunger.


2	One study of great powers between 1500 and the 1980s found that their decline was caused by
		A)	the spread of democracy.
		B)	imperial overstretch.
		C)	modern weaponry.
		D)	the development of mass communications technology.


3	In the last half of the 1980s, two-thirds of all weapons exports went to which countries?
		A)	the Soviet Union
		B)	the United States
		C)	EDCs
		D)	LDCs


4	State terrorism is
		A)	a globally approved type of warfare.
		B)	carried out or funded by a government.
		C)	a situation wherein a state is terrorized by its own citizens.
		D)	a situation wherein a state is the victim of foreign terrorism.


5	The logic behind the nuclear strategy of MAD (Mutual Assured Destruction) is
		A)	deterrence.
		B)	elimination of all weapons.
		C)	ensuring first-strike capability.
		D)	supporting defensive systems such as a ballistic missile defense capability.


6	The most recent advance in the effectiveness of verification procedures has resulted from
		A)	the elimination of mobile ICBMs.
		B)	comparability standards.
		C)	on-site inspections.
		D)	the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.


7	Unlike collective security, peacekeeping
		A)	identifies an aggressor and employs military force to defeat the attacker.
		B)	prevents fighting by acting as a buffer between combatants.
		C)	is ineffective in civil wars.
		D)	is not a primary mission of the UN.


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	Although technology has changed, the nature of war has remained constant.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	The use of covert military intervention has increased.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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