MCQs of International Relations - Conflict, War, and Terrorism – Multiple Choice Question

Question 1 of 50

1. Question

In which of the following areas is there currently a border dispute?

Brazil/Paraguay
Iran
Hong Kong
Kashmir

Question 2 of 50

2. Question

Conflict related to members of an ethnic group living as a minority in a neighboring state is occurring in

Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
North Korea ans South Korea
South Africa and Namibia.
Albania and Kosovo.

Question 3 of 50

3. Question

Which of the following is NOT a cause of international conflict?

ideological issues
territorial issues
ethnicity issues
All of these are causes of international conflict.

Question 4 of 50

4. Question

__________ can cause conflict because of a clash of ideas.

Ethnicity
Resources
Trade
Arms imports

Question 5 of 50

5. Question

The breakup of which of the following states was NOT peaceful?

Yugoslavia
Serbia-Montenegro
Thailand
Czechoslovakia

Question 6 of 50

6. Question

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union invaded which of the following countries in order to change its government?

Iran
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Romania

Question 7 of 50

7. Question

Islamic movements have grown stronger recently in which of the following countries?

Israel
Qatar
Pakistan
Somalia

Question 8 of 50

8. Question

War between factions within a state trying to create, or prevent, a new government for the entire state or some part of it is what type of war?

Civil
hegemonic
guerilla
total

Question 9 of 50

9. Question

State-sponsored terrorism is

the subject of a UN treaty signed in 1998.
typical of groups like al-Qaeda.
the oldest form of terrorism, and not much in existence today.
the use of terrorist groups by states to achieve political aims.

Question 10 of 50

10. Question

The U.S government is trying to prevent cocaine cartels based in ________ from supplying cocaine to U.S, cities.

Nicaragua
Burma
China
Colombia

Question 11 of 50

11. Question

A situation in which individuals organize their and communities around religious belief that are held as absolute truth-and where individuals are willing to sacrifice or even die for those beliefs-is

communalism.
religious centralism.
primitivism.
fundamentalism

Question 12 of 50

12. Question

Which islands in the South China Sea are the source of conflict between several countries?

Marshall Islands
Kuril Islands
Palau and Fiji
Spratly Islands

Question 13 of 50

13. Question

International conflicts that concern tangible “goods” have special importance when they have to do with

religious conflicts
control of national governments.
territory.
trade conflicts.

Question 14 of 50

14. Question

Which of the following is not a form of weapon of mass destruction?

biological
chemical
nuclear
conventional

Question 15 of 50

15. Question

The International Atomic Energy Agency provides which of the following functions?

monitoring of U.S-Russian arms control agreements
inspection of the nuclear power industry in member states to prevent the diversion of materials to the military
provision of weapons-grade fissionable material to the United States and Russia
development of tactical nuclear weapons for United National forces

Question 16 of 50

16. Question

Uranium-235

is used to strengthen the hulls of submarines.
is fissionable material.
is usable only in the nuclear power industry.
cannot be produced legally under the terms of the NPT.

Question 17 of 50

17. Question

Intercontinental Ballistic missiles have a range of

over 5,000 miles.
100 to 500 miles.
1,000 to 5,000 miles.
over 10,000 miles.

Question 18 of 50

18. Question

Many states’ foreign policies are influenced by _________ a practice of centuries past in which trade and foreign economic policies were manipulated to build up a monetary surplus that could be used to finance war.

corporatism
mercantilism
despotism
capitalism

Question 19 of 50

19. Question

Which of the following is NOT among the countries that either have or will soon have military capabilities in space?

the United States
China
Russia
Great Britain

Question 20 of 50

20. Question

Classic cases of terrorism involve

civilians.
more than one state.
a nonstate actor
all of these: civilians, a nonstate actor, and more than one state.

Question 21 of 50

21. Question

Which of the following countries has the United States NOT accused of supporting international terrorism?

Iran
Cuba
Somalia
Syria

Question 22 of 50

22. Question

Which of the following does NOT occur in sense of inevitability around the change n government while claiming their actions will bring long-term stability

the coup leaders try to create a sense of inevitability around the change in government while claiming their actions will bring long-term stability.
Civilian politicians in power and uncooperative military officers are arrested or killed.
Coup leaders try to keep state building and television stations under civilian management to establish the illusion of civilian control.
Political power is seized by domestic military forces.

Question 23 of 50

23. Question

The United States and the other great powers account for ________ of world military spending.

three-quarters
four-fifths
two-thirds
one-half

Question 24 of 50

24. Question

What nation withdrew from the IAEA in 1993 and then bargained with Western leaders to get economic assistancy?

Iran
Pakistan
India
North Korea

Question 25 of 50

25. Question

The area adjacent to the coastline of a state that is considered part of its national territory is known as:

territorial waters.
a contiguous zone.
res communis.
high seas.

Question 26 of 50

26. Question

The world’s largest exporter of small arms is:

the United States.
Russia.
Great Britain.
France.

Question 27 of 50

27. Question

Outer space:

is considered to be international territory, like oceans.
can be "claimed" as territory by any state.
can be militarized.
is defined by international law as airspace beginning at 40,000 feet above sea level.

Question 28 of 50

28. Question

Which of these is an example of a revolution, based on strong ideologies, that lost its ideological fervor?

Iran (1979) & the United States (1776)
China (1949)
Russia (1917)
All these answers are correct.
?

Question 29 of 50

29. Question

The government of Angola in the 1980s proclaimed Marxist rhetoric

in an attempt to get Soviet aid for a transformation into a communist state.
in an effort to frighten neighbors into giving it territorial concessions.
in order to quell a rebellion by a pro-Marxist group called UNITA.
to convince the Soviets to give them aid, though the proclaimed ideological transformation was false.

Question 30 of 50

30. Question

During World War I,

the failure of nationalism to motivate populations to a defense of country meant that governments had to conscript soldiers.
nationalism proved a stronger force than socialism.
socialist workers from different European countries banded together as workers to fight for workers' rights.
socialism died as a political movement and was not resurrected until after WWII.

Question 31 of 50

31. Question

Raids:

are considered to be low-intensity conflict when they occur only once.
are the type of action that elevate a low-intensity conflict into full-scale warfare.
fall into the category of guerilla war because they consist of a conventional force facing a nonconventional force.
fall into the gray area between wars and nonwars because their destruction is limited and they are over quickly.
?

Question 32 of 50

32. Question

Which of the following is true of theories that center on the individual level of analysis?

They explain wars in terms of power relations among major actors in the international system.
There are two major theories and neither holds up very well in reality.
One theory at the individual level, consistent with realism, holds that the use of war and other violent means of leverage in international conflicts is abnormal and reflects the irrational decisions of national leaders.
The two major theories in this arena are based on the assumptions of realism.

Question 33 of 50

33. Question

The Strategic Defense Initiative is designed to:

develop defenses that could shoot down incoming ballistic missiles.
build up U.S. numbers of intercontinental ballistic missiles.
build up U.S. stockpiles of nuclear weapons.
ensure that the U.S. has second-strike capability.

Question 34 of 50

34. Question

War between states:

May be becoming increasingly obsolete.
Is rooted in our understanding of a Westphalian state system.
a and b.
None of the options given is correct.

Question 35 of 50

35. Question

The definition of war as “organized violence carried on by political units against each other” came from:

Thucydides.
Quincy Wright.
Hedley Bull.
Karl von Clausewitz.

Question 36 of 50

36. Question

War:

Is a political instrument.
Is only fought between states.
Can be an agent of historical change.
a and b.

Question 37 of 50

37. Question

The statement “War made the state, and the state made war”:

Comes from the work of historical sociologist Charles Tilly.
Applies to the development and use of atomic weapons.
Is the primary argument of Robert Heinlein.
Is used to explain civil conflict in Africa.

Question 38 of 50

38. Question

The effect of technology on war:

is the dominant focus of the Revolution in Military Affairs.
Neglects the complex political dimensions of warfare.
a and b.
None of the options given is correct.

Question 39 of 50

39. Question

State autonomy is challenged in the “post-Westphalian” order because:

Identity politics are increasingly important.
Economic insecurity provokes civil conflict.
Technological development and 'virtual war' have enabled Western intervention.
All of the options given are correct.

Question 40 of 50

40. Question

A clear example of the Revolution in Military Affairs include:

Afghanistan in the 1980's.
Rwanda in 1994.
Serbia in 1999.
Iraq in 2003.

Question 41 of 50

41. Question

Contemporary warfare has changed the role of:

The media.
Women.
Children.
All of the options given are correct.

Question 42 of 50

42. Question

‘New wars’ are supported by activities such as:

Hostage-taking.
Illegal trafficking of diamonds and drugs.
Arms smuggling across weakly enforced borders.
All of the options given are correct.

Question 43 of 50

43. Question

What characteristic do globalization and terrorism share in common?

Both are a current phenomenon.
both are a recently new phenomenon.
Both are complex and open to subjective interpretation.
Both are causes of major transactions of funds internationally.

Question 44 of 50

44. Question

Who would realists suggest has a monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force?

Islamic Fundamentalists.
The State.
The United Nations.
None of the options given is correct.

Question 45 of 50

45. Question

Which factor didn’t lead to the birth of transnational terrorism?

The end of the cold war.
The expansion of air travel.
The wider availability of televised news coverage.
Broad common political and ideological interests.

Question 46 of 50

46. Question

Who was the target of the symbolic attacks against the World Trade Centre in 1933 and 2001?

Global Capitalism.
Citizens of the USA.
President Clinton.
The International Monetary Fund.

Question 47 of 50

47. Question

For which of the following things are video recordings useful to terrorist groups?

To identify perpetrators and aid in their arrest.
To determine future targets terrorist may attack in the future.
To recruit members.
To appear on the Al-Jazeera TV Show "Terrorists Funniest Home Videos".

Question 48 of 50

48. Question

What has not complicated the search for terrorists and terrorist cells?

Increase in trade and commerce throughout the world.
The use of cellular phone technology.
The globalization of commerce.
Increased immigration.

Question 49 of 50

49. Question

Which of the following has stalled action in the UN directed towards terrorism?

United States veto power.
Resolutions targeting Israel as a "terrorist-state".
Debate on larger issues such as Iraq and Bosnia.
Arguments over semantics and definitions.

Question 50 of 50

50. Question

What can terrorists hope for in order to the successful in the future?

Widespread uprising of the disaffected and oppressed or collapse of the USA.
The USA invades more Arab countries, thus allowing them more places to establish themselves.
International cooperation between terrorists groups for the shared objective of a better world.
Widespread conversion of Christians and Jews to Islam.

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