POL 200 final exams—covers ch. 1-8 and lecture material
Please be able to answer the folloing as your prepare for the final exam:
1. Compare and contrast three world religions that we covered in class.
2. Discuss some of the factors that constitute power, using real world examples if possible.
3. Discuss some of the roles international organizations play in today’s world, citing specific examples.
4. Do you think America is exercising its global leadership role in a responsible manner? Explain.
5. What is meant by the term “sovereignty" in relation to a state’s leadership?
6. What is Freedom House?
7. Why are democracy and a nation’s wealth closely correlated?
8. What is the World Trade Organization?
9. What is petrodiplomacy?
10. Does the European Union have a promising future? Why or why not? (This is opinion, but briefly support your position).
True/False
Please write the word “True” or “False” in the left margin next to each statement.
11. In politics, issues are rarely linked.
12. Anarchy refers to a nation that is completely dependent on other countries.
13. Constructivists believe that states are the key actor in international politics.
14. In a bipolar state system, a single state always sets the rules of the game.
15. Proponents of globalization generally endorse high transnational taxes and tariffs.
16. The democratic peace thesis contends that democracies rarely fight one another.
17. The EU has a commission and a General Assembly.
18. The Bush doctrine endorses preemptive strikes.
19. The power of terrorists to mobilize is constantly increasing.
20. Public diplomacy often relies heavily on propaganda.
Multiple Choice
Please select the correct answer to the following questions.
21. All of the following are characteristics of the Bush doctrine except
endorses America’s right to lead
supports preemptive strikes
believes in deterrence at all costs
was used to justify recent strikes in Afghanistan and Iraq
22. The United States is known globally for its
unwillingness to endure death of its own
lack of respect for United Nations’ decisions
popular celebrity culture
all of the above
23. The modern nation-state was established under which of the following:
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Westphalia
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Rome
24. Fungibility means
Changeability
Containment
Appeasement
Democratization
25. Which of the following best describes the concept of power?
using one’s assets to affect events
purely tangible concept
purely intangible concept
communicating with the enemy
Short answer: in a paragraph or two, please answer each of the following:
26. When and how do you think the United States’ hegemony will end? Is there any way the United States can preserve its unipolar moment?
27. What are the three levels of analysis used to study global politics and who are the actors at each level?
28. What are some problems aggravated by or brought on by globalization?
29. What are some opportunities that globalization opens up?
30. What is realism and is it a viable theory?
31. Which individual level theory best explains world politics, in your opinion? Why?
32. Does globalization weaken or strengthen state power? How so?
33. What should be done about the immigration issue in the United States? Why?
34. What quality or qualities does our next president need, in your opinion?
35. What should the United States do about the current problems in the Middle East?
36. Are you a Democrat or a Republican and why?
37. Do you think it helps or harms the Americans more overall when American companies outsource jobs? Why?
38. What can be done about the rising price of gas?
39. What three world religious denominations do you find most viable and why?
40. Who do you think is the most admirable politician living today? Why?
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Midterm Exam Review
Midterm Exam Review: Be familiar with how to respond to these sample questions as you prepare for the midterm. This review is not exhaustive--other material may be on the midterm, yet this respresents much of what will be covered.
Part I
Please answer the following using complete sentences.
1. How do international relations affect your life, specifically?
2. Who are the main actors on the global political landscape (per our text and class lecture)?
3. What is the key difference between realism and liberalism?
4. What is the key difference between realism and neorealism?
5. What is the key difference between a hobbessian, lockean, and kantian world view?
6. What are some of the notable contributions to IP (International Politics) from Ancient Greece and Rome?
7. Why and how were the Dark and Middle Ages marked by determinism?
8. Why and how was the Renaissance marked by existentialism, in a very general sense?
9. When and what were the multipolar eras following the Middle Ages?
10. Why was the Treaty of Westphalia significant?
11. How did the Treaty of Versailles potentially make a Second World War likely or at least feasible?
12. Discuss how proxy wars reflected the bipolar Cold War international system.
13. How and why did the Cold War end?
14. Some say mercantilism was defeated with the ending of the Cold War. What is meant by this? Do you agree?
15. What are some the prominent scholarly prognostications for the future? (Be sure to name the prognosticators).
16. Which of these prognostications (per number 15), or combination thereof, is the most viable, in your opinion? Why?
17. Explain the difference between autarky and interdependence.
18. What is NAFTA and why was the United States’ signing of it controversial in the presidential race of 1991?
19. Define globalization from a holistic standpoint, using YOUR own words.
20. Do you think democracy has “triumphed,” as some contend? Explain.
21. Differentiate between hard and soft power.
22. How do hard and soft power affect one another? Cite a specific example or examples.
23. What are the Bretton Woods Institutions and what does each do?
24. What is nationalism?
25. What are some of the positive, or potentially positive, characteristics of nationalism?
26. What are some of the negative, or potentially negative, characteristics of nationalism?
27. Is the nation-state likely to remain relevant and viable into this new millennium, in your opinion? Why or why not?
28. In the movie Untraceable, how does the fictional killwithme.com manage to become relatively untraceable? What are this villain’s tricks for covering his identity and keeping the site active?
29. Is any online activity, site, or portal potentially untraceable in real life? Defend your response.
30. How does the field of IP affect your field (ECPI major)?
31. And how does IP affect one other ECPI major?
32. What makes transnational corporations so potentially powerful?
33. Please put the following quote in layman’s terms and then tell whether or not you agree and why.
“The internationally supervised independence of Kosovo from Serbia has received a mixed reaction from the international community. The controversy over Kosovo’s independence includes not only the legality of the declaration itself but also a possible partition of Kosovo and inflammation of irredentism…[the controversy also is focused on the] impact on the international rule of law, and whether it [Kosovo’s independence] sets a legal precedent for other separatist conflicts throughout the world.”
Extra credit: (no set length, up to 5 points)
Discuss the evolution of the political process through the primary season, who you think the frontrunners is or frontrunner are for each party (Democrats and Republicans), how the media is playing a role in the process, and what issues you think are most important right now. Basically, tell me what you know about this year’s lead up to the presidential race that will impress, inspire, and open up new ideas….
Part I
Please answer the following using complete sentences.
1. How do international relations affect your life, specifically?
2. Who are the main actors on the global political landscape (per our text and class lecture)?
3. What is the key difference between realism and liberalism?
4. What is the key difference between realism and neorealism?
5. What is the key difference between a hobbessian, lockean, and kantian world view?
6. What are some of the notable contributions to IP (International Politics) from Ancient Greece and Rome?
7. Why and how were the Dark and Middle Ages marked by determinism?
8. Why and how was the Renaissance marked by existentialism, in a very general sense?
9. When and what were the multipolar eras following the Middle Ages?
10. Why was the Treaty of Westphalia significant?
11. How did the Treaty of Versailles potentially make a Second World War likely or at least feasible?
12. Discuss how proxy wars reflected the bipolar Cold War international system.
13. How and why did the Cold War end?
14. Some say mercantilism was defeated with the ending of the Cold War. What is meant by this? Do you agree?
15. What are some the prominent scholarly prognostications for the future? (Be sure to name the prognosticators).
16. Which of these prognostications (per number 15), or combination thereof, is the most viable, in your opinion? Why?
17. Explain the difference between autarky and interdependence.
18. What is NAFTA and why was the United States’ signing of it controversial in the presidential race of 1991?
19. Define globalization from a holistic standpoint, using YOUR own words.
20. Do you think democracy has “triumphed,” as some contend? Explain.
21. Differentiate between hard and soft power.
22. How do hard and soft power affect one another? Cite a specific example or examples.
23. What are the Bretton Woods Institutions and what does each do?
24. What is nationalism?
25. What are some of the positive, or potentially positive, characteristics of nationalism?
26. What are some of the negative, or potentially negative, characteristics of nationalism?
27. Is the nation-state likely to remain relevant and viable into this new millennium, in your opinion? Why or why not?
28. In the movie Untraceable, how does the fictional killwithme.com manage to become relatively untraceable? What are this villain’s tricks for covering his identity and keeping the site active?
29. Is any online activity, site, or portal potentially untraceable in real life? Defend your response.
30. How does the field of IP affect your field (ECPI major)?
31. And how does IP affect one other ECPI major?
32. What makes transnational corporations so potentially powerful?
33. Please put the following quote in layman’s terms and then tell whether or not you agree and why.
“The internationally supervised independence of Kosovo from Serbia has received a mixed reaction from the international community. The controversy over Kosovo’s independence includes not only the legality of the declaration itself but also a possible partition of Kosovo and inflammation of irredentism…[the controversy also is focused on the] impact on the international rule of law, and whether it [Kosovo’s independence] sets a legal precedent for other separatist conflicts throughout the world.”
Extra credit: (no set length, up to 5 points)
Discuss the evolution of the political process through the primary season, who you think the frontrunners is or frontrunner are for each party (Democrats and Republicans), how the media is playing a role in the process, and what issues you think are most important right now. Basically, tell me what you know about this year’s lead up to the presidential race that will impress, inspire, and open up new ideas….
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