The Globalization Of International Relations MCQs

Option A: the sovereign power and authority of national government – the entitlement of states to rule within their own territorial space – being transformed but not necessarily eroded

Option B: a real dilemma: in return for more effective public policy and meeting their citizens demands, whether in relation to the drugs trade or employment, their capacity for self-governance – that is sate autonomy – is compromised

Option C: a new geography of political organization and political power is emerging, which transcends territories and borders

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: capitalism’s insatiable requirement for new markets and profits, which lead inevitably to the globalization of economic activity

Option B: a shared ecology involving shared en environmental problems, from global warming to species protection, alongside the creation of multilateral responses and regimes of global environmental governance

Option C: central to any account of globalization since it is a truism that without modern communications infrastructures, in particular, a global system or worldwide economy not be possible

Option D: the technologically induced erosion of distance and time giving the appearance a world that is in communication terms shrinking

Correct Answer: the technologically induced erosion of distance and time giving the appearance a world that is in communication terms shrinking ✔

Option A: was a result of countries appearing as autonomous containers of political, social and economic activity in that fixed borders separate the domestic sphere form the world outside

Option B: represents a process in which the organization of social activities is increasingly less constrained by geographical proximity and national territorial boundaries

Option C: involves a complex mix of homogenization and increased heterogeneity given the global diffusion of popular culture, global media corporations, and communications networks

Option D: was the product of a complex politics involving public and private actors form trade unions, industrial associations, humanitarian groups, governments, and legal experts

Correct Answer: was the product of a complex politics involving public and private actors form trade unions, industrial associations, humanitarian groups, governments, and legal experts ✔

Option A: is the complex which bring together the representatives of governments, international organizations, NGOs, and the corporate sector for the formulation and implementation of global public policy

Option B: is the formal and informal mechanism which link government officials in one agency with their foreign counterparts for purposes of policy coordination, harmonization, dialog and enforcement

Option C: is he tendency for stats to become increasingly fragmented actors in global politics as every part of the government machine becomes entangled with its foreign counterparts and others in dealing proliferating transgovernmental and global policy networks

Option D: is the rightful entitlement to exclusive, unqualified and supreme rule within a delimited territory

Correct Answer: is he tendency for stats to become increasingly fragmented actors in global politics as every part of the government machine becomes entangled with its foreign counterparts and others in dealing proliferating transgovernmental and global policy networks ✔

Option A: by comparison with the period 1870 to 1914 the world is much less globalized economically, politically and culturally

Option B: the vast bulk of international economic and political activity is concentrated within the group of OECD states

Option C: globalization is at best a self-serving myth or ideology which reinforces western and particularly US hegemony in world politics

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: countries appear as autonomous containers of political, social and economic activity in that fixed borders separate the domestic sphere from the world outside

Option B: by comparison with the heyday of European global empires the majority of the world’s population and countries in the South are now much less integrated into the global system

Option C: in a more interdependent world, simply to achieve domestic objectives national government are forced to engage in extensive multilateral collaboration and co-operation

Option D: stare power, nationalism and territorial boundaries are of growing not less importance in world politics

Correct Answer: in a more interdependent world, simply to achieve domestic objectives national government are forced to engage in extensive multilateral collaboration and co-operation ✔

Option A: a benign form of cosmopolitan democracy

Option B: equally experienced across the world and amongst different social groups

Option C: decisively shaped by European expansion and conquest

Option D: saw the establishment of the international Convention on the Elimination of Child Labour

Correct Answer: decisively shaped by European expansion and conquest ✔

Option A: the way in which contemporary globalization is equally experienced across the world and amongst different social groups

Option B: the way in which contemporary globalization is unequally experienced across the world and amongst different social groups

Option C: the degree to which networks or patterns of social interaction are formally constituted as organizations with specific purposes

Option D: a process in which the organization of social activities is increasingly less constrained by geographical proximity and national territorial boundaries

Correct Answer: the way in which contemporary globalization is unequally experienced across the world and amongst different social groups ✔

Option A: defined a new age in world history so today the microchip and the satellite are icons of a globalized world order

Option B: evidenced a major expansion in the spread and entrenchment of European empires

Option C: saw the expansion of transnational and international law from trade to human rights

Option D: saw the establishment of the international Convention on the Elimination of Child Labour

Correct Answer: evidenced a major expansion in the spread and entrenchment of European empires ✔

Option A: Poland from East Germany

Option B: the Soviet Union from East Germany

Option C: West Germany from the Soviet Union

Option D: West Berlin from East Berlin

Correct Answer: West Berlin from East Berlin ✔

Option A: a stretching of social, political, and economic activities across political frontiers.

Option B: a growing magnitude of interconnections in almost every sphere of social existence

Option C: an accelerating pace of global interactions and processes associated with a deepening enmeshment of the local and the global

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: an attempt to secure its natural resources

Option B: an attempt to support the new Soviet policy of glasnost

Option C: an attempt to prevent the Soviet Union from gaining a seaport in the Horn of Africa

Option D: a proxy war with the Soviet Union

Correct Answer: a proxy war with the Soviet Union ✔

Option A: containment of American military power

Option B: economic reform

Option C: support of developing world communist revolutions

Option D: detente with China

Correct Answer: economic reform ✔

Option A: Eastern Europe’s stated desire to remain politically close to Russia

Option B: The division between Eastern and Western Europe over expanding membership in NATO

Option C: Eastern Europe’s support of the U.S decision to invade Iraq in 2003

Option D: Western Europe’s rejection of high agricultural subsidies in international world trade negotiations

Correct Answer: C. Eastern Europe’s support of the U.S decision to invade Iraq in 2003 ✔

Option A: It cemented communist military control over Southeast Asia

Option B: It sparked a thaw in relations between the Soviet Union and China

Option C: It hardened overall American attitudes toward communism

Option D: It sparked a thaw in relations between China and the United States

Correct Answer: It hardened overall American attitudes toward communism ✔

Option A: North America

Option B: Western Europe

Option C: the Middle East

Option D: Japan

Correct Answer: the Middle East ✔

Option A: China

Option B: Japan

Option C: Great Britain

Option D: the United States

Correct Answer: China ✔

Option A: Bosnia

Option B: Croatia

Option C: Serbia

Option D: Czechoslovakia

Correct Answer: Bosnia ✔

Option A: dominance

Option B: reciprocity

Option C: identity

Option D: favoritism

Correct Answer: identity ✔

Option A: Macedonia

Option B: Bosnia

Option C: Iraq

Option D: Rwanda

Correct Answer: Rwanda ✔

Option A: were crises during the post-Cold War

Option B: were crises that ted to World War II

Option C: were crises that followed the Vietnam War

Option D: were crises during the Cold

Correct Answer: were crises during the Cold ✔

Option A: MNCs

Option B: NGOs

Option C: IGOs

Option D: substate actors

Correct Answer: MNCs ✔

Option A: tragedy of the commons

Option B: collective action

Option C: free riding

Option D: hegemony

Correct Answer: hegemony ✔

Option A: France

Option B: Soviet Union

Option C: United States

Option D: All these countries occupied Germany after World War II: the United States, the Soviet Union, & France

Correct Answer: France ✔

Option A: identity

Option B: co-operation

Option C: dominance

Option D: reciprocity

Correct Answer: identity ✔

Option A: Amnesty International

Option B: NATO

Option C: the World Trade Organization

Option D: OPEC

Correct Answer: Amnesty International ✔

Option A: the Marshall Plan

Option B: containment

Option C: mutual assured destruction

Option D: peaceful coexistence

Correct Answer: containment ✔

Option A: United States

Option B: Japan

Option C: China

Option D: Great Britain

Correct Answer: United States ✔

Option A: North Korea

Option B: Poland

Option C: East Germany

Option D: Cuba

Correct Answer: Cuba ✔

Option A: reciprocity

Option B: dominance

Option C: identity

Option D: polity

Correct Answer: reciprocity ✔

Option A: interstate

Option B: individual

Option C: global

Option D: national

Correct Answer: interstate ✔

Option A: immediately before World War I

Option B: immediately after the Korean War

Option C: immediately after World War I

Option D: immediately after World War II

Correct Answer: immediately after World War I ✔