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1. Nationalism

    a. contributed to the disintegration of large, multinational states like Austria-Hungary.

    b. is no longer a major factor in international conflict and war.

    c. has helped to create states, but has not been created by states.

    d. was not as important as socialism as a rallying point during World War I.

    e. was not as important as communism as a rallying point during World War II.

2. The Iran-Contra scandal resulted from the activities of which government agency?

    a. The National Security Agency (NSA)

    b. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

    c. The Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR)

    d. The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

    e. The National Security Council (NSC)

3. The U.S. National Intelligence Council's long-range planning report in 2008 indicated that which country was poised to have a profound effect on the world over the next 20 years, perhaps more than any other state?

    a. Cuba

    b. Russia

    c. Iran

    d. China

    e. Saudi Arabia

4. With respect to conflict resolution, which of the following is false?

    a. Conflict resolution methods are at work in virtually all international conflicts.

    b. Confidence-building measures can be used to gradually increase trust between conflicting parties.

    c. Recently, use of conflict resolution has been increasing, becoming more sophisticated, and succeeding more often.

    d. Arbitration is when a mediator listens to each side's ideas and presents them in a way the other side can hear.

    e. Linkage aggregates diverse issues so that compromises on one can be traded off against another in a grand deal.

5. Decisions of individuals can most frequently diverge from the rational model because of

    a. misperceptions and immoral values.

    b. cognitive bias and nonreferential perspectives.

    c. information screens and affective bias.

    d. selective perception and congruent beliefs.

    e. justification of effort and operational codes.

6. A recent arms control agreement, which included strict verification measures and the possibility of sanctions against nonsignatories, was completed for what type of weapons?

    a. Chemical

    b. Biological

    c. Nuclear

    d. Conventional

    e. Ballistic missiles

7. Nonmaterial elements of power include

    a. diplomatic skill and national will.

    b. national will and the size of the state's territory.

    c. the size of the state's territory and of the military forces.

    d. the size of the military forces and diplomatic skill.

    e. the size of the state's territory and of the population.

8. Foreign policy

    a. is the strategy used by governments to guide their actions in the international arena.

    b. is the way in which policies are arrived at and implemented.

    c. emphasizes the individual and domestic levels of analysis.

    d. is based solely on the political culture and history of a state.

    e. A and C

9. _____ is the regaining of territory lost to another state.

    a. Secessionism

    b. Territorial integration

    c. Irredentism

    d. Sovereignty

    e. Unification

10. The first crisis of the post-Cold War era was

    a. the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

    b. Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.

    c. the disintegration of Yugoslavia.

    d. the humanitarian crisis in Somalia.

    e. conflict in Rwanda.

11. Neoliberals

    a. stress the importance of international institutions in reducing conflict in the international system.

    b. are pessimistic about international cooperation.

    c. agree with realists that states are unitary actors.

    d. view reciprocity as an ineffective strategy for achieving cooperation.

    e. A and C