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1. After World War II, which group of countries represented the Great Powers, countries able to exercise a significant amount of influence on global and international issues?
A China, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Soviet Union
B China, Japan, Germany, United States, Russia
C China, United Kingdom, France, United States, Soviet Union
D China, United States, France, Japan, Germany
2. Which of the following is not a role for the General Assembly of the United Nations?
A Write reports on global and international issues
B Authorize the budget for the UN
C Make recommendations to the Security Council
D Send troops into an active war zone to maintain peace and security
3. According to historian John Lewis Gaddis (2005), the Helsinki Accords accomplished all but which of the following?
A Committed signatories to respect human rights and self-determination
B Undermined the legitimacy of the Soviet Union
C Brought almost all European countries, Canada, and the United States together to sign a single agreement
D Reduced cooperation among European countries
4. The Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra America (ALBA) most directly challenges the role and influence of which of the following regional organizations or agreements in Latin America?
A Mercosur
B European Union
C NAFTA
D NATO
5. Which of the following is not a regional multilateral organization?
A Mercosur
B General Assembly
C NATO
D ALBA
6. Which of the following terms best describes an organization that brings together local actors and international actors for a common cause?
A Glocal group
B Super PAC
C NGO
D Transnational coalition
7. Which of the following was not a failing of the League of Nations?
A Failure to confront Japan's invasion of Manchuria (China) in 1931
B Excessive amounts of power given to large states
C Failure to confront Italy's Invasion of Ethiopia in 1935
D Lack of participation by the United States
8. Which of the following phenomena does not support an argument in favor of reforming the membership of the UN Security Council?
A France and Great Britain have lost their empires and experienced relative economic decline since World War II.
B The historical context in which the UN was created did not account for the growing relative importance of the Global South.
C The United States and China remain important political and economic actors more than 7 decades after World War II.
D Germany and Japan have experienced peaceful economic growth since World War II.
9. Which of the following best characterizes the influence of the International Court of Justice in recent decades?
A Remained constant
B Fluctuated dramatically
C Increased
D Declined
10. According to Smallman and Brown, the dominant trend in global political affairs is toward the creation of more states governed by democracies and the decline of authoritarian states, but China is an important counter-example to the trend of democratization for which of the following reasons?
A China's diplomatic influence is gradually declining
B A nondemocratic regime has been able to oversee stunning economic growth
C Most countries in the world aspire to follow China's model
D China routinely imposes democratic governments on its neighbors