Questão 1
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The 2008 financial crisis can be used to highight:
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The decreasing interconnectedness of internaional politics.
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The irrelevance of the idea of globalization.
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The idea that with globalization power increasingly is organised and exercised at a distance from those it affects.
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the irrelevance of financial institutions in international politics.
Questão 2
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Which of the following factors is not considered an 'engine' of globalization?
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Economics
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Environment
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Technics (technology)
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Politics
Questão 3
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Which key concept of global politics describes '… the rightful entitlement to exclusive, unqualified, and supreme rule within a delimited territory?'
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Sovereignty
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The disaggregated strate
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Independence
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'Might is right'
Questão 4
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Which term best describes “the collective structures and processes by which ‘interests are articulated and aggregated, decisions are made, values allocated and policies conducted through international or transnational political processes”?
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Cosmopolitan
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Global politics
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Raison d'etat
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Global polity
Questão 5
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The Threaty of Westphalia was signed in:
Questão 6
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The central argument of the chapter is that globalization:
Questão 7
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Globalization can be seen within the military sphere by:
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the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
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the growth of transnational terrorism.
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the growing significance of transnational military corporations.
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all of the above.
Questão 8
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The three pillars of the Westphalian Constitution of world politics are:
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life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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territoriality, sovereignty, autonomy.
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independence, autonomy, sovereignty.
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sovereignty, territoriality, independence.
Questão 9
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Political globalization involves webs of:
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non-state actors and corporations.
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alliance politics.
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civil society
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multilateral institutions, policy networks, and transgovernmental cooperation.
Questão 10
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What two terms best describe the transition to a post-Westphalian order of global politics?
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International relations to global politics
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(State centric) geopolitics to (geocentric) global politics
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Internationalization to globalization
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Cold war to post-cold war
Questão 11
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From which writer is the following line taken: "A society of states…exists when a group of states…form a society in the sense that they conceive themselves to be bound by a common set of rules in their relations with one another, and share in the working of common institutions."?
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Grotius
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Hedly Bull
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Machiavelli
Questão 12
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Ancient Rome was formally divided into Eastern and Western parts in which year?
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360 AD
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395 AD
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300 AD
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400 AD
Questão 13
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Ancient Greek institutions that approximated international society include:
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amphyctionic Council
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Arbitration
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proxenia
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all of the above
Questão 14
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The term signifying natural and eternal laws is:
Questão 15
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The ancient society to promulgate the idea of ius gentium (law of nations) is:
Questão 16
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Which movement, led by Martin Luther, helped to bring about a secular concept of the state?
Questão 17
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What is the core value of international society?
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Political independence
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Self-determination
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Sovereign equality
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Freedom
Questão 18
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The statement "the king is emperor in his own kingdom' came from:
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Italy
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England
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France
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Germany
Questão 19
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What term best describes the dominance of a particular state in relation to all other states in the international system?
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Empire
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Hegemon
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Sovereign
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Suzereign State
Questão 20
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The theorist credited with examining the rights of indigenous peoples but also criticized for implicitly enabling sovereignty-based imperialism was:
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Machiavelli
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Francisco de Vitoria
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Vattel
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Grotius
Questão 21
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In which region did the cold war have its origins
Questão 22
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What war began the era of modern total war?
Questão 23
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What is the term used to describe the retreat from empire throughout most of Asia and Africa after 1945?
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Decolonization
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'Wind of change'
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Retro-imperialism
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Dénte
Questão 24
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What key policy was associated with the Truman Doctrine?
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Rapprochement
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Apartheid
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Containment
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Decolonization
Questão 25
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What year was the NATO treaty signed?
Questão 26
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Khrushchev's policy towards the West was a mixture of seeking coexistence and sometimes pursuing:
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nuclear arms superiority
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economic reforms
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hegemony
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confrontation
Questão 27
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What was the term used to describe the re-establishment of more friendly relations between China and the US?
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Containment
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Rapprochement
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Dénte
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'Wind of change'
Questão 28
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In what year did Cuban missile crisis take place?
Questão 29
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The First World War:
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was characterized by trench warfare and attrition.
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began to end in November 1918 with allied advances.
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mobilised whole European societies
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All of the above
Questão 30
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Which treaty in 1968 sought to limit the spread of nuclear weapons?
Questão 31
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Which author of the choices below is known for describing the paradox of American Power?
Questão 32
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What term best describes the balance of power in the post-cold war era?
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Unipolar
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Bipolar
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Multipolar
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Semi-polar
Questão 33
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The election of Barack Obama in 2008 occurred during:
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a time of heightened prosperity for the USA
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a technological revolution.
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a time of peace in the Middle East.
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the worst financial crisis faced by the USA since the 1930s.
Questão 34
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The European Security and Defence Policy began in which year?
Questão 35
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The United States chose to go to war in Iraq because:
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of the key role played by British Prime Minister, Tony Blair.
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Iraq posed a genuine threat to the security of the USA post 9/11
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the USA was determined to secure control of the regions oil fields.
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all of the above options are competing explanations behind the USA’s decision to go to war in Iraq.
Questão 36
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Who was Yeltsin’s successor in post-communist Russia?
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Gorbachev
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Vladimir Putin
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Dmitri Trenin
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All of the above
Questão 37
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Who termed the US a 'hyperpower'?
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Boris Yeltsin
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Hubert Vedrine
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Josef Joffe
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Jacques Chirac
Questão 38
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September 11th was foreshadowed by:
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the attempted destruction of the World Trade Center (1993).
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the bombing of US embassies in Africa (1998
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the bombing of the USS Cole (2000).
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all of the above
Questão 39
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What word is contentiously used to describe the post-9/11 brand of US foreign policy?
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Turbo-charged capitalism
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Multilateralism
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Neo-liberalism
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Empire
Questão 40
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What regional organization emerged in East Asia in 1967?
Questão 41
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Is the European Union itself a member of UN Security Council or the G20?
Questão 42
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We often hear of the Third World (although it is a contested term). But what is the Second World?
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The Western hemisphere, with particular reference to the United States (i.e., the term is interchangeable with the “new” world).
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The Soviet Union and its allies
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Eastern Asia (particularly Japan and China)
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All of the above depending on context
Questão 43
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What is “institutional power”?
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The relative power of organisations or groups of countries (ASEAN, the EU, BRICs etc.)
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The ability to control the agenda, to decide what gets decided, and to exclude those issues which threaten the interests of the most powerful.
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Bureaucratic “heft”, that can hinder or help political leaders realise policy ambitions.
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Indirect use of international organisations and pressure groups to further a desired agenda
Questão 44
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The climate change negotiations in Copenhagen in 2009 has been presented as an example of the changing institutional context. How?
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The financial crisis weakened Europe’s bargaining position
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The BASIC countries acted in concert to push a common agenda.
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China successfully used soft power to push its agenda.
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Anti-globalisation organisations were made formal partners in the negotiation structure.
Questão 45
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Which of the following is an example of institutions that were created at the end of WW2 (and based on the power situation of that era)?
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The IMF
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ASEAN
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The World Social Forum
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The G5