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Question 1:

Which of the following is said to be one of the oldest forms of regulating people across diverse political societies and national borders?
a) Trade Unions
b) Civil Society
c) Imperialism
d) Trade
e) Educational systems

Question 2:

One of the principal mechanisms used to maintain international order following the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 and for many decades during the initial period of the modern states system was ________.
a) democratization
b) balance of power
c) survival of the fittest
d) rule of law
e) collective security

Question 3:

Which of the following was not an approach adopted by the League of Nations for conflict resolution?
a) Mediation and arbitration
b) Military action
c) The formal creation of treaties through diplomacy
d) Recognition of the multistate system and state sovereignty
e) None of the above.

Question 4:

Which of these was established by the League of Nations in pursuance of its legalistic approach to conflict resolution?
a) The Security Council
b) The International Court of Justice
c) The Court for Arbitration
d) The Permanent Court of International Justice
e) The International Criminal Court

Question 5:

A key innovation introduced by the UN was its recognition of the importance of which of the following for the promotion of global peace and security?
a) Super-powers
b) Balance of power
c) Economic stability
d) Regional arrangements
e) A permanent Security Council

Question 6:

Which of the following has been described as one of the most noteworthy features of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries in relation to structures and processes of global governance?
a) The proliferation of new wars
b) Military coup d’états
c) The proliferation of NGOs
d) Failed states
e) The end of the Cold War

Question 7:

Which of the following countries has been at the forefront of the UN’s recent blue-print, Responsibility to Protect?
a) The United States
b) Russia
c) China
d) Canada
e) The United Kingdom

Question 8:

Which one of the following is not part of the institutions resulting from the Bretton Woods System?
a) The World Bank
b) The IMF
c) The GATT
d) The WTO
e) The UN

Question 9:

Which one of the following bodies was created by the UN for the promotion of international law and justice, but lacks the backing of the US?
a) The Kyoto Protocol
b) The Convention to Ban Anti-Personnel Landmines
c) The International Court of Justice
d) The International Criminal Court
e) The Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty

Question 10:

Which of the following is not among the main accusations directed at institutions of global economic governance, such as the World Bank and the IMF?
a) Their policies undermine the sovereignty of states
b) Their policies create more inequality
c) They are overly intrusive into the affairs of poor countries
d) They are not accountable
e) They promote civil wars

Higher Education

Global Politics: Chapter Fifteen