Exam 4: The International System

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A) changing norms
B) changes in military power
C) anticapitalist revolutions
D) control by international organizations
E) global corporations

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A) divide the system into developed core and less developed periphery regions.
B) conceptualize it as a multipolar system based on economic power.
C) consider power to be the ultimate goal of the state.
D) focus exclusively on social and cultural exchanges between states.
E) see the product of interactions between actors as a potentially positive one.

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A) the inability of the international system to change.
B) the fact that a unipolar system is not possible.
C) the fact that a bipolar system is not possible.
D) the unequal division of resources among states.
E) the source of the potential for peace in the international system.

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A) stratification.
B) polarity.
C) interdependence.
D) alliances.
E) stability.

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A) Instability is created when dominant powers are challenged by those just beneath them as the latter try to gain access to the former's resources.
B) Instability exists because an equal distribution of resources means that all states can potentially challenge others.
C) Instability exists because international organizations are difficult to establish in a stratified system, making mediation of conflicts difficult.
D) Radicals do not believe instability will occur because stratification creates a unipolar system.
E) Radicals do not believe instability will occur because the distribution of resources is fixed.

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A) provides descriptions of behavior at the micro level.
B) allows comparisons and contrasts across systems.
C) shows international politics is just like domestic politics.
D) makes it easy to test theory because of existing historical data.
E) does not allow theorists to consider systemic change.

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A) the distribution of power to conquer is concentrated in more than two states.
B) military and economic power are not held by the same states.
C) the North is pitted against the South.
D) there is no stability in the system.
E) states are sovereign.

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A) power does not play an important role in the international system.
B) changes in the distribution of power is the key factor explaining change in the international system.
C) only the ideas of powerful states matter.
D) power is defined by the distribution of material capabilities.
E) the meaning of "power" can change over time.

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A) Liberals see changes in the relative importance of issue areas as one source of change in the international system.
B) Liberals see change as stemming from the fact that participants in global civil society are decreasing in importance in the international system.
C) Unlike realists, liberals do not see change in the international system coming from changes in the overall power structure among states.
D) Liberals do not see change coming from changes in technological developments.
E) Unlike radicals, liberals advocate major changes in the international system.

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A) multipolar.
B) unipolar.
C) multilateral.
D) an international society.
E) interdependent.

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A) substate actors and international organizations
B) states
C) social classes and multinational corporations
D) cultures and identities
E) individuals

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A) insignificant in the international system.
B) having important and independent effects on state actions.
C) defining states' underlying interests and motivations.
D) the most powerful international actors.
E) useful only for weak states.

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A) the system is defined by polarity.
B) the system is defined by stratification.
C) the international system constrains state behavior.
D) the system is fixed and cannot change.
E) the system is defined by the actions of capitalist states.

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A) states have alliances in a tight system, but not in a loose one.
B) states have alliances in a loose system, but not a tight one.
C) a unipolar system always arises from a loose system, but not a tight one.
D) international organizations are likely to be used by states in a tight system, but ineffective in a looser one.
E) international organizations are likely to be ineffective in a tight system, but more likely to be used by states in a looser one.

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A) The capitalist system may be overturned in favor of a more equitable one.
B) International institutions can be strengthened to prevent cheating.
C) The international system will be changed for the better.
D) Unipolarity will result, with the country best able to innovate becoming the hegemon.
E) Countries can change their relative positions in terms of power.

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A) create international institutions to organize their interactions.
B) seek power.
C) work to create order.
D) move away from having a socialist economic system.
E) become democracies.

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