Exam 5: International Institutions and War

A) The organization can force states to agree to a cease-fire.
B) The organization can provide international mediators to help negotiate a bargain.
C) The organization can place peacekeepers between two warring states to reduce the possibility of a surprise attack.
D) The organization can provide a forum for a peace treaty to be discussed.

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A) When the alliance does not include major powers
B) When states do not have similar cultures
C) When alliances take the shape of an entente
D) When a state has recently experienced a regime transition

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A) When the Security Council did not approve an invasion of Iraq,the United States ignored the United Nations and went to war anyway.
B) The United Nations opposed the war on Afghanistan,but the United States invaded the country anyway.
C) The United Nations did not approve of the invasion of Iraq but was discredited when it was learned that Iraq had sponsored acts of terrorism against the United States.
D) U.S.troops found Iraqi weapons of mass destruction that United Nations inspectors had not been able to find.

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A) Institutions can enable states to signal their commitment to allies.
B) Institutions can eliminate bandwagoning during war.
C) Institutions can force allies to honor their commitments.
D) Institutions can lessen the risk of honoring an alliance commitment.

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A) Rwanda
B) Kuwait
C) Libya
D) Korea

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A) An increase in the number of peacekeeping missions approved by the United Nations Security Council
B) Unanimous Security Council approval for an intervention into the conflict in Darfur
C) The international response to the Rwandan genocide in 1994
D) An increase in the rate of terrorism since 1990

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A) North Korea invaded South Korea,and the United Nations authorized troops to repel the attack.
B) South Korea invaded North Korea,and the United Nations sent troops to help North Korea.
C) North Korean soldiers infiltrated South Korea and began a long insurgency to overthrow the government.
D) China invaded Korea,and the United Nations authorized troops to reverse the attack.

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A) Terrorism
B) Genocide
C) Entrapment
D) Collateral damage

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Alliances can alter the costs for states...

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A) Since they are in an alliance together,states can trust their allies not to risk a war.
B) A state can easily leave an alliance if its partners needlessly go to war.
C) Allies can control what the alliance does,and the alliance will not be dragged into a war without the whole alliance's approval.
D) States can clearly signal whether they will support their allies if a war begins and will be able to deter enemies from attacking.

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A) Darfur,where an estimated 400,000 ethnic Darfuris have been killed by government-sponsored militias
B) Argentina,where the military government from 1976 to 1983 murdered up to 30,000 alleged leftist sympathizers
C) The Bataan Death March,in which 6,000-11,000 soldiers died from brutal treatment and murder
D) The war during the 1998-2003 conflict in the Congo,which caused the deaths of over
5 million people

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A) Iraq
B) Syria
C) Lebanon
D) Libya

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A) Powerful countries force weaker countries to join their organizations.
B) The citizens of member states push for closer relations with other similar states.
C) An alliance makes members less likely to attack each other.
D) Two or more states have a common security goal and need more military support than one of them has alone.

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A) The United States
B) China
C) France
D) Russia

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A) Germany,Austria-Hungary,Italy
B) France,the Soviet Union,Britain
C) Germany,Austria,Russia
D) Prussia,Russia,France

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A) United Nations peacekeepers could not effectively monitor elections to ensure their fairness.
B) The United Nations could not convince any countries to contribute troops to a peacekeeping mission in Srebrenica.
C) United Nations safe havens proved to be breeding grounds for transnational terrorist groups.
D) United Nations peacekeepers could not prevent Serbian forces from massacring 7,000 Muslim men and boys.

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