The most crucial aspect of __________ is demobilizing and disarming militias.

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Question 1 (2 points)

__________ war is a war over control of the entire world order, whereas __________ war is warfare by one state waged to conquer and occupy another.

Question 1 options:

A)

Total; limited

B)

Limited; civil

C)

Civil; hegemonic

D)

Hegemonic; total

Question 2 (2 points)

Included in limited war are military actions carried out to gain __________ the enemy.

Question 2 options:

A)

some objective short of the surrender and occupation of

B)

complete and unambiguous surrender and occupation of

C)

some influence over

D)

cultural dominance over

Question 3 (2 points)

War between factions within a state trying to create, or prevent, a new government for the entire state or some part of it is __________ war.

Question 3 options:

A)

global

B)

civil

C)

general

D)

systemic

Question 4 (2 points)

Warfare without front lines that involves irregular forces is called __________.

Question 4 options:

A)

low-intensity conflict

B)

a raid

C)

guerrilla war

D)

hegemonic war

Question 5 (2 points)

The most crucial aspect of __________ is demobilizing and disarming militias.

Question 5 options:

A)

postwar transition

B)

representing factions

C)

economic reconstruction

D)

international organizations

Question 6 (2 points)

The purpose of __________ is to help the postwar society to heal by bringing to light what really happened during the war by offering asylum from punishment to the participants.

Question 6 options:

A)

peacekeeping forces

B)

the United Nations Security Council

C)

the Human Rights Watch

D)

truth commissions

Question 7 (2 points)

On the individual level of analysis, __________.

Question 7 options:

A)

wars may be the result of rational decisions of national leaders

B)

wars may be the result of decisions by government bureaucracies

C)

wars may be the result of how power is distributed between two countries

D)

the totalitarian nature of communist states makes them prone to using violence

Question 8 (2 points)

Which group has been found to be more prone to warfare than contemporary society?

Question 8 options:

A)

interstate actors

B)

preagricultural hunter-gatherer societies

C)

East Asian medieval societies

D)

domestic political leaders

Question 9 (2 points)

Which statement is characteristic of guerrilla war?

Question 9 options:

A)

Civilians often expose the guerrillas to opposing forces.

B)

Civilians are often punished along with guerrilla forces.

C)

Guerrilla fighters directly confront the enemy army.

D)

Guerrilla fighters do not control any specific territory.

Question 10 (2 points)

Theories of the causes of war at the systemic level of analysis __________.

Question 10 options:

A)

are not as contradictory as at the individual or domestic levels of analysis

B)

provide a more accurate basis for predicting future wars than any of the other levels of analysis

C)

predict that war occurs when power is relatively equally distributed and a rising power is threatening to overtake a declining one

D)

refute the position that today’s military technology is too powerful to use in most conflicts

Question 11 (2 points)

“Democratic states are unlikely to go to war with each other.” This statement constitutes an example of a(n) __________ level of analysis of war.

Question 11 options:

A)

domestic

B)

rational

C)

individual

D)

systemic

Question 12 (2 points)

The U.S.-led war against Iraq in 1991 is an example of __________ war.

Question 12 options:

A)

total

B)

hegemonic

C)

civil

D)

limited

Question 13 (2 points)

Al Qaeda has long hoped to overthrow the monarchy in __________.

Question 13 options:

A)

Afghanistan

B)

Iraq

C)

Saudi Arabia

D)

Yemen

Question 14 (2 points)

In the __________ civil war that began in 2011, Kurdish fighters received significant international support in fighting ISIS.

Question 14 options:

A)

Kurdish

B)

Syrian

C)

Israeli

D)

Libyan

Question 15 (2 points)

The most important center of the nonviolent Sunni fundamentalist movement, called Salafis, is currently in which country?

Question 15 options:

A)

Afghanistan

B)

Turkey

C)

Jordan

D)

Egypt

Question 16 (2 points)

Ethnic groups __________.

Question 16 options:

A)

share ancestral, language, cultural, or religious ties

B)

all want a state of their own

C)

all have a state of their own

D)

resist ethnocentrism to keep tensions low

Question 17 (2 points)

Religious conflicts are difficult to resolve because __________.

Question 17 options:

A)

people feel particularly vulnerable about religion

B)

they involve infidels

C)

there is something inherent in religion that creates conflict

D)

religions deal with core values that are held as absolute truth

Question 18 (2 points)

Which of the following is true of ideology?

Question 18 options:

A)

It decreases conflicts between states more than it causes conflicts.

B)

It tends to increase in importance after a revolution, replacing concerns about national interests.

C)

It has a weaker hold on core values and absolute truth than religions do.

D)

It causes conflict more frequently than any other factor.

Question 19 (2 points)

The value states place on home territory __________.

Question 19 options:

A)

has declined with the development of technology and trade as bases of wealth

B)

is equivalent to that of colonies

C)

is far beyond any economic or strategic value it holds

D)

is low enough that states will often exchange territory for money or other considerations

Question 20 (2 points)

A state’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is recognized to extend how far from the coastline?

Question 20 options:

A)

5 miles

B)

12 miles

C)

100 miles

D)

200 miles

Question 21 (2 points)

Control of the __________ Islands in the South China Sea is a source of conflict among several countries.

Question 21 options:

A)

Macau

B)

Malvinas

C)

Spratly

D)

East Timor

Question 22 (2 points)

Territorial waters traditionally are recognized to extend how far from a state’s coastline?

Question 22 options:

A)

5 miles

B)

12 miles

C)

100 miles

D)

200 miles

Question 23 (2 points)

During the Cold War, the superpowers tried to affect the composition of the government in __________ by supporting different sides in a civil war, whereas the Soviet Union actually invaded __________ to change its government.

Question 23 options:

A)

Cambodia; Nicaragua

B)

Iraq; Afghanistan

C)

Angola; Czechoslovakia

D)

Grenada; Iran

Question 24 (2 points)

The breakup of multinational states was peaceful in which instance?

Question 24 options:

A)

Yugoslavia

B)

Kurdistan

C)

Georgia

D)

Czechoslovakia

Question 25 (2 points)

An example of an action without UN approval was __________.

Question 25 options:

A)

Canada conducting trade with Venezuela

B)

North Korea shipping nuclear weapons technology to Vietnam

C)

Syria invading Iraq

D)

Kosovo declaring independence from Serbia

Question 26 (2 points)

A current example of a lingering dispute is __________.

Question 26 options:

A)

the Hungarian-Romanian dispute, heightened by Saami migration

B)

the Soviet-American conflict, fueled by the proliferation of nuclear weapons

C)

the Argentine-Chilean dispute, worsened by the expansion of Chilean oil exploration

D)

the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, fueled by the building of Jewish settlements in the West Bank

Question 27 (2 points)

Which statement describes an argument in favor of the position that a new Cold War will emerge between the United States and Russia?

Question 27 options:

A)

The United States is committed to NATO expansion, which Russia considers a threat to its security.

B)

Strong Russian democracy creates tensions with the United States.

C)

Russia is committed to containing the United States’ influence in Western Europe.

D)

Europe is divided in its support of either the United States or Russia.

Question 28 (2 points)

Poor peasants in Latin America who benefit substantially, in terms of income, from the drug trade pose a challenge to the United States in its attempts to restrict __________.

Question 28 options:

A)

lateral pressure

B)

Latin American military forces

C)

great wealth and power

D)

the trafficking of cocaine

Question 29 (2 points)

Which reason explains why the control of small islands causes serious interstate territorial disputes?

Question 29 options:

A)

They add to the overall size of a country.

B)

They can provide strategic advantages to the state in control.

C)

They may contain important oceanic resources.

D)

They can provide forest rights to the state in control.

Question 30 (2 points)

Why is drug trafficking considered an international security issue when other types of smuggling are not?

Question 30 options:

A)

It is illegal trade across international borders.

B)

It violates states’ legal control of their borders.

C)

Military forces participate in operations against heavily armed traffickers.

D)

Conflicts involve states on one side and nonstate actors on the other.

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