The ‘unipolar moment’:

Related Mcqs:

1. Inequality:

   A. Creates new challenges in terms of domestic social stability, migration, and political violence
   B. Has become more important as globalization empowers sub-state actors
   C. Has caused scholars to reconsider the helpfulness of the term “Third World”
   D. All of the options given are correct

2. The “rise of China”:

   A. Is an issue considered by every region of the world today
   B. is unequivocally a cause for optimism
   C. Is characterized by a shift toward economic autarky
   D. All of the options given are correct

3. Explanations for the cold war include:

   A. Gorbachev and Reagan’s leadership
   B. The relative economic strength of the United States
   C. The ideological attractiveness of Western democracy and capitalism
   D. All of the options given are correct

4. Nuclear weapons crises during the cold war included which of the following?

   A. Cuba (1962)
   B. Able Archer (1983)
   C. The Arab Israeli War (1979)
   D. All of the options given are correct

5. The Sinatra doctrine:

   A. Was a catchphrase for foreign policy under Gorbachev
   B. Replaced the Khrushchev doctrine
   C. Followed glasnost and perestroika
   D. Was a catchphrase for foreign policy under Gorbachev and followed glasnost and perestroika

6. The Warsaw Pact:

   A. Was the Eastern bloc’s answer to NATO
   B. Gained impetus after the 1954 rearmament f West Germany
   C. Was a direct response to the Truman doctrine
   D. Was the Eastern bloc’s answer to NATO and gained impetus after the 1954 rearmament of West Germany

7. Decolonization:

   A. Was partially determined by local or trial factors
   B. Was constant across regions and imperial powers
   C. Was sometimes replaces by superpower involvement
   D. Was partially determined by local or tribal factors and was sometimes replaced by superpower involvement

8. The French and American Revolutions:

   A. Created new challenges to international society by raising the issue of nationalism
   B. Occurred in the 19th century
   C. Led to the creation of the Concert of Europe
   D. Created new challenges to international society by raising the issue of nationalism while also leading to the creation of the Concert of Europe

9. Organized hypocrisy is:

   A. A term coined by political scientist Stephen Krasner to refer to sovereignty
   B. The legal fiction masking power relations between states.
   C. A caution against idealistic conceptions of international society
   D. A term coined by political scientist Stephen Krasner to refer to sovereignty which is a caution against idealistic conceptions of international society meaning the legal fiction masking power relations between states

10. Which of the following is not a challenge to international society, posed by globalization?

    A. Interstate war
    B. Global warming
    C. American power
    D. Dissolution of the bonds of political community