Final Exam Review Sheet

POL 200 final exam Name:
Part 1: Essay
Please select two questions and answer all parts of each in essay form. Each essay should be about one to one and a half pages long and well-organized, with a descriptive title, engaging introduction, well-developed body paragraphs, and satisfying conclusion..
1. Compare two of the following thinkers and discuss either how they are alike in surprising ways or how they differ in important ways: Thucydides, Clausewitz, Kant, Grotius, Machiavelli, Wilson, Morgenthau.
2. In your opinion, what is the most important IGO today? Explain.
3. Do you think globalization weakens or strengthens the state (country)? Discuss
4. Why is the United Nations seen as increasingly irrelevant by EDCs such as the U.S.? Explain.
5. Is`history cyclical in your opinion. Describe..
Part 2: Short Answer
Please answer each of the following, using complete sentences.
6. What is meant by the term “legitimacy” in relation to a state’s leadership?
7. What is the difference between liberal and illiberal democracy?
8. Why are democracy and a nation’s wealth closely correlated?
9. What is the World Trade Organization? The World Bank? The International Monetary Fund?
10. What is the United Nations and what does it do?
11. Does the European Union have a promising future? Why or why not? (This is opinion, but briefly support your position.
12. For statesman will be gathering for dinner at the Whitehouse, including guests from China,Russia,and India,. As the event planner, how would you handle this affar?
Short Answer
Please answer each of the following, using complete sentences.
13. Explain some of the causes of war from the system level.
14. What are some individual level causes of war?
15. What five or six attributes constitute a state?
16. Why is international law sometimes politically contentious? How does this relate to the issue of sovereignty?
17. What challenges des the European Union face today?, 18From a polilitical science perspective, what constitutes power in today’s world?
Part 3: True/False
Please write the word “True” or “False” in the left margin next to each statement.
11. After World War I, rich countries formally established the World Bank and the
International Monetary Fund.
12. Mercantilism was inspired by John Maynard Keynes.
13. Laissez-faire advocates favor subsidies, tariffs, and quotas to free trade, generally
speaking.
14. The post-Soviet Union “new world order” advocated by former President George
Herbert Walker Bush prescribed a bipolar state system similar to the one in place
during the Cold War.
15. Samuel Huntington wrote of the “clash of civilizations” that would characterize the post-Cold War era.
16. The democratic peace thesis contends that democracies rarely fight one another.
17. Making international laws that states abide by is a very difficult task.
18. The Bush doctrine endorses preemptive strikes.
19. Amartaya Sen prescribes a top-down approach to solving global poverty.
20.The signing of NASFTA was motivated by mercantilist goals.
Part 4: Multiple Choice
Please select the correct answer to the following questions.
21. All of the following are characteristics of the Bush doctrine except
endorses America’s right to lead
supports preemptive strikes
believes in deterrence at all costs
was used to justify recent strikes in Afghanistan and Iraq
22. The United States is known globally for its
unwillingness to endure death of its own
lack of respect for United Nations’ decisions
popular celebrity culture
all of the above

23. The modern nation-state was established under which of the following:
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Westphalia
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Rome

24. The U.S. policy towards the Soviet Union during the Cold War, as laid out by NSC 68, was:
Retribution
Containment
Appeasement
Democratization

25. Which of the following best describes international law?

it is in its primitive stages
it is very evolved
it is uniformly applied
most countries agree to its system and procedures

Part V: Short answer: in a paragraph or two, please answer the following:
1. How does globalization affect (or potentially affect) the culinary industry in positive ways?
2. How does globalization affect (or potentially affect) the culinary industry in negative ways?