PS 101 Midterm 2 Review

This international relations theory argues that states are self interested

Since 1944 this currency has been the world's primary reserve currency

This international financial institution was intended to provide short term loans to stabilize currencies

This country has the most votes in the IMF

The colonization of North America most closely resembled this form of colonialism

These countries are characterized by lower wages, capital poor industries, and lower living standards

Widespread literacy and print media were innovations of which type of society

This type of colonialism took place in the tropics, where European powers could find complementary goods

This historical event led to the rise of a geoculture which saw change as inevitable

A social condition characterized by tight global economic, political, cultural and environmental interconnectivity

Nation-states were an innovation of which kind of society

This term refers to a zone which encompasses many different political units and which follows certain systemic rules

This international relations theory argues that states are best off when international institutions are strong

This 20th century economist argued that governments had to increase demand to prevent capitalist crisis

This term refers to economic penalties imposed by one country, or a group of countries, on another country

This international financial institution was intended to serve as an international lender of last resort

A set of processes that appear to transform our social condition of weakening nationality into one of globality

In 1492 these two events led to the rise of the modern world-system

These countries are characterized by high wages, high tech, and higher living standards

In 1944 delegates from the Allies met in this town to draft a new global economic order

This refers to civil society groups that provide social service, or which may operate like promotional interest groups

These ideologies descended from radicalism

The "Third World" is a term that is most similar to:

This term refers to formal groups of states that create and follow rules to solve common problems

The United Nations is a world government

Mass culture was an innovation of which kind of society

How did most people earn a living in pre-modern societies

This international relations theory argues that international politics is an extension of class struggle

Which of the following did NOT play a major role in Keynesianism

How did most people communicate with one another in pre-modern societies

This term refers to a set of ideas, values, and norms widely accepted throughout the world-system

This international relations theory says that economic interdependence leads to more peace

These acts privatized common lands in England and helped create the working class

This term refers to the condition states operate in due to the lack of a world government

Pre-modern society is based on social relations at which level of organization

This international financial institution was intended to lower barriers to trade

This international relations theory argues that states must build their own power to defend their own interests

This thinker's Labor Theory of Property served as a justification for the disposession of indigenous peoples in America

This currency is the primary trading currency in the world-economy

The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization

The "First World" is a term that is most similar to:

This ideology’s response to the French Revolution was to minimize change, and ensure that it preserved tradition

This international financial institution was intended to provide development loans, originally in Europe

An economic system characterized by wage labor, constant growth, and generalized commodity exchange

This type of colonialism aims to remove indigenous populations

In 1955 leaders from the Third World met in this city to draft a common political program

This strategy involved peripheral countries industrializing to reduce their dependency on core countries

Post-modern society is based on social relations at which level of organization

This term refers to corporations headquartered in one country and operating in several

This 20th century economist argued that peripheral state had to industrialize in order to develop

The goal of this group was for Third World countries to vote as a common bloc in the United Nations

This type of colonialism tried to use indigenous peoples as a pool of laborers

This term refers to the policy changes that IFIs demanded in exchange for debt relief in the 1980s

Prior to the 1700s there were significant differences in living standards between Europe, India, and China

This term refers to the privatization of communal resources and their conversion into private property