PSC 102 Exam 1 Review

Which country's capital city is the northernmost?

A flamboyance

Which Canadian province is famous for its sand dunes?

A dule

What is a repeated action with the same partner known as?

The League of Nations successfully arbitrated a deal between which two countries?

A skein

The targeted removal of a cultural, ethnic, or religious group, not necessarily through violence, is known as what?

A posse

A fabricated international crisis to trigger an artificial rally around the flag effect is known as what?

Unlike most U.S. states, Alaska is not divided into counties. It is divided into 16 regions which are known as what?

Lake Tana in Ethiopia is the source of what colorfully-named river that runs for 1,450 km through Ethiopia and Sudan?

A shiver

Which of the following is the correct plural form of Secretary-General?

UN Peacekeepers are referred to as which of the following?

How many U.S. state capitals lie west of Los Angeles?

The Security Dilemma is part of what IR theory?

Which of the following countries is not a member of the P5?

In which IR theory would you find the Democratic Peace Theory?

A cackle

The 100 years of peace following the defeat of Napoleon is known as what?

In terms of elevation, which country in South Africa has the highest lowest point of any country in the world?

What is the name of the line that represents all outcomes of a reasonable bargain?

What economic system tied the US dollar to gold, and other currencies to the US dollar?

A descent

What was the Soviet response to NATO?

The tendency for people to become more supportive of their country's government in response to a crisis is called what?

A strategy in which adversaries take actions that increase the risk of accidental war, hoping the other blinks, is what?

What IR theory places great value on the importance of norms?

What is the only country in South America whose official language is Dutch?

According to the readings, what is the leading cause of war?

A business

How many levels of analysis do we deal with?

What Caribbean country changed its name from Saint-Domingue following its independence from France in 1903?

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development became which modern international organization?

Parts of UK's River Thames are known alternatively by what name that is also the name of an ancient Egyptian goddess?

In which country is the Makadikadi, a salt flat approximately the width of Portugal?

A troubling

A mob

What "world" were countries who were neutral during the Cold War?