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Question 1

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A conflict that turns on one sides ability to force the other side to fight on their own
terms is:

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civil war
postmodern war
new war
asymmetric war
Question 2
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According to realists, trust is often difficult between states because of the problem
of:

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anarchy
cheating
cooperation
sovereignty
Question 3
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Debates about security have traditionally focused on the role of ________ as the
primary actor in international relations.

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the state
the global system
anarchy
institutions
Question 4

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What is the oxygen that sustains terrorism?

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Radical ideologies
Poverty and oppression
International drug trafficking
Media coverage
Question 5
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The use of force by regular, uniformed, national military units to achieve military or
political objectives is called:

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postmodern warfare
conventional warfare
guerrilla warfare
non-nuclear warfare
Question 6
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What is the word used to describe the dissemination and communication of terrorist
ideology through various media?

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Mobilizing
Rhetoric
Propaganda
Proselytizing
Question 7
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What factor has most improved terrorist capabilities?

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Technologies associated with globalization
Expanded recruitment base due to oppression and poverty
Increased international sympathy
Charismatic leadership (e.g., Osama bin Laden)
Question 8
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One flaw with economic explanations for suicide terrorism is that

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downtrodden people in sub-Saharan Africa tend not to use the method
economic models are not as compelling as religious or cultural explanations
Kondrietev long-cycle models only apply to trade in goods and services, not the
behaviors of individuals
none of the above
Question 9
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It is difficult to prevent suicide attacks when a person believes the promise of
_________ offers more than ______.

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fighting the enemy . . . simple martyrdom
better weapons . . . the present situation
money . . . fame
private goods . . . a public good
Question 10
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According to _______ war is an act of violence intended to compel ones opponent to
fulfill ones will.

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Kant
Clausewitz
Locke
Tickner
Question 11
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According to the LMBSO text, academic disagreements about definitions of terms
like war and security matter because:

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cross-cultural multifactoral conclusions assist war planning
students must have clear-cut answers to highly technical problems
warriors need to know why they risk death in the name of the state
scholars often make policy recommendations to politicians
Question 12
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Samuel P. Huntington is most often associated with which statement on global
affairs?

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Marxism is the future of civilization
Clash of Civilizations
Love all, serve all
Institutions will increase global peace
Question 13
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Alagappa writes, contrary to common thinking among elites the USA, nuclear
weapons

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cost so much to develop that India, Pakistan, and the DPRK will never develop them
are a threat to the centralized power of states leadership, because of the threat of
internal coups
will bring stability to Asia
have not, and never will, proliferate in North Korea
Question 14
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Patrick Lin asserts that drone warfare can lead to a fourth D, which is

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dispassion
dangerous
dull
dirty
Question 15
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The nonstate actors involved in conflict achieve a global presence using means that
include/s:

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media
nongovernmental organizations
creating a positive brand image
all of the above
Question 16
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The term Al Qaeda means

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the Rooftop
the Watchtower

the Chosen
the Base
Question 17
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The globalization of commerce has:

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encouraged a Gramscian anti-terrorism movement sponsored by TNCs
created a self-determination movement in the Third World sponsored by the United
States
improved terrorists mobility
reduced terror attacks in capitalist countries
Question 18
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A group of terrorists or intelligence operatives who remain dormant in a target
country until ordered to carry out their mission is known as:

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a sleeper cell
a wake-up cell
an undercover operation
a clandestine operation or black-ops group
Question 19
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State-to-nonstate conflicts have occurred:

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on every continent
on every continent except Australia and Antarctica
in South East Asia only
only in the BRIC states

Question 20
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According to the LMBSO text, nuclear globalization caused:

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the Romulan Demilitarized Zone
a regionally differentiated world
bans on the sale, ownership, or manufacturing of landmines and cluster bombs
the South Pacific Nuclear-Free Zone
Question 21
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Structural realists writers see __________ as the essential source of conflict between
states.

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the Peloponnesian dilemma
human nature and greed
the Melian dilemma
the security dilemma and anarchy
Question 22
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Globalization appears to have a/an _______ impact on international security.

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intense and positive
neutral
negligible and irrelevant
ambivalent and contradictory
Question 23
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Manjikians central argument is:

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states must protect human rights
states need to expand global trade networks
states have failed to evolve with temporal-spacial diffusion of ideas
states have colonized the Internet, turning it into a battlespace.
Question 24
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Enloe is most often associated with which academic perspective on global affairs?

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Neoliberal institutionalsim
the gendered, or feminist, lens
Marxism
alpha-Keysnian economics
Question 25
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The Black September group is most commonly associated with which event or
trend?

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Israels invasion of Lebanon in 1982
1972 Munich Olympics
Afghanistans first democratic elections, during the USA-led occupation
Palestine Liberation Organizations fight for control of Gaza in 2012
Question 26
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Economic explanations for terrorism rest on the assumption that:

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a Western-dominated, globalized economy allows for great inequalities that must be
remedied, possibly by violent means
governments break the social contract with their citizens by encouraging
outsourcing
all terrorists are recruited from poor families
money cannot purchase the Effect/Affect Imbalance Coefficient
Question 27
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English, Terrorism: How to Respond (ISBN: 978-0-959003-2) begins with a curious
example of the dualistic nature of parties to a struggle. What is that example?

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British SAS soldiers building a school in Helmand Province of Afghanistan
IRA leaders trying to skateboard in the garden of #10 Downing Street
Members of the US militarys JSOC praying in a mosque following the capture of
Saddam Hussein
Dennis Rodman watching the Eurovision song contest on Al Jazeera television with
the North Korean basketball team
Question 28
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Which of the following is/are seen as evidence of the obsolescence of war?

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The Peace of Westphalia
Security communities such as those in Europe
Democratic peace theory
Civil conflict in Africa
Question 29
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Which name is most often associated with structural realism?

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Duane Allman
Ann Tickner
Klaus Sanctus
Kenneth Waltz
Question 30
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The idea that war should be a means to an end is commonly associated with which
writer?

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Carl von Clausewitz
Ernst Van der Graaf
Curtis LeMay
Antonio Gramsci
Question 31
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According to Harry Magdorf, Empires are created by:

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evil men, bent on personal aggrandizement in the guise of state development
the strong, because the laws of Social Darwinism demand it
design and accident
blood and iron
Question 32
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The Revolution in Military Affairs:

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has partially facilitated the rise of asymmetric warfare

demonstrates that technological advantage is decisive in warfare


has partially facilitated the rise of asymmetric warfare, demonstrates that
technological advantage is decisive in warfare, and negates the idea of postmodern
warfare
negates the idea of postmodern warfare
Question 33
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Wendt is most commonly associated with which phrase?

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State destruction is common, like super novae
Anarchy is a warm gun aimed at the hearts and minds of all states
States are in the right place, at the wrong time
Anarchy is what states make of it

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