POLS 3053 International Relations

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POLS 3053International Relations

• Chapter 2The Evolution of International Society
• Quiz Universe

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The scholar __, one of the founders of the
international society approach, noted that the
starting point of international relations is the
existence of states.

• a. Hedley Bull d. Karl Deutsch
• b. Samuel Huntington e. Harold Lasswell
• c. Stanley Hoffman

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According to the text, the first historical
manifestation of an international society is
ancient __, which was a geographical area and a
cultural unity, but not a single political entity
or state.

• a. China d. Mexico
• b. India e. Europe
• c. Greece

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The __ War (431-404 B.C.) illustrated the absence
of a concept of sovereign equality in the first
international society.

• a. Persian d. Peloponnesian
• b. Thracian e. Homeric
• c. Egyptian

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Western Europe in the medieval period (500-1500
A.D.) has been called __, and was a universal
society based on a joint structure of religious
and political authority which joined Europe in a
relatively unified and cohesive society
regardless of language and cultural barriers.

• a. Pax Europa d. the Holy Roman
• b. Respublica Christiana empire
• c. Opus Dei e. none of the
  above

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The second noteworthy historical experiment in
the evolution of international society involved
the small city-states of __, which were the first
to break free from medieval feudalism.

• a. Germany d. Italy
• b. Indochina e. Greece
• c. Japan

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__ advanced the idea that the interests of the
state and conduct of statecraft must be guided by
a separate set of ethical considerations.

• a. Beccaria d. Thomas Hobbes
• b. Hugo Grotius e. all of the above
• c. Machiavelli

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The Catholic __, which controlled a sprawling
empire, started the Thirty Years War (1618-1648)
in a bid to unify Europe under __ rule.

• a. Hapsburgs d. Romanovs
• b. Hohenzollerns e. Hanovers
• c. Bourbons

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The emerging idea of international law was
spelled out by the Dutch diplomat and philosopher

• a. Baruch Spinoza d. Hugo Grotius
• b. Erasmus e. Henry of Ghent
• c. Isaac Beeckman

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Among the non-Western countries that resisted
European colonization and dominance was/were __,
which was an Islamic state that was
geographically and ethnically partly European.

• a. Greece d. Poland
• b. Russia e. Finland
• c. the Ottoman empire

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__ became a modern power by defeating the Russian
empire in a war in the early 20th century, and
embarking on its own aggressive colonization
program.

• a. Japan d. India
• b. China e. Indonesia
• c. Taiwan

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In a short period of some twenty years, beginning
with the independence of __ and Pakistan in 1947,
most colonies in Asia and Africa became sovereign
states and full members of the United Nations.

• a. China d. South Africa
• b. Turkey e. Egypt
• c. India

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The principle of __ lent legitimacy to the
decolonization movement, and was spelled out in
the celebrated 1960 United Nations General
Assembly Declaration.

• a. sovereignty d. ethnocentrism
• b. national autonomy e. self-determination
• c. Ahimsaa.