Philosophy

International Relations. Test 4.1. Due: December 9th Name…………………………………………………..……………………………………………………………………… This is the first portion of the exam. Answer the following questions on a scantron and bring it to class. You can earn 25 points for the entire exam (both home and class portions). Evaluation: you receive 5 points for your homework related to this exam. See Session 4 questions (bottom of the file). For the test, you receive one point for two correct answers (or one point is deducted for two incorrect answers). Grading: 23-25 points=A; 20-22 points=B; 17-19=C; 12-16=D. 1. The 1976 Presidential Executive Order bans the US intelligence from engaging in assassinations. Does the Obama administration violate this law when it allows the destruction of human targets in Pakistan by the drones (remotely piloted aircraft)' a. yes, it does violates the 1976 executive order b. yes, it does violate the executive order but only partially: the intelligence is allowed to assassinate terrorists c. no it does not violate because the orders are given by the White House and Pentagon d. no, it does not violate the law because there were no such executive order in 1976 d. in fact, there are no drones over Pakistan and nobody is killed by remotely piloted aircraft 2. Comparative advantage theories support the assumptions of which approach to international political economy' a. economic liberalism b. economic nationalism c. Marxism d. Asian socialism e. Arab socialism 3. What is Afro-pessimism according to the posted article in the notes and when did it peak' a. Africa’s criticism of the colonial system of the 1950s b. Africa’s rejection of capitalism c. Africa’s rejection of communism in the 1950s d. disbelief the 1990s in Africa’s ability to grow economically and politically e. today’s disbelief in Africa’s economic future 4. Who was George Marshall' a. main sponsor of Mau-Mau b. leader of Irgun c. president of Algeria d. founder of MAD e. U.S. Secretary of State 5. The Strategic Defensive Initiative has another, informal name, mentioned in the reading materials. Which name' a. Black Hawk Down b. Saving Private Ryan c. The Russians are Coming d. Star Wars e. Pearl Harbor 6. The 1940s-50s European Recovery Program was known as: a. American Dream b. Star Wars c. Marshall Plan d. 50 Cent Rescue e. Mars to Venus 7. Which political leader on the list was building his economic policies on the principles of Asian socialism' a. Terrell Owens b. Kim Il Sung c. Emperor Hirohito d. Gavrilo Princip e. Mick Jagger 8. Two countries used MAD as their deterrence strategy. Which ones' a. the USA and the Soviet Union b. China and the Soviet Union c. France and Germany d. Germany and Poland e. India and China 9. Milton Friedman was an economist arguing against the ideas of: a. SDI b. regulatory economics c. economic liberalism d. anarchism e. MAD 10. Non-western oil-producing countries are extremely cautious today about using oil prices for political reasons and thus "pressuring" the USA, Japan, and European countries. One of the reasons, of course, is the need to earn "oil dollars" without interruption. What is the other both obvious and legitimate reason' a. fear of military invasion from the West b. fear of pro-Western political opposition at home c. concerns about these oil-rich countries' public image d. fear of fundamentalist backlash at home e. concerns about the oil-importing countries that could quickly turn to other oil-producing countries, such as Russia 11. A governments pursuing the major goal of maintaining surplus-oriented domestic economy promote this type of economic policy: a. economic liberalism b. economic mercantilism c. assured destruction d. socialism e. internationalism 12. Supporters of free trade argue that protectionist economic policies (such as closing a country’s market for foreign goods) commonly results in: a. decreased risk of international conflicts b. higher prices due to tariffs c. increased international trade d. lower prices e. nuclear arms race 13. The view that the government is the prime capitalist, owning and supervising the big parts of the economy is called: a. market approach b. statism c. socialism d. French capitalism e. Russian communism 14. Businesses in Zimbabwe do not invest in the economy but prefer to send their money out of the country. This is an example of: a. commercial flight b. socialism c. Afro-pessimism d. statism e. capital flight 15. Practically all of Latin America turned to democracy in the 1980s except: a. Mexico b. Colombia c. Venezuela d. Cuba e. Chile 16. Modernization theories claim that: a. economic development is impossible without social changes b. some countries are not ready for modernization c. economic growth modernizes whole society d. modernization can be harmful to some countries e. modernization is an invention of the West and must be resisted 17. In the 1990s, India generally abandoned which economic policy' a. statism b. free-market capitalism c. SDI d. MAD e. the Marshall Plan 18. Micro-theories of war deal with: a. the type of weapons used b. human psychology and individual behavior c. economic factors of war d. political factors of war e. weather and climate as factors of war 19. John Kennedy misperceived the Soviets as having a …………………. over the United States in the 1960s a. “economic advantage” b. “psychological superiority” c. “missile gap” d. “food surplus” e. “religious power” 20. What was the main goal the Great Leap Forward in China' a. to “jump” against Russia and teach them a good lesson b. to attack and occupy Japan c. to develop critical thinking skills in peasants and workers d. to embrace physical education so that most people could run fast and jump high e. to dramatically increase the country’s economic production