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Politics Exam 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is an example of a "non-state actor" in international politics? | Amnesty International |
| The bi-polarity of the post-war period ended largely due to: | the Soviet Union's economic exhaustion |
| What are examples of components of state's powers? | military forces, geographic location, and size of population |
| A form of "non-military coercion" that is often used by the U.S is: | economic sanctions |
| The growth of the interdependence of the world's states is revealed in the area of: | trade, environmental policy, and communications |
| One of the dangers that the changes in the international system since the end of the Cold War has led to is: | a likelihood of more "small wars" |
| The court that is a branch of the UN and makes rulings based on international law is: | the International Court of Justice |
| The process of reaching international decisions without directly invoking military power is called: | diplomacy |
| The concept developed in the 1950's that assumes that the international system has natural tendency to prevent any one state from dominated the system is called: | balance of power theory |
| The executive leader of the UN is called the: | Secretary-general |
| In industrialized countries, the interest groups that are usually the most well represented are: | economic interest groups |
| Interest groups play a part in politics in: | all states |
| What is civil court? | Body of rules defining relationships among private citizens |
| What is criminal court? | body of rules defining offenses that are so extreme, they harm society and not only individuals |
| Who is the plaintiff in a civil court case? | party initiating lawsuit |
| Who is the defendant in a civil court case? | party the complaint is against |
| Who is the plaintiff in a criminal court case? | state or government |
| Who is the defendant in a criminal court case? | party being accused |
| What are civil court cases based upon? | a preponderance of evidence |
| What are criminal court cases based upon? | Juries: reasonable doubt |
| What is an infraction? | fines only |
| What is a misdemeanor? | up to a year in jail; simple assault |
| What is a felony? | more than one year in penitentiary; a possible death sentence in special circumstances |
| What is the function of the supreme court? | only handles issues of constitutionality; appeals court. |
| What is the function of appellate court? | no issues of fact, instead about correct legal process |
| What is the definition of war? | 1,000 battle deaths or more; state vs. state |
| What is protectionism? | the refusal of free trade with other countries. |
| What are the 3 reasons of protectionism? | 1. national security 2. Subsidize so they will become monopolies 3. Import substitution industrialization |
| What is Import Substitution industrialization? | when a country focus on producing products such as computers instead of products such as wheat in order to insure stability of income |
| What is the equation for war? | E(PAY)war= PR(win)pay(win)+ PR(lose)Pay(lose)-costs |
| What are 3 reasons explaining democratic peace? | 1. speak the same language 2. structural transparency 3. structural cooling off period |
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