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SS Chap 9 Test
Foundations of Economic Globalization
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is an ideology? | an idea someone has about a certain issue |
| When we speak of economic globalization, we speak of | world business and finance |
| Which of the following is not a factor that affects the global economy? | The financial markets |
| The end of World War I was brought about by the signing of the | Treaty of Versailles |
| The European Union | all the above (a. eliminates all border controls between member nations b. has a total of 27 member-nations c. allows the free flow of goods and people between member nations) |
| The European Union is governed by 3 bodies. | European Commision, Parliament, & Council |
| The European Central Bank | sets monetary policy and manages lending rates and foreign exchange rates |
| The Schengen Area is | guarantees free movement to those who legally reside in parts of the EU |
| The European Union was established by | the Treaty of Maastricht in 1993 |
| Which nation in the EU has the largest economy? | Germany |
| The acronym, NATO stands for | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NATO is a group of nations that | have a military alliance |
| NATO was formed in | 1949 |
| NATOs initial aim was to | counter the threat of post-war Russian expansion |
| Member nations agree | to come to one another's aid in the even of an armed attack against any one-member state |
| Which one of the following nations is not a member of NATO? | Belarus |
| The headquarters of the United Nations is located in | New York, USA |
| Which of the following statements best represents what the UN's purpose is? | to maintain international peace and promote human rights |
| The UN has five main parts. What are they? | 1. General Assembly 2. Security Council 3. Secretariat 4. Economic and Social Council 5. International Court of Justice |
| Which part of the UN settles legal disputes between countries? | the International Court of Justice |
| Which part of the United Nations has the most power? | The Security Council |
| Which of the following statements about the UN Security Council is not true? | none of the above a all UN members must agree to decisions made by Security Council(SC) b SC can send peace forces to bring peace UN members c SC can impose economic sanctions on nations that don't agree d UN members can ask SC to take military action |
| The International Court of Justice is located in | Den Hague, the Netherlands |
| Which of the following statements about the UN is true? | the UN cannot make laws that are binding |
| The UN is composed of how many nations | 195 |
| In order for a nation to join the UN's the following requirements must be met (choose the one that does not apply) | The nation must have been a "permanent observer" for five years |
| Which one of the following UN member nations does not have the right to veto? | none of the above a. China b. France c. Russia d. The United Kingdom E. The United States |
| Having veto status means that these nations | can vote against something in the Security Council and the resolution will not be passed |
| The first attempt at establishing a world peace initiative was made by | President Woodrow Wilson in organizing the League of Nations |
| Which of the following statements is not true? | the people of the Ukraine have always been strongly united in their dislike for Russia |
| Victor Yanukovich was | Voted for by Eastern Ukraine, favoured by Moscow, accused of cheating in election. |
| The Yushchenko supporters come together in the streets wearing orange. They wanted | demanded freedom and justice, and a return to democracy |
| In the Orange Revolution, President Vladimir Putin | supported Yanukovich an warned the West to back off |
| During the Orange Revolution the US President Bush | shoed eagerness to retain goo relations with Vladimir Putin |
| The Orange Revolution was successful | an Yushchenko was elected to office |
| What are though to be some of the reasons that Putin has made war on Ukraine? | all the above (a. wishes to rebuild what was the old Soviet Union b. wishes Ukraine to remain neutral zone between Russia and NATO c. wishes to make war with the United States d. wishes to take over all of Europe |
| Why is Putin interested in taking the cities of Mariupol and Odesa? Because | having Odesa and Mariupol would cut Ukraine off from the Black Sea |
| What is the capital city of Ukraine? | Kyev |
| Who are the two men who wrote the Communist Manifesto? | Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx |
| What did the Communist Manifesto emphasize? | the importance of class struggle in every historical society and the dangerous instability that capitalism created |
| What's communism? | A political ideology and type of government wher the state ownes the major resources and everyone shares the benefits of labour equally. It eliminates the class system. |
| In which year did the Russian Revolution take place? | 1917 |
| What did the people of the urban working class call the upper-class citizens? | bourgeoisie |
| The Russian Revolution | was brought about by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolshevik Party |
| The Munroe Doctrine was established by the US in December of 1823. It | warned the East from establishing military forces in the Western Hemisphere |
| A liberal hegemony is | the social, cultural, ideological, and economic influence exerted by a dominant group |
| The concept of the liberal hegemony emphasized the: | Protection of human rights International peace Protect liberalism at home |
| The Bush Doctrine | stated that there must be a benign watchman state in the world, namely the US |
| Liberal Hegemony has | caused the United States to become a militaristic state; constantly being at war |
| Overt the years, the US has targeted the following nations for regime change: | Libya, Syria, Egypt, Iraq |
| Liberal hegemony fails because | 1. social engineering is difficult 2. Nationalism causes a pushback 3. Individual rights do not matter THAT much. |
| The Treaty of Versailles (Choose the one that is not) | demanded that Germany pay reparation for damages caused in WWII |
| John Maynard Keynes believed that | governments should set up programs to hire the unemployed |
| Friedrich Hayek believed that | governments should protect the markets by not interfering in business |
| Communism was established in 1949 by | Mao Zedong |
| The Chinese communist government | established themselves by forcing everyone to vote for them |
| Tens of millions Chinese people died because | poorly run and economically unsound collective farms |
| How did Deng Xiaoping change the situation when he took over the reigns of the Chinese government? (choose the one that is not) | He opened the country to elections |
| What is Manifest Destiny? | The idea that the US has the God given mission to spread its territory and ideas about democracy, economics, and some ideas about religious matters. |
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