POL 255 Week 2 Quiz NEW

Question 1. Arguing that the Truman Doctrine demonstrated the United States’ commitment to spreading and defending democratic values is an example of an argument from which perspective?

Question 2. Which of the following varieties of nationalism focuses on cultural and racial differences and advocates an aggressive, heroic approach to international relations?

Question 3. Arguing that German aggression was caused by “logrolling” coalitions among various elite groups, each of which had an independent interest in war or expansion, is an example of an argument from which level of analysis?

Question 4. The argument that Germany was able to survive (while Poland was not) because Germany could convert wealth into military power (and Poland could not) is an argument from which level of analysis?

Question 5. Which of the following are factors that are typically stressed by the liberal or identity perspectives, but are sometimes added to realist arguments to explain outcomes?

Question 6. Which of the following organizations was not a Cold War alliance concluded by the United States?

Question 7. The liberal argument that World War I occurred because interactions among the great powers broke down highlights the importance of which concept from game theory?

Question 8. What was the name of the American policy of preventing Soviet forces from expanding the territory they occupied?

Question 9. The term “splendid isolation” refers to what aspect of British foreign relations during most of the nineteenth century?

Question 10 .Why did Norman Angell, in a famous book written before World War I, argue that war is a “great illusion?”