Chapter 7 Quiz

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. The deadliest conflict of the 21^st century is the _________________.

Afghanistan conflict correct incorrect

Syrian civil war correct incorrect

Iraq conflict correct incorrect

Somali Civil War correct incorrect

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. The essay Politics as a Vocation was written by ___________.

Max Weber correct incorrect

Michel Foucault correct incorrect

Jurgen Habermas correct incorrect

Pierre Bourdieu correct incorrect

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. The Correlates of War (COW) project originated from _________ in the early 1960s.

Harvard University correct incorrect

Oxford University correct incorrect

The University of Michigan correct incorrect

University of Cambridge correct incorrect

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. The war between Kuwait and Iraq in the 1990-91 Gulf War is an example of _____________.

war of national liberation correct incorrect

self-defense war correct incorrect

war of aggression correct incorrect

religious war correct incorrect

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. According to the chapter, Nazi Germany's brutal attack on Poland in September 1939 was presented by Adolf Hitler as an act ____________.

of aggression correct incorrect

on sovereignty correct incorrect

of self-defense correct incorrect

of attrition correct incorrect

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. Napoleon was defeated in _______________.

1818 correct incorrect

1825 correct incorrect

1815 correct incorrect

1810 correct incorrect

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. The League of Nations was formed in ____________________.

1919 correct incorrect

1910 correct incorrect

1905 correct incorrect

1921 correct incorrect

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. Since 1990, roughly ___________ people have died in wars.

8 million correct incorrect

10 million correct incorrect

4 million correct incorrect

6 million correct incorrect

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. Since 1990 about ___________ of the people who died in wars are civilians.

70% correct incorrect

85% correct incorrect

60% correct incorrect

90% correct incorrect

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. According to the chapter, Bashar al-Assad is generally considered ___________________ and _______________.

militant; aggressive correct incorrect

nationalist; conservative correct incorrect

pragmatic; rational correct incorrect

diplomatic; agreeable correct incorrect

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. The book Man, the State, and War (1959) was written by______________________.

Hans Joachim Morgenthau correct incorrect

Kenneth Waltz correct incorrect

Fred Northedge correct incorrect

Martha Finnemore correct incorrect

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. Argentina seized the nearby Falkland (Malvinas) Islands in _______________.

1967 correct incorrect

1977 correct incorrect

1982 correct incorrect

1987 correct incorrect

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. It is estimated that over ________ Syrians are displaced from their homes during the current Syrian civil war.

12 million correct incorrect

9 million correct incorrect

15 million correct incorrect

5 million correct incorrect

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. World War I was, in part, about the attempt of the declining _____________ to defend its fading status as a big power.

French Empire correct incorrect

Austro-Hungarian Empire correct incorrect

British Empire correct incorrect

Portuguese Empire correct incorrect

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. The quick response by the U.S.-led coalition of countries to defend Saudi Arabia and liberate Kuwait from the Iraqi invasion in 1990 had a lot to do with ____________________.

protecting an ally correct incorrect

oil supply correct incorrect

the influence of the UN correct incorrect

human rights correct incorrect

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. The Syrian civil war is an example of _________ conflict.

a border correct incorrect

an insurgency correct incorrect

an intrastate correct incorrect

a proxy correct incorrect