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. A situation in which significant power is distributed among three or more states is known as being ________.

a) bipolar correct incorrect

b) a balance of power correct incorrect

c) a state of nature correct incorrect

d) multipolar correct incorrect

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. The United Nations was formally established in ________.

a) 1815, after the Battle of Waterloo correct incorrect

b) 1918, after World War I correct incorrect

c) 1945, after World War II correct incorrect

d) 1990, at the close of the Cold War correct incorrect

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. The United Nations Charter is ________.

a) largely concerned with individual human rights correct incorrect

b) wholly concerned with the relationship between states correct incorrect

c) an attempt to legitimise the dominance of great powers over little ones correct incorrect

d) devoted to a wide range of subjects including peace, justice, freedom, and economic and social rights correct incorrect

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. The permanent members of the UN Security Council are ________.

a) the US, the UK, the USSR, France, and China correct incorrect

b) the US, the UK, Germany, France, and China correct incorrect

c) the US, the UK, Russia, France, and China correct incorrect

d) the US, the UK, France, and China correct incorrect

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. Reform of the Security Council is problematic because ________.

a) enlarging the permanent membership could impair decision-making correct incorrect

b) none of the existing permanent members are keen to give up their seats correct incorrect

c) it is difficult to make an uncontroversial case for any of the potential new permanent members correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. The US approach to the Cold War was originally set out in ________.

a) the Truman Doctrine correct incorrect

b) the Truman Show correct incorrect

c) the Marshall Plan correct incorrect

d) the Monroe Doctrine correct incorrect

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. A key doctrine for NATO is ________.

a) the member states will give military support to the US in any conflict correct incorrect

b) the US will give military support to any other member state in any conflict correct incorrect

c) an attack on any one member state is regarded as an attack on all of them correct incorrect

d) the US will attack any non-NATO country which is developing weapons of mass destruction correct incorrect

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. The Brandt Report ________.

a) argued that the developing world should get its act together and fend for itself correct incorrect

b) recommended a massive aid programme to assist developing countries correct incorrect

c) was inspired by Bob Geldof and "Live Aid" correct incorrect

d) insisted that aid should only be offered to non-Communist countries correct incorrect

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. Climate change has the potential to affect security questions because ________.

a) it threatens to increase existing tensions between developed and developing states correct incorrect

b) it could lead to the mass movement of refugees from areas which are no longer inhabitable correct incorrect

c) shortages of vital resources like food and water may give rise to conflict correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. The "coalition of the willing" included armed forces from ________.

a) Russia, China, and France correct incorrect

b) Poland, Denmark, and Australia correct incorrect

c) the UK, France, and Australia correct incorrect

d) the US, the UK, and Canada correct incorrect

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. The power politics approach to security refers to ________.

a) peace through politics and the balance of politics correct incorrect

b) peace through strength, and the balance of power correct incorrect

c) self-determination and the balance of power correct incorrect

d) military incapacity correct incorrect

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. Peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding are integral to security, but they are all different because ________.

a) they are an important part of international peace efforts correct incorrect

b) peacekeeping is conflict prevention correct incorrect

c) peacebuilding is prevention of the re-emergence of conflict correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. Some of the common themes for feminist schools of thought about security are ________.

a) masculinity perspectives dominate security correct incorrect

b) violence against women in war is often downplayed correct incorrect

c) women's perspectives are marginalized correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. The UN Convention on Climate Change recognized that ________.

a) conventions in the global north are important to social movements correct incorrect

b) climate change in the global south is not an issue correct incorrect

c) it is important to combat global warming, since the climate system is a shared resource correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. Human security is ________.

a) the human aspect of security including hunger, disease, and crime correct incorrect

b) health security and employment security correct incorrect

c) environmental security, and security from crime correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect