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. Transnational criminal organizations are becoming increasingly important because ________.

a) there is a perceived link with international terrorism correct incorrect

b) they are becoming more powerful because states are increasingly interdependent correct incorrect

c) their operations are facilitated by recent technological changes correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. A very early form of international non-governmental organization was set up to oppose ________.

a) climate change correct incorrect

b) political correctness correct incorrect

c) fox hunting correct incorrect

d) slavery correct incorrect

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. President Woodrow Wilson is most famous for ________.

a) his brilliant televised performances correct incorrect

b) his "Fourteen Points" correct incorrect

c) his "fireside chats" on radio correct incorrect

d) his affair with Monica Lewinsky correct incorrect

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. ________ is one the UN's best known organizations.

a) WHO correct incorrect

b) APEC correct incorrect

c) NATO correct incorrect

d) OPEC correct incorrect

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. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the UN-created International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia was important because ________.

a) it lasted so long correct incorrect

b) the accused conducted his own defence correct incorrect

c) it was the first time that a head of state had been tried by an international court correct incorrect

d) the accused refused to recognize the legitimacy of the proceedings correct incorrect

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. The most accurate statement with regards to the UN Secretary-General is ________.

a) has the right to declare war on behalf of the UN in emergencies, without consulting anyone correct incorrect

b) is responsible for making sure that US ambitions are obstructed as much as possible correct incorrect

c) can order member states to depose evil rulers correct incorrect

d) has quite limited formal authority, and depends a great deal on personal diplomatic skills correct incorrect

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. A key feature of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is ________.

a) they do not make or distribute profits correct incorrect

b) they have nothing to do with governments correct incorrect

c) they all campaign on behalf of human rights correct incorrect

d) they all work within developing countries correct incorrect

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. In order for an NGO to obtain UN consultative status, ________.

a) it must have an established headquarters correct incorrect

b) it must possess a democratically adopted constitution correct incorrect

c) its basic resources must be derived mainly from contributions of the national affiliates or other components or from individual members correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. The Red Cross was founded ________.

a) by the UN correct incorrect

b) through the efforts of a private society based in Switzerland correct incorrect

c) by the Catholic Church correct incorrect

d) by the French Emperor Napoleon III correct incorrect

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. The work of NGOs is particularly congenial to liberal theorists because ________.

a) all NGOs have distinctively liberal views correct incorrect

b) NGOs provide well-paid jobs for well-meaning people correct incorrect

c) NGOs contest the "realist" view that all international politics of any significance arises from the activities of self-interested states correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. Stephen Krasner's regimes refers to ________.

a) IGOs and NGOs correct incorrect

b) public or private organizations correct incorrect

c) political culture and social movements correct incorrect

d) principles, norms, rules and decision-making procedures correct incorrect

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. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) ________.

a) initiates studies and reports, then makes policy recommendations correct incorrect

b) works on a range of issues correct incorrect

c) has a permanent forum on Indigenous issues correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) ________.

a) declared that human rights are important on a university campus correct incorrect

b) declared that Human Rights and civil society are not connected correct incorrect

c) declared that the League of Nations was a failure correct incorrect

d) established the protection of human rights, including economic and social rights correct incorrect

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. Genocide is ________.

a) cause the destruction of a particular group including preventing the birth within the group correct incorrect

b) killing members of a group or causing serious harm to members of a group correct incorrect

c) deliberate attempt to annihilate a particular group correct incorrect

d) all of the above correct incorrect

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. A social movement ________.

a) parallels domestic civil society correct incorrect

b) is collective action driven by particular concerns that emerge from society at large correct incorrect

c) is collective action by the government to institute change correct incorrect

d) is collective action driven by politicians correct incorrect