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Chapter 06 Check My Learning Quiz
International Law and International Organizations
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6.1 Explain the nature, principles, and sources of international law.
6.2 Describe the evolution of international law and international organizations.
6.3 Outline the principal differences among various views and approaches to international law.
6.4 Critically apply key principles of international law to individual decisions, state policies, and global developments.
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The Palestinians' official response to Israel's defensive wall in 2001 was
To send protestors to destroy the wall.
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To request that the wall be removed.
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To ignore it.
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To build their own wall.
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International law is BEST characterized as
A set of principles, rules, and agreements.
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A set of treaties, clauses, and obligations.
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Treaties, declarations, and conventions.
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whatever the United States determines it to be.
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In what year did the United States cancel the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty?
In 1973, after strong opposition in the Senate.
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In 1979, after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
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In 1993, after the election of Bill Clinton.
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In 2002, after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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British Petroleum's offer to pay reparations to the victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill could BEST be described as occurring under
An economic sanction.
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A general principle.
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Forced compensation.
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A smear campaign.
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Who wrote Mare Librum?
Hugo Grotius.
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Emerich de Vattel.
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Carl Schmitt.
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Friedrich Nietzsche.
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In 1899 Czar Nicholas II of Russia and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands assembled an important international conference in _____.
Prague.
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The Hague.
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Belgrade.
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London.
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Which of the following countries has officially declared its neutrality?
Britain.
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Russia.
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United States.
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Switzerland.
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Who is the founder of the International Red Cross?
Pierre Curie.
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Voltaire.
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Jean Henri Dunant.
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Napoleon.
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When was the first Geneva Convention regulating treatment of the wounded signed?
1906.
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1949.
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1864.
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1929.
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When did the United Nations General Assembly adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
1907.
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1948.
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1966.
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1990.
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The League of Nations came into existence in
1918.
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1939.
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1920.
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1924.
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Which of the following was NOT an element of the League of Nations?
Council.
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Secretariat.
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International Court of Justice.
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Assembly.
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The International Court of Justice
Was created by the United Nations.
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Was created by the League of Nations.
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Has binding jurisdiction on all states.
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Is located in San Francisco.
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How did the U.S. Senate respond to the Pact of Paris (Kellogg-Briand Pact)?
It ratified the treaty, but refused to enforce it.
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It ratified the treaty, but promised only conditional enforcement.
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It ratified the treaty and promised full enforcement.
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It did not ratify the treaty.
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Which of the following rulers BEST qualifies as a tyrant?
Saddam Hussein.
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Richard Nixon.
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Charles de Gaulle.
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Mikhail Gorbachev.
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The Nuremberg trails focused on trying leaders of this country
Japan.
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Soviet Union.
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China.
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Germany.
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Which of the following reasons favoring international law is LEAST salient?
A need for a secure international environment.
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A need for conflict resolution.
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A need to coordinate domestic laws in a global world.
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A need to control nongovernmental organizations.
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All of the following are integral principles of international law, EXCEPT
Sovereignty.
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Hegemony.
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Territoriality.
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Jurisdiction.
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Which of the elements below are NOT considered sources of international law?
International treaties.
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General principles.
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Customs.
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Domestic regulations.
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Which of the following terms is NOT a potential formal designation for an international treaty?
Deal.
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Agreement.
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Convention.
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Pact.
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Territorial waters are
All islands off a state's coast.
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The freedom of the sea.
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Specific zones in which all states may exploit resources.
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The coastal water extension of a state's territory.
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Interpol is BEST characterized as
A cross-border police cooperation.
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An arm of the International Court of Justice.
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The police force of the European Union.
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An Internet monitoring system to combat patent infringement.
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Realists believe the following about international law, except
Sovereign states by definition have no higher authority over them.
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Supranationalism is one of the core principles.
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International law may regulate relations among states given certain conditions.
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Without sanction mechanisms, international law remains powerless.
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Which of the following statements about realists is NOT true?
Realists do not advocate lawlessness.
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The anarchical nature of today's global international system makes international law important.
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Strong states can ignore international law.
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Every state must abide by general principles.
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That the League of Nations could not prevent Italy from invading Ethiopia in the 1930s is a good illustration of
Realism.
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Liberalism.
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Constructivism.
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Marxism.
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Supranationalism is the _______ of authority to institutions or organizations that may _____ the authority of individual states by their consent.
Delegation . . . supersede.
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Diminishing . . . increase.
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Delegation . . . undermine.
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Diminishing . . . supersede.
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How are treaties ratified in the United States?
By a two-thirds vote of the Senate.
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By a two-thirds vote in the Senate and the House.
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By a majority vote in the Senate and the House.
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By a majority vote of the Supreme Court.
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Which of the following is NOT seen as a way to support a global legal system?
Stability.
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Cooperation.
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Just war.
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Peace.
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The ICTR applies which kind of law?
International trade law.
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Global environmental law.
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International criminal law.
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Human rights law.
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That people are responsible for certain illegal actions regardless of where they live is known as
Universal jurisdiction.
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Extraterritoriality.
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Neutrality.
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Customary law.
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The Nuremberg trials focused primarily on
War crimes in Europe.
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Violations of the Law of the Sea treaties.
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The concentration camps in the Soviet Union.
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Japanese atrocities in China.
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The formal legal basis for establishing the International Criminal Court, the Rome Statute, was created in
1907.
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1945.
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1971.
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1998.
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