Chapter 06 Quiz

. The Palestiniansâ€™ official response to Israelâ€™s defensive wall in 2001 was

To send protestors to destroy the wall.

To request that the wall be removed.

To ignore it.

To build their own wall.

. International law is BEST characterized as

A set of principles, rules, and agreements.

A set of treaties, clauses, and obligations.

Treaties, declarations, and conventions.

whatever the United States determines it to be.

. In what year did the United States cancel the 1972 Antiâ€"Ballistic Missile Treaty?

In 1973, after strong opposition in the Senate.

In 1979, after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

In 1993, after the election of Bill Clinton.

In 2002, after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

. British Petroleumâ€™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.

A general principle.

Forced compensation.

A smear campaign.

. Who wrote Mare Librum?

Hugo Grotius.

Emerich de Vattel.

Carl Schmitt.

Friedrich Nietzsche.

. In 1899 Czar Nicholas II of Russia and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands assembled an important international conference in _____.

Prague.

The Hague.

Belgrade.

London.

. Which of the following countries has officially declared its neutrality?

Britain.

Russia.

United States.

Switzerland.

. Who is the founder of the International Red Cross?

Pierre Curie.

Voltaire.

Jean Henri Dunant.

Napoleon.

. When was the first Geneva Convention regulating treatment of the wounded signed?

1906

1949

1864

1929

. When did the United Nations General Assembly adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

1907

1948

1966

1990

. The League of Nations came into existence in

1918

1939

1920

1924

. Which of the following was NOT an element of the League of Nations?

Council.

Secretariat.

International Court of Justice.

Assembly.

. The International Court of Justice

Was created by the United Nations.

Was created by the League of Nations.

Has binding jurisdiction on all states.

Is located in San Francisco.

. How did the U.S. Senate respond to the Pact of Paris (Kelloggâ€"Briand Pact)?

It ratified the treaty, but refused to enforce it.

It ratified the treaty, but promised only conditional enforcement.

It ratified the treaty and promised full enforcement.

It did not ratify the treaty.

. Which of the following rulers BEST qualifies as a tyrant?

Saddam Hussein.

Richard Nixon.

Charles de Gaulle.

Mikhail Gorbachev.

. The Nuremberg trails focused on trying leaders of this country

Japan.

Soviet Union.

China.

Germany.

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