International Relations Questions

What is the relationship between warfare and basic needs?A) Being at war produces economic wealth for a country's military industries, raising the ability of all citizens to meet their basic needs.B) Being at war allows a country to acquire resources to meet basic needs through conquest.C) Being poor, with unmet basic needs, makes a society more war prone.D) Being poor, with unmet basic needs, makes a society less war prone.

In recent years, states in which region have elected leftist presidents committed to changing course away from free-market capitalism and toward a socialist philosophy with more state-owned industries?A) Latin AmericaB) East AsiaC) Sub-Saharan AfricaD) Eastern Europe

According to world-systems theory, which type of state develops most of the advanced products or quasi-monopoly goods?A) Core statesB) Peripheral statesC) Semiperipheral statesD) Multinational states

Conflicts among great powers, including the two world wars and the Cold War, basically result from competition among core states and regions over the right to exploit the __________.A) third worldB) the peripheryC) industrial regionsD) satellites

Recurrent epidemics and widespread diarrhea, which kill millions of children each year, are often the result of __________.A) inadequate food suppliesB) infection with hepatitisC) river blindness diseaseD) inadequate sanitation facilities

What group of refugees, displaced in the 1948 and 1967 Arab-Israeli wars, remains one of the most politicized groups in the world?A) GeorgiansB) EgyptiansC) ArmeniansD) Palestinians

Urbanization is caused by people moving __________.A) from the suburbs to the cityB) from the city to the countrysideC) from city to cityD) from the countryside to the city

In 2000, the UN adopted the Millennium Development Goals. What does the UN hope to achieve with this project?A) To set targets for basic needs globally, with a goal to cut the proportion of the world's population living in extreme poverty by half.B) To promote infrastructure growth in the world's poorer regions.C) To fund advances in agriculture for use in the developing world.D) To provide microloans to small businesses in the developing world in order to spur job growth and overall economic development.

International law and norms __________.A) obligate states to accept refugees who arrive at their bordersB) do not distinguish between refugees and migrantsC) emphasize migrants' economic impact on a state rather than their international security implicationsD) provide guidance to receiving states as to how to distinguish political motives from economic motives

In 1996, world leaders adopted a goal to cut hunger in half by 2015, and current estimates __________.A) are discouraging as regards reaching that goalB) indicate further research is required in order to assess how achievable that goal isC) imply the goal is achievableD) indicate the rate of hunger has risen

UNESCO defines literacy as the ability to read and write __________.A) a simple sentenceB) three paragraphsC) at the third-grade levelD) at the sixth-grade level

With respect to migrants and refugees, __________.A) migrants flee their country to escape war, natural disaster, or political persecutionB) refugees move to a new country in search of better economic opportunitiesC) states are obligated to let migrants leave for another countryD) refugees may be granted asylum, which allows them to stay in the new state

Women taking part in the Integrated Holistic Approach Urban Development Project have helped to subsidize health and sanitation services in slums by __________.A) working closely with the government to bring in extra fundingB) working with the government to lower tax rates on firms providing these servicesC) organizing income-producing businesses and using the profits to enhance these servicesD) allowing for greater efficiency in these services by reducing operating costs

With respect to poverty in the global South, which of the following is true?A) Starvation kills more people than malnutrition does.B) People die from starvation and malnutrition because there is not enough food produced in the world to feed them.C) About one billion people live in abject poverty.D) Starvation triggered by war or drought affects more people than chronic poverty does.

Remittances from nations like the U.S. provide opportunities for family members back home, as well as improving their quality of life, and __________.A) allowing illegal immigrants to earn citizenshipB) helping stabilize home countries economicallyC) increasing the security of the U.S.D) helping destabilize home countries economically

As of 2012, half a trillion dollars, triple that of a decade before, was sent by migrants to relatives in their country of origin, which is an example of a(n) __________.A) remittanceB) restrictionC) traffickingD) deferral

In 2010 floods destroyed nearly 2 million acres of crops in Pakistan. This is an example of __________.A) natural disasters exacerbating already dwindling interest in subsistence farmingB) a subsidiary effect of over-farmingC) derelict drainage infrastructureD) natural disasters exacerbating food shortages

Right-wing nationalism has surfaced in __________, where regulations for asylum seekers have been lax and the number of immigrants has been increasing.A) TurkeyB) BelgiumC) RussiaD) Germany

In which region of the global South are women's literacy rates closer to those of men?A) Latin AmericaB) The Middle EastC) East AsiaD) Africa

In the 2010 Pakistan flood nearly __________ million acres were destroyed.A) 3B) 20C) 2D) 22