IB Global Politics Exam (2025) QUESTIONS AND (elaborated)
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Realism - (ANSWERS)is an approach to the study and practice of
international politics. It emphasizes the role of the nation-state and makes a
broad assumption that all nation-states are motivated by national interests,
or, at best, national interests disguised as moral concerns.
Liberalism - (ANSWERS)With the proper institutions and diplomacy,
________ believes that states can work together to maximize prosperity and
minimize conflict.
Marxism - (ANSWERS)is a political and social theory that argues that
social change comes about through economic class struggle.
Bretton Woods System - (ANSWERS)refers to the international monetary
arrangement, agreed upon by the allied nations in 1944 in Bretton Woods,
US, that created the IMF and World Bank and that set up a system of fixed
exchange rates with the US dollar as the international reserve currency.
Feminism - (ANSWERS)is a broad term given to works of those scholars
who have sought to bring gender concerns into the academic study of
international politics and protestors of advertisements which use sexualized
images of women to market products.
,IB Global Politics Exam (2025) QUESTIONS AND (elaborated)
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Green Politics - (ANSWERS)is a theory in international relations is a sub-
field of international relations theory which concerns international
environmental cooperation.
Power - (ANSWERS)the means by which a state or other actor wields or
can assert actual or potential influence or coercion relative to other states
and non state actors because of the political, geographic, economic and
financial, technological, military, social, cultural, or other capabilities it
possesses
Rome Statute - (ANSWERS)is the treaty that established the International
Criminal Court (ICC).
Sovereignty - (ANSWERS)is the full right and power of a governing body
over itself, without any interference from outside sources or bodies.
Legitimacy - (ANSWERS)is the right and acceptance of an authority,
usually a governing law or a régime.
Interdependence - (ANSWERS)that states and their fortunes are
, IB Global Politics Exam (2025) QUESTIONS AND (elaborated)
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
inextricably tied together.
Trade Unions - (ANSWERS)are organizations formed by workers from
related fields that work for the common interest of its members. ... They
represent a cluster of workers and provide a link between the management
and workers.
Hard Power - (ANSWERS)describes a nation or political body's ability to
use economic incentives or military strength to influence other actors'
behaviors.
Soft Power - (ANSWERS)is a concept developed by Joseph Nye of Harvard
University to describe the ability to attract and co-opt rather than by
coercion, using force or giving money as a means of persuasion.
Smart Power - (ANSWERS)refers to the combination of hard power and
soft power strategies. ... Employing only hard power or only soft power in a
given situation will usually prove inadequate.
Treaty - (ANSWERS)a binding formal agreement, contract, or other written
instrument that establishes obligations between two or more subjects of
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Realism - (ANSWERS)is an approach to the study and practice of
international politics. It emphasizes the role of the nation-state and makes a
broad assumption that all nation-states are motivated by national interests,
or, at best, national interests disguised as moral concerns.
Liberalism - (ANSWERS)With the proper institutions and diplomacy,
________ believes that states can work together to maximize prosperity and
minimize conflict.
Marxism - (ANSWERS)is a political and social theory that argues that
social change comes about through economic class struggle.
Bretton Woods System - (ANSWERS)refers to the international monetary
arrangement, agreed upon by the allied nations in 1944 in Bretton Woods,
US, that created the IMF and World Bank and that set up a system of fixed
exchange rates with the US dollar as the international reserve currency.
Feminism - (ANSWERS)is a broad term given to works of those scholars
who have sought to bring gender concerns into the academic study of
international politics and protestors of advertisements which use sexualized
images of women to market products.
,IB Global Politics Exam (2025) QUESTIONS AND (elaborated)
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Green Politics - (ANSWERS)is a theory in international relations is a sub-
field of international relations theory which concerns international
environmental cooperation.
Power - (ANSWERS)the means by which a state or other actor wields or
can assert actual or potential influence or coercion relative to other states
and non state actors because of the political, geographic, economic and
financial, technological, military, social, cultural, or other capabilities it
possesses
Rome Statute - (ANSWERS)is the treaty that established the International
Criminal Court (ICC).
Sovereignty - (ANSWERS)is the full right and power of a governing body
over itself, without any interference from outside sources or bodies.
Legitimacy - (ANSWERS)is the right and acceptance of an authority,
usually a governing law or a régime.
Interdependence - (ANSWERS)that states and their fortunes are
, IB Global Politics Exam (2025) QUESTIONS AND (elaborated)
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
inextricably tied together.
Trade Unions - (ANSWERS)are organizations formed by workers from
related fields that work for the common interest of its members. ... They
represent a cluster of workers and provide a link between the management
and workers.
Hard Power - (ANSWERS)describes a nation or political body's ability to
use economic incentives or military strength to influence other actors'
behaviors.
Soft Power - (ANSWERS)is a concept developed by Joseph Nye of Harvard
University to describe the ability to attract and co-opt rather than by
coercion, using force or giving money as a means of persuasion.
Smart Power - (ANSWERS)refers to the combination of hard power and
soft power strategies. ... Employing only hard power or only soft power in a
given situation will usually prove inadequate.
Treaty - (ANSWERS)a binding formal agreement, contract, or other written
instrument that establishes obligations between two or more subjects of
