PLSC 102 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
What three things are theories used for in international relations -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Realism. Liberalism, Constructivism
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What is the difference between the everyday usage of the word
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"theory" and the scientific usage of that word - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Everyday definition is just an idea or an opinion while the scientific
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means it's testable and disprovable
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Theories often involve correlation/causation problems. Briefly describe
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what this means - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Just because two separate
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events happen at the same time does not mean that they are related
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What is the basic premise of the behavioralist perspective on
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international relations? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Individuals act in
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patterned ways, and by gaining empirical data in that we can predict
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future behaviors
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What contribution does philosophy/philosophers make to discussions of
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international relations? Briefly mention the contributions of two
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philosophers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-It focuses on the state, rulers and
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, how the government controls human nature. Hobbes believed human
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nature was nasty, brutish, and short and called for an absolute monarch
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while Locke believed political power ultimately rests with the people,
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calling for more of a constitutional democracy
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Define sovereignty - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The right to rule
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After getting a late start compared to many of the great early
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civilizations, what factors contributed most to the fast growth and
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global expansion of Europe after the Middle Ages? (just a list is fine) -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Guns, weapons, germs, and steel.Competition?
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An argument can be made that the development of nuclear weapons
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made the world more peaceful. Briefly give this argument - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-By gaining nuclear weapons, you are giving your country | | | | | | | | |
security through the ability to annihilate and threat while also knowing
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that no battle/war can step far enough to escalate to using such nuclear
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weapons or else it would result in mutual destruction
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List three ways in which the Peace of Westphalia changed the
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international system? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-created modern nation-
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state system, |
Locke's Two Treatises on Government changed the way nations viewed
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sovereignty. At a basic level, what was this change? - CORRECT
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WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
What three things are theories used for in international relations -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Realism. Liberalism, Constructivism
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What is the difference between the everyday usage of the word
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"theory" and the scientific usage of that word - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Everyday definition is just an idea or an opinion while the scientific
| | | | | | | | | | | |
means it's testable and disprovable
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Theories often involve correlation/causation problems. Briefly describe
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what this means - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Just because two separate
| | | | | | | | |
events happen at the same time does not mean that they are related
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What is the basic premise of the behavioralist perspective on
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international relations? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Individuals act in
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patterned ways, and by gaining empirical data in that we can predict
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future behaviors
|
What contribution does philosophy/philosophers make to discussions of
| | | | | | |
international relations? Briefly mention the contributions of two
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philosophers - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-It focuses on the state, rulers and
| | | | | | | | | |
, how the government controls human nature. Hobbes believed human
| | | | | | | | |
nature was nasty, brutish, and short and called for an absolute monarch
| | | | | | | | | | | |
while Locke believed political power ultimately rests with the people,
| | | | | | | | | |
calling for more of a constitutional democracy
| | | | | |
Define sovereignty - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The right to rule
| | | | | | |
After getting a late start compared to many of the great early
| | | | | | | | | | | |
civilizations, what factors contributed most to the fast growth and
| | | | | | | | | |
global expansion of Europe after the Middle Ages? (just a list is fine) -
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Guns, weapons, germs, and steel.Competition?
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An argument can be made that the development of nuclear weapons
| | | | | | | | | | |
made the world more peaceful. Briefly give this argument - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-By gaining nuclear weapons, you are giving your country | | | | | | | | |
security through the ability to annihilate and threat while also knowing
| | | | | | | | | | |
that no battle/war can step far enough to escalate to using such nuclear
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
weapons or else it would result in mutual destruction
| | | | | | | |
List three ways in which the Peace of Westphalia changed the
| | | | | | | | | | |
international system? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-created modern nation-
| | | | | |
state system, |
Locke's Two Treatises on Government changed the way nations viewed
| | | | | | | | | |
sovereignty. At a basic level, what was this change? - CORRECT
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