PLSC 101 Midterm (A+ Guaranteed)

1648 correct answers Signing of the Treaty of Westphalia, ending the Thirty Years' War () and beginning the modern state system of sovereignty. 1919 correct answers The year of the Versailles Peace Conference in Paris, France and the establishment of the League of Nations. Abyssinia correct answers Better known as Ethiopia since WWII, this state in east Africa was invaded and conquered by Italy in 1935 in defiance of League of Nations orders. Actor correct answers A country (state), organization, or movement which has international influence. Africa correct answers Continent and home to over 50 states, most of which became independent in the 1960s and joined the United Nations that decade, substantially increasing the size of the UN General Assembly. Alignment correct answers an informal strategic cooperative relationship between two or more powers. Its informal nature may indicate that the two powers have not yet formalized their relationship in a treaty, or that one or the other does not wish to be so explicit. Alliance correct answers This is a formal strategic agreement that is embodied in a treaty that carries the force of international law. Anarchy correct answers The international condition in which no actual government exists. The term does not necessarily imply chaos or violence, only the lack of a formal, central, legitimate government as does exist at the national level. Appeasement correct answers Its proper meaning is to give the other side what they want in negotiations, to accede to their conditions, or to allay. No longer in current use. Armistice correct answers A formal cease-fire and end to the fighting in a war. Arms Control correct answers The creation of conditions whereby strategic interaction between two antagonists is more stable. This may or may not include the reduction of arms. Arms Race correct answers An intense competition between states in building their respective military or naval capabilities in response to the similar behavior by a perceived competitor. Austria-Hungary correct answers A multi-national, multi-ethnic empire in Central Europe ruled by the Hapsburg dynasty which was a major power in Europe until it broke apart into different smaller states after World War I.