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POLS-121 SBCC FINAL Latest Update - 115 Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers Actual Exam Guaranteed A+
Barack Obama - CORRECT ANSWER: multiaterist, diciplined, deliberate, cerebral,
reasonable,authentic and thoughtful but have been accused for lack of leadership
Battle of Waterloo - CORRECT ANSWER: 1815, 200 000 men Fougt. 50,000 dead and
10,000 horses
Carl von Clausewitz - CORRECT ANSWER: Carl von Clausewitz, the 19th century
Prussian general and military theorist, coined the term fog of war. Said that war is an extension of political policy and can influence other states behaviors. Fought in the napolionic wars
Casualties syrian war - CORRECT ANSWER: 500,000 lives 2019
Cognintive consistency - CORRECT ANSWER: The tendency to pay attention to
information that is compatible with your beliefs and ignore facts that are not
Concept of a nation - CORRECT ANSWER: A group who share common characteristics
such as history, culture, language, religion, and who feel like they belong together
Definiton of power - CORRECT ANSWER: The ability to influence others, and also "to control outcomes so as to produce results that would not have occured naturally"
Diplomacy - CORRECT ANSWER: involves direct, government to government contact
between two or more states. Depends relations, reaching bilateral or multi-lateral agreements, and resolves conflicts
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economic sanctions - CORRECT ANSWER: Boycotts, embargoes, and other economic
measures that one country uses to pressure another country into changing its policies.
economic statecraft - CORRECT ANSWER: the use of economic means to secure
political ends. Ex: provide economic aid or engage in trade agreements
evoked set - CORRECT ANSWER: the tendency to look for details in a contemporary
situation that are similar to information previously obtained
Frazee's main argument (related to soft power) in PBS Newshour article "Is Trump Undermining" - CORRECT ANSWER: Trumps rhetoric is eroding US soft Power, as well as his withdrawing from agreements
Groupthink - CORRECT ANSWER: Members of a group tend to come to an agreement
without considering criticism and other opinions
Hard/tangible power - CORRECT ANSWER: Hard power includes natural sources of
power such as natural resources,geography, population as well as tangible sources of power such as military power, economic power and infrastructure
Independent leader - CORRECT ANSWER: High in nationalism
High in perception of control High in need for power Low in conceptual complexity High in distrust of others
India's and China's positions in the international system - CORRECT ANSWER: - China is rising its military spending, second biggest economy since 2011, Economy growing faster than Americas
- India has a huge potential to be a great power and a global stabilizer, however, they
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show little interest in such strategy, lacks the culture to pursue an active security policy
intermidiate-range nuclear forces treaty - CORRECT ANSWER: treaty signed by
president Ronald Raegan and soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev; eliminated all medium- range nuclear weapons from Europe
International Atomic Energy Agency - CORRECT ANSWER: the United Nations agency
concerned with atomic energy
Iran as a crisis state (Council of Foreign Relations Video) - CORRECT ANSWER: has been a flashpoint since 1979 revolution, critisized for supporting extremist and violates human rights. Sees themselves as the middle east counter pole to the US
Iran's nuclear program - CORRECT ANSWER: Deal between Iran and the Un-Security
counsil that countries would lift economic sanctions in return that Iran would restrict its nuclear activity
John Ikenberry's argument regarding the liberal order - CORRECT ANSWER: The US
has been at the center of creating and leading this liberal order by fostering alliances, stabilizing the world economy and promoting values of openness and liberal democracy.Offers a sharp criticism of the Trump Administration's foreign policy course. Liberal order threatened.
Joseph Nye - CORRECT ANSWER: coined the term of soft power which referst to "the ability to get what you want through attraction rather than coercion or payments"
Kenneth Waltz' argument in "Iran Should..." - CORRECT ANSWER: accquire nuclear weapons to bring stability to the Middle East
Manhattan Project - CORRECT ANSWER: A secret U.S. project during WW2 for the
construction of the atomic bomb, dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Margaret Hermans six personality traits - CORRECT ANSWER: 1. Level of nationalism: emotional attacment to nation, emphazisis on honor dignity
- Perception of control: Belief in the ability to control events and situations:
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Government has influence over the state and nature
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