Chapter 04 Quiz

. In 2014, Russia annexed

Latvia.

Georgia.

Finland.

Crimea.

. According to Marxists, democratic decision making is just a(n) ______ for powerful financial and industrial elites.

Smokescreen.

Asset.

Impediment.

Support.

. Dependency theory was a response to

Economic growth.

Liberal modernization.

The welfare state.

Sustainable development.

. In which country are people MOST likely to exhibit parochial political culture, meaning they have little awareness of government and do not form a strong political community?

Afghanistan.

France.

United States.

Germany.

. Identifying primarily with a religious or ethnic group is known as

Nationalism.

Tribalism.

Fundamentalism.

Authoritarianism.

. Political psychologists posit that

Childhood experiences might affect later political decision making.

Policy decisions are always influenced by childhood memories.

Fears are emotional and should not interfere in foreign policy decisions.

Feelings do not have an impact on a leaderâ€™s decision.

. Why is information on political leaders misleading?

Presidents or prime ministers are not available for surveys or interviews.

Scientists have difficulties studying alpha males in society.

The impact of external variables outweighs individual decisions in foreign policy.

We have little information about political leaders.

. The vast and complex information involved with analyzing and implementing foreign policy is ______to any policy maker.

A serious challenge.

A technological curse.

An insurmountable impediment.

Comparable to an online computer game.

. The fateful decision of sending Soviet troops to Afghanistan in 1979 might be explained by

Nikita Khrushchevâ€™s impulsive behavior.

Leonidâ€™s Brezhnevâ€™s addiction to medication.

Michael Gorbachevâ€™s lack of power.

A new powerful U.S. administration.

. Which of the following statements is MOST likely true about the Cuban regime?

Fidel Castroâ€™s brother Raul took over in 1999.

Authorities did not reveal Fidel Castroâ€™s deteriorating health conditions for years.

Fidel Castro was engaged in negotiations with the United States to introduce free trade.

Fidel Castro refused to take aid from the Soviet Union.

. The domino theory argues that

The loss of one Stalinist country would lead to a U.S. global victory.

Small numbers on the domino piece enhance the chances of winning.

The loss of a single country to Communism would trigger a chain reaction.

Democracy will spread rapidly once it reaches a certain critical mass.

. Diagrams of information processing and decision making used to predict Soviet decisions are called

Cognitive minds.

Cognitive maps.

Conscious systems.

Conscious maps.

. Putnamâ€™s two-level game does NOT include which of the following?

Congress.

Lobbies.

Private persons.

Governments.

. Which of the following is an important collective experience for the United States?

The acquisition of nuclear weapons by China.

The 1989 invasion of Panama.

The Great Depression.

The formation of the European Union.

. In 1962 the Soviet Union planned to put missiles in Cuba that

Had only conventional warheads, not nuclear.

Could reach only as far as Miami.

Could reach more than half of the United States.

Could reach as far as Alaska.

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