27 questions
An example of a Nongovernmental Organization is __________________?
United Nations
McDonalds
The Red Cross
World Bank
An example of an Intergovernmental Organization (IGO) is _____________________?
Doctors without Borders
Nike
United Nations
The Red Cross
You, as an individual, are a global actor.
True
False
What is an organized community living under a single government which has exclusive control over its own territory called?
Nation-State
Nation
State
Territory
What is a people who share similar cultural characteristics including language, customs, religion, ancestry, origin, history called?
Nation-state
State
Nation
Territory
What is a political state whose borders encompass the entirety of a nation with the great majority of the state sharing the same culture and are conscious of it.
Nation-state
Nation
State
Territory
The nation-state originated in ___________________?
Europe between 1450-1650 C.E.
Asia between 1450-1650 C.E.
Europe 1350-1550 C.E.
Asia 1350-1550 C.E.
Before the nation-state what was almost constant in the grey areas between large empires?
Trade
Warfare
Border Walls
Cooperation between neighbors
The Treaty of Westphalia ended fighting between ________________?
Spain and France
Muslims and Christians
Catholics and Protestants
France and England
The thirty years war took place in what century?
15th century
16th century
17th century
18th century
The Treaty of Westphalia did all of the following except __________________?
Sovereignty was made into law
Citizenship was made into law
State borders were rigidly defined
Religious figures (such as the pope) became the main unit for international diplomacy.
For a state to be sovereign, it has to be recognized by other states.
True
False
The Treaty of Westphalia stated that states had to claim responsibility for the their citizen's behavior.
True
False
In addition to the states themselves, all of these help enforce the Westphalia rules except _________________.
Intergovernmental Organizations
Treaties
International Law
Nongovernmental Organizations
How many states are recognized today?
168
192
207
223
Do MNCs have allegiance to a state?
Yes
No
Depends on the state
Sometimes
Terrorist groups would fit into which category?
NGO
ICC
IGO
MNC
Kurds are a sizable minority population in all of the following countries except ________________?
Iran
Iraq
Syria
Turkey
Saudi Arabia
Catalonia is the richest of all of the French provinces making up 20% of their GDP.
True
False
Which of these treaties deal with climate change?
Montreal
Kyoto
Rome
Ottawa
Which of these treaties deal with landmines?
Ottawa
Montreal
Kyoto
Paris
Which of these treaties deal with Ozone depletion?
Ottawa
Kyoto
Paris
Montreal
Which of these treaties deal with genocide?
Ottawa
Paris
Montreal
Rome
Under the Paris agreement, China in 2015, committed to peak its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions around the year ______________, and make best efforts to peak earlier.
2025
2030
2035
2050
Three-Fourths of France's electricity comes from ________________?
Oil and Gas (Fossil Fuels)
Solar and Wind (Renewables)
Nuclear
_________________ is projected to overtake the United States to become the second largest power system in the world behind China by 2044.
Russia
India
Saudi Arabia
Germany
After the recent U.S. presidential election, can the U.S. rejoin the Paris Agreement? Will they rejoin it?
Yes they can, but no they won't
Yes they can, and yes they will
No they can't, and no they won't
No they can't, but they would if they were allowed to