课程名称：国际关系 课程性质： 必修 课程范围： International relations, 9th edition ,ch1~2(power) 开课教师：卢业中 开课系级：外交二 考试日期： (2010/11/3) 考试时限： 120mins 试题本文： Midterm Exam for International Relations Date: 11/3/2010 Assistant Professor Yeh‐chung Lu *Please return this sheet to the assistant after the exam, and sign up before you leave the classroom. I. MULTIPLE‐CHOICE (4 points for each question, 80 points in total) 1. International relations A) involves only presidents, generals, and diplomats. B) influences daily life only when war occurs. C) affects the goods that students consume. * D) includes the study of the domestic politics of foreign countries. E) involves only states. 2. The two major subfields of international relations are A) conflict and cooperation. B) comparative politics and international security. C) international security and international political economy. * D) international political economy and comparative politics. E) international organization and international law. 3. Which of the following is NOT a component of a state? A) Territory B) Government C) Sovereignty D) Population E) Democracy * 4. Sovereignty is A) a state government answering to no higher authority. * B) a goal of international organizations in world affairs. C) the ability of one country to have influence over another. D) the development of participatory institutions of social life. E) political control over the military. 5. An example of a political entity often referred to as a state but not formally recognized as one is A) Switzerland. B) Germany. C) Taiwan. * D) Western Sahara. E) Cyprus. 6. States that are great powers have A) great military strength. B) great economic strength. C) nuclear weapons. D) open borders. E) A and B. * 7. During World War II, the Soviet Union A) signed a nonaggression pact with Germany. B) was invaded by Germany. C) suffered the greatest share of the deaths. D) was one of the Allied Powers. E) All of the above * 8. The post‐Cold War era is A) more complex and unpredictable than the Cold War period. B) more peaceful than the Cold War period. C) characterized by a more global international economy. D) characterized by transnational concerns such as environmental degradation and disease, which have become more prominent. E) All of the above * 9. What is the key problem of international relations? A) Preventing authoritarian governments from acquiring nuclear weapons B) Getting a group of two or more states to serve its collective interests when doing so requires its members to forgo their individual interests * C) Limiting the impact of global warming on coastal areas in Asia and the Pacific D) Helping authoritarian governments make a smooth transition to democracy without years of civil conflict E) Allowing outside states to intervene in situations of internal conflict to prevent genocide 10. How do dominance and reciprocity compare as solutions to collective goods problems? A) Dominance relies on a power hierarchy acting as a central authority, whereas reciprocity operates without any central authority. * B) Dominance has advantages and disadvantages, whereas reciprocity has only advantages. C) Dominance forms the basis of most institutions in the international system, whereas reciprocity has limited application. D) Dominance is the basis of cooperation in IR, whereas reciprocity typically leads to conflict. E) Dominance works best in groups of small states, whereas reciprocity works best in groups of large states. 11. Which of the following is NOT a point of view on globalization? A) Globalization diffuses authority, transforming state power to operate in new contexts. B) The world’s major economies are no more integrated today than before World War I, and the North‐South gap is increasing. C) Globalization is changing international security more quickly and profoundly than international political economy. * D) Globalization is the fruition of liberal economic principles where a global marketplace has brought growth and prosperity. E) All of the above are points of view on globalization. 12. Recent crises (since 2008) involving nuclear weapons programs involve which of the following countries? A) China and Israel B) Venezuela and Somalia C) North Korea and Iran * D) Iraq and Syria E) Russia and Ukraine. 13. The most important feature of international relations according to a realist is A) international law. B) power. * C) cooperative international relationships. D) morality. E) international organizations. 14. Realists believe that A) states are the most important actors in IR. B) states act like rational individuals in pursuing national interests. C) states act in an international system characterized by anarchy. D) human nature is selfish. E) All of the above * 15. According to the text, the best single indicator of a state's power may be the size of its A) army. B) air force. C) population. D) total GDP. * E) territory. 16. Power A) is influence. B) depends on political leaders mobilizing and deploying capabilities. C) can only be exerted through dominance. D) is the capability to influence other states. E) B and D. * 17. With respect to power, A) it is not difficult to accurately measure the power of another state. B) the relative power of a state is more important to realists than the absolute power of a state. * C) more powerful states will always defeat weaker states in a war. D) if a state’s own values become widely shared among other states, it is harder to exercise power over them. E) None of the above 18. Some order is brought to the international system by which of the following? A) Making changes to international borders to prevent conflict B) Norms of behavior * C) Interference in the internal affairs of other states D) States’ monopoly on legally sanctioned violence to enforce a system of law E) The international system is not orderly 19. Who explains international events in terms of the structure of the international system, primarily? A) Realists B) Liberals C) Neorealists * D) Neoliberals E) World system theorists 20. Anarchy in the international system means A) complete chaos. B) the absence of structure and rules. C) the absence of a central government that can enforce rules. * D) states pay attention to the intentions of other states rather than their capabilities. E) All of the above II. FILL‐IN‐THE‐BLANK (4 points for each question, 20 points in total) 1. The International Committee of the Red Cross is an example of a(n) _____ because its members are not governments. (nongovernmental organization, NGO) 2. Consideration of the political organizations, government agencies, and economic sectors within states is the focus of the _____ level of analysis. (domestic) 3. The ratio of the power that two states can bring to bear against each other is known as _____ power. (relative) 4. A(n) _____ is a state with a preponderance of power in world affairs. (hegemon) 5. Please fill in the blank in the following table of assumptions of Realism and Idealism: Issue Realism idealism ------------------------------------------------------------------- Human Nature selfish altruistic ------------------------------------------------------------------- most important actors states states and others including individuals ------------------------------------------------------------------- causes of state _____________ psychological motives behavior of decision makers ------------------------------------------------------------------- nature of anarchy community international system ------------------------------------------------------------------- (rational pursuit of self-interest) III. Essay Question (5 points) We have so many things going on in the classroom every time we meet. If you can add/drop one thing to improve our class, what will you suggest? Why? ----- 总分一百零五! 考的概念大都是课本上的，不会太难。 --

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