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Question 1

A situation in which significant power is distributed among three or more states is known as what?

a) Bipolarity.

b) A balance of power.

c) A state of nature.

d) Multipolarity.

Question 2

When was the United Nations formally established?

a) 1815, after the Battle of Waterloo.

b) 1918, after World War I.

c) 1945, after World War II.

d) 1990, at the close of the Cold War.

Question 3

The United Nations Charter is...

a) largely concerned with individual human rights.

b) wholly concerned with the relationship between states.

c) an attempt to legitimise the dominance of great powers over little ones.

d) devoted to a wide range of subjects including peace, justice, freedom and economic and social rights.

Question 4

The permanent members of the UN Security Council are...

a) the US, the UK, the USSR, France, and China.

b) the US, the UK, Germany, France, and China.

c) the US, the UK, Russia, France, and China.

d) the US, the UK, France, and China.

Question 5

Why is reform of the Security Council problematic?

a) Enlarging the permanent membership could impair decision-making.

b) None of the existing permanent members are keen to give up their seats.

c) It is difficult to make an uncontroversial case for any of the potential new permanent members.

d) All of the above.

Question 6

The US approach to the Cold War was originally set out in...

a) The Truman Doctrine.

b) The Truman Show.

c) The Marshall Plan.

d) The Monroe Doctrine.

Question 7

A key doctrine for NATO is that...

a) the member states will give military support to the US in any conflict.

b) the US will give military support to any other member state in any conflict.

c) an attack on any one member state is regarded as an attack on all of them.

d) the US will attack any non-NATO country which is developing weapons of mass destruction.

Question 8

The Brandt Report...

a) argued that the developing world should get its act together and fend for itself.

b) recommended a massive aid programme to assist developing countries.

c) was inspired by Bob Geldof and 'Live Aid'.

d) insisted that aid should only be offered to non-Communist countries.

Question 9

Why does climate change have the potential to affect security questions?

a) It threatens to increase existing tensions between developed and developing states.

b) It could lead to the mass movement of refugees from areas which are no longer inhabitable.

c) Shortages of vital resources like food and water may give rise to conflict.

d) All of the above.

Question 10

Why did President George W.H. Bush hail 'a new world order' after the 1991 Gulf War?

a) It meant that the US could now do whatever it wanted.

b) There seemed to be a much better chance of lasting peace because after the Cold War the United Nations was no longer so sharply divided on ideological grounds.

c) Saddam Hussein had been toppled at last.

d) Bush had suddenly decided that realist theory was rubbish.

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