Ch21 The United Nationsdevon Curtis And Complete Test Bank

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 21 - Question 01

01) The United Nations Charter makes reference only to state rights.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 21 - Question 02

02) The UN Charter specifically outlines the role of peacekeeping in the international system.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 21 - Question 03

03) The cold war and the decolonization process discouraged more active involvement by the UN within states.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 21 - Question 04

04) The UN Charter essentially re-affirmed the principle of sovereignty.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 21 - Question 05

05) Promoting development is an important UN goal.

a. True

b. False

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 21 - Question 06

06) How many member states did the UN have when it was first established in 1945?

a. 39

b. 51

c. 72

d. 193

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 21 - Question 07

07) Which key section of the UN Charter deals with ‘Action with Respect to Threats to the Peace, Breaches of the Peace, and Acts of Aggression’?

a. The Preamble.

b. Article 99.

c. Chapter VI.

d. Chapter VII.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 21 - Question 08

08) Which nation is not a member of the permanent five who hold a veto on the Security Council?

a. The United States.

b. China.

c. Germany.

d. France.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 21 - Question 09

09) Which body is not a principal organ of the United Nations system?

a. World Bank.

b. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

c. Trusteeship Council.

d. International Court of Justice.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 21 - Question 10

10) Which of the following serves as the main UN judicial organ to settle disputes between states?

a. The International Criminal Court (ICC).

b. The International Court of Justice (ICJ).

c. The Security Council.

d. Peacekeeping Operations and Missions.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 21 - Question 11

11) Who was the secretary-general of the UN who outlined a more ambitious agenda for the UN in his An Agenda for Peace (1992)?

a. Dag Hammarskjôld.

b. Javier Pérez de Cuéllar.

c. Boutros Boutros-Ghali.

d. Kofi Annan.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 21 - Question 12

12) What concept involves confidence-building measures, fact-finding, and preventive deployment of UN authorized forces?

a. Peacemaking.

b. Peacekeeping.

c. Post-conflict peacebuilding.

d. Preventive diplomacy.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 21 - Question 13

13) What UN body was tasked with overseeing the transition of 11 Trust Territories administered by seven member states to self-government or independence?

a. The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

b. The Security Council.

c. The Trusteeship Council.

d. The World Bank Group.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 21 - Question 14

14) The International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty advanced what notion?

a. The responsibility to protect.

b. Peacekeeping.

c. Collective security.

d. Non-intervention.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 21 - Question 15

15) Peace enforcement does not require the consent of the parties, while classical peacekeeping requires the consent of the host state.

a. True

b. False