Ch4 Verified Test Bank The Nation-state Past And Present

1) ____________ is the world’s newest state.

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Chapter Section Reference: Chapter Opener

a. Palau

b. South Sudan

c. East Timor

d. Eritrea

2) Which of the following is not a characteristic of nations?

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Chapter Section Reference: Nations

a. demographic and cultural traits

b. level of income

c. a feeling of community

d. control their political fate

3) ___________ refers to the process of transforming the shared collective identity that we associate with the nation into a political ideology.

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Chapter Section Reference: Nationalism

a. Political culture

b. Political agency

c. Nationalism

d. Statehood

4) Former U.S. President _________________ once said, “I am an American, a Texan, and a Democrat—in that order.”

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Chapter Section Reference: Nationalism

a. Barack Obama

b. Franklin D. Roosevelt

c. John F. Kennedy

d. Lyndon B. Johnson

5) A _____________ is the ideal realization of self-determination in the overlap of the nation and state.

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Chapter Section Reference: The Nation-State

a. national unity

b. nation building

c. associated statehood

d. nation-state

6) Which of the following is not a state that failed to achieve the ideal of the nation-state?

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Chapter Section Reference: The Nation-State

a. South Sudan

b. Moldova

c. Afghanistan

d. Saint Lucia

7) The Peace of Westphalia was signed in ____________.

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Chapter Section Reference: The Historical Evolution of Nations and Nationalism

a. 1646

b. 1648

c. 1638

d. 1628

8) The king of the Franks ________________ (742–814 CE) gained control over most of western and central Europe.

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Chapter Section Reference: Nations Emerge: From Rome to Reformation

a. 2 Merovech

b. Charlemagne

c. Clovis II

d. Theudebald

9) The Eighty Years’ Wars was from ________________.

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Chapter Section Reference: Nations Emerge: From Rome to Reformation

a. 1568-1648

b. 1645- 1725

c. 1618-1698

d. 1521-1601

10) Which of these was a result of the Great Schism of 1054?

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Chapter Section Reference: Nations Emerge: From Rome to Reformation

a. The 30-years war.

b. The formation of the universalistic Roman Empire.

c. The formation of the Roman Catholic and Constantinople Orthodox churches.

d. The creation of what we know today as the nation-state.

11) The concept of the nation was not fully realized until the _____________________.

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Chapter Section Reference: Nations Emerge: From Rome to Reformation

a. Age of Discovery

b. Renaissance

c. Great Schism

d. Enlightenment

12) The Thirty Years’ Wars was from ________________.

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Chapter Section Reference: Nations Emerge: From Rome to Reformation

a. 1590-1620

b. 1645- 1675

c. 1618-1648

d. 1521-1551

13) Until the late 1700s, popular sovereignty was confined to the following countries except for _______________.

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Chapter Section Reference: Nations Ascend: The Age of Enlightenment

a. Switzerland

b. England

c. Spain

d. Belgium

14) The phrase used by early revolutionaries that refers to new governments deriving their “just powers from the consent of the governed” is reflected in the__________________.

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Chapter Section Reference: Nations Ascend: The Age of Enlightenment

a. French Revolution

b. Spanish Revolution

c. The American Revolution

d. German Revolution

15) The ideas and application of popular sovereignty gain global traction because of the ______________ and the _______________.

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Chapter Section Reference: Nations Ascend: The Age of Enlightenment

a. Spanish Revolution; German Revolution

b. English Revolution; American Revolution

c. American Revolution; French Revolution

d. Russian Revolution and Austrian Revolution

16) _______________ could be described as a strong sense of cultural and political identity among a people with the formation of the nation preceding that of the state.

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Chapter Section Reference: Nations Consolidate: The Era of Self-Determination

a. Self-determination

b. National legitimacy

c. Unification nationalism

d. National unity

17) The last of the huge multiethnic empires to collapse was the _________________.

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Chapter Section Reference: The Era of Self-Determination

a. Han Dynasty

b. British Empire

c. Soviet Union

d. Holy Roman Empire

18) The doctrine of popular sovereignty is a by-product of _____________.

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Chapter Section Reference: Nations Ascend: The Age of Enlightenment

a. political liberalism

b. political integration

c. political realism

d. political liberation

19) The idea of the social contract was developed by all the following, except __________.

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Chapter Section Reference: Nations Ascend: The Age of Enlightenment

a. Thomas Hobbes

b. David Hume

c. John Locke

d. Immanuel Kant

20) Once the ethnic group’s prevailing opinion is distinct politically as well as culturally, it becomes _______________.

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Chapter Section Reference: Desire to be Politcally Separate

a. an ethnonational group

b. a nations-state

c. a political unit

d. a community

21) Nationalism helped end the political division of the Japanese islands among the daimyo (feudal nobles) during the ________________.

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Chapter Section Reference: Nations Consolidate: The Era of Self-Determination

a. Shōwa era

b. Meiji era

c. Tokugawa Shogunate

d. Taishō period

22) The second wave of democratization as denoted by political scientist Samuel Huntington occurred in the __________________ and ________________.

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Chapter Section Reference: Nations Expand: Colonization and Decolonization

a. 1970s; 1980s

b. 1980s;1990s

c. 1940s; 1950s

d. 1950s; 1960s.

23) _________________ is when our nationalist sense of difference and separateness can limit our sense of responsibility or concern for the “other”.

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Chapter Section Reference: Parochialism

a. Nativism

b. Exceptionalism

c. Xenophobia

d. Parochialism

24) In The Rights of Man, liberal philosopher ______________ depicted the nation and democracy as inherently linked in the popularly governed nation-state.

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Chapter Section Reference: Nationalism Promotes Democracy

a. Thomas Paine

b. John Stuart Mill

c. Friedrich Hayek

d. Alexis de Tocqueville

25) ________________ is the belief that it is acceptable to conquer or otherwise incorporate other nations out of a place of perceived superiority and insecurity.

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Chapter Section Reference: Imperialism

a. Colonialism

b. Imperialism

c. Nationalism

d. Nativism

26) Self-determination contributed to the decline and fall of the Spanish empire in the ___________.

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Chapter Section Reference: Nations Consolidate: The Era of Self-Determination

a. 1700s

b. 1800s

c. 1600s

d. 1900s

27) In the 1990s the international community was involved with post-conflict reconstruction and state-building efforts in all these countries except for __________________.

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Chapter Section Reference: Nations Collide: The Brutal and Destructive Legacy of Colonialism

a. Somalia

b. Bosnia-Herzegovina

c. Rwanda

d. South Sudan

28) The Rwandan genocide was in __________.

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Chapter Section Reference: Nations Collide: The Brutal and Destructive Legacy of Colonialism

a. 1994

b. 1996

c. 1990

d. 1992

29) The idea of being American and the creation of an American state began in the _________________.

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Chapter Section Reference: Nations and Nation-States Co-Evolve

a. 1600s

b. 1900s

c. 1700s.

d. 1990s

30) The belief that your nation is better than others is called ____________________________________.

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Chapter Section Reference: Xenophobia and Exceptionalism

a. national pride

b. exceptionalism

c. nativism

d. xenophobia

31) Which one of these ethnic groups is not South Sudanese?

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Chapter Section Reference: Nationalism Reconsidered

a. Dinka

b. Nuer

c. Tswana

d. Bari

32) All of these are arguments for nationalism except______________.

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Chapter Section Reference: Nationalism Reconsidered

a. it can promote economic growth

b. it can discourage imperialism

c. it can promote democracy

d. it can promote parochialism

33) During an address to the Fiftieth UN General Assembly in 1995 ________________ acknowledged the two faces of nationalism.

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Chapter Section Reference: Nationalism Promotes Economic Growth

a. President Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa

b. Pope John Paul II

c. Jigme Singye Wangchuck, former King of Bhutan

d. Bill Clinton, former President of the U.S.

34) In 2018 Freedom House noted that since World War II, the proportion of the world’s countries that are considered free has increased from ________ in 1950 to ________ in 2018.

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Chapter Section Reference: Nationalism Promotes Democracy

a. 25%; 50%

b. 30%; 55%

c. 28%; 45%

d. 20%;40%

35) The Rwandan genocide was in the 1990s was due to attacks on the ______________ by the

___________.

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Chapter Section Reference: Nation-States Precede Nations

a. Tutsis; Hutus

b. Banyarwanda; Wahinda

c. Kiga people; Barundi

d. Nyiginya; Bafumbira

36) ___________ of the world’s countries have populations smaller than that of Los Angeles, CA.

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Chapter Section Reference: Concerns About Self-Determination

a. One-half

b. One-quarter

c. One-third

d. One-fifth

37) During the Euromaidan revolution in __________ corrupt President ___________ was removed.

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Chapter Section Reference: Imperialism

a. Tunisia; Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

b. Yemen; Ali Muhammad Mujawar

c. Ukraine; Viktor Yanukovych

d. Egypt; Hosni Mubarak

38) West Germany and East Germany reunited in _______________.

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Chapter Section Reference: The Persistence of Nationalism

a. 1993

b. 1989

c. 1992

d. 1990

39) The USSR dissolved in December of _____________.

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Chapter Section Reference: The Persistance of Nationalism

a. 1993

b. 1991

c. 1992

d. 1990

40) _____________ is rooted in a rejection of globalization, resistance to immigrants and refugees, and distrust and suspicion of institutions.

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Chapter Section Reference: The Persistance of Nationalism

a. Cultural Discrimination and Oppression

b. Imperialism

c. Authoritarian populism

d. Nativism

41) The Hanseatic League consisted of which of the following ___________?

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Chapter Section Reference: Emergence of the State

a. the mercantilist city-states

b. the league of nations

c. allied nations of World War II

d. sovereign states and IGOs post-World II

42) The estimated deaths in the current civil war (from mid-2013) in South Sudan is over ______________.

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Chapter Section Reference: The Sovereign State

a. 300, 000

b. 500, 000

c. 200, 000

d. 400, 000

43) ______________ has come to reflect the so-called “resource curse” (Ross, 2015) in South Sudan.

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Chapter Section Reference: The Sovereign State

a. Timber

b. Silver

c. Gold

d. Oil

44) The economies of scale associated with the state were a boon to the emerging system of capitalism in the ___________ and ____________ centuries.

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Chapter Section Reference: Emergence of the State

a. 14^th; 15^th

b. 17^th; 18^th

c. 15^th; 16^th

d. 16^th; 17^th

45) According to socialist ______________, “The policy of Russia is changeless.”

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Chapter Section Reference: Imperialism

a. V. Lenin

b. Karl Marx

c. Frederich Engels

d. Joseph Stalin

46) __________________ claims that people once lived individually, followed by living in family groups as a state of nature. However, to improve their lives, they join together in society.

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Chapter Section Reference: Emergence of the State

a. Behavioral theory

b. Social contract theory

c. Liberal theory

d. Existential theory

47) According to____________ a prominent feature of the modern state and most of its power authority is based on having a monopoly on the use of coercion.

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Chapter Section Reference: Emergence of the State

a. Max Weber

b. Thomas Aquinas

c. Adam Smith

d. Alexis de Tocqueville

48) In order to create governments to conduct society's affairs, people must give up much of their____________.

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Chapter Section Reference: Sovereignty

a. safety

b. freedom

c. financial resources

d. sovereignty

49) ____________ is a state’s exclusive legal right to govern the territory and people within their borders and do not recognize the legal legitimacy of any outside authority.

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Chapter Section Reference: Sovereignty

a. Political control

b. State sovereignty

c. Governance

d. Power

50) _____________ is the world oldest Republic.

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Chapter Section Reference: Sovereignty

a. The Netherlands

b. Switzerland

c. San Marino

d. England

51) The Pashtuns are the largest ethnonational group in______________________.

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Chapter Section Reference: Territory

a. Iran

b. Afghanistan

c. Pakistan

d. India

52) According to the chapter, ___________, the father of modern realism, said it was fear that caused people to create strong governments to provide protection.

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Chapter Section Reference: Emergence of the State

a. Honoré de Balzac

b. Thomas Hobbes

c. Henry James

d. John Locke

53) _______________ is an independence movement aimed at liberating Western Sahara from Morocco.

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Chapter Section Reference: Territory

a. Gerakan Riau Merdeka

b. Karen National Union

c. Arakan Independence Alliance

d. Polisario Front

54) All these are prerequisite for statehood except ________________.

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Chapter Section Reference:Requisites of Statehood

a. regime type and governance structure

b. diplomatic recognition

c. populations

d. territory

55) More than _______________ countries recognize dual citizenship, being a citizen of two countries.

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Chapter Section Reference: Population 2

a. 100

b. 90

c. 80

d. 120

56) Shari’ah rule is rooted in _________.

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Chapter Section Reference: Chapter Opener

a. the Rise of the Khwarezm-Shâh Dynasty

b. the response to western ideology

c. Islamic moral code and religious law

d. the War on Terror

57) Somalia has not had a functioning government since ______________.

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Chapter Section Reference: Weak and Failed States

a. 1990

b. 1993

c. 2000

d. 1990

58) The State of Palestine can do all the following in the UN general assembly except ____________.

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Chapter Section Reference: Diplomatic Recognition

a. vote within the UN bodies

b. hold a seat in the UN General Assembly

c. fully partake in UN business

d. be bound to UN treaties

59) Why does the State of Palestine only have nonmember observer status at the UN?

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Chapter Section Reference: Diplomatic Recognition

a. The state of Palestine does not have the territorial size to be recognized as a full member.

b. Most member countries oppose Palestine as a full member.

c. Palestine lacks the financial resources to be a state.

d. Because of opposition led by Israel and the United States.

60) The United States withheld diplomatic recognition of China until ________________.

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Chapter Section Reference: Diplomatic Recognition

a. 1965

b. 1977

c. 1979

d. 1968

61) The Iraqi government faces domestic issues from all of these ethnonational groups except for the __________.

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Chapter Section Reference: Domestic Support

a. Shiites

b. Sunnis

c. Kurds

d. Hazaras

62) Classic liberals such as __________ lobbied widely for the aspiration of self-determination to be in concurrence with democracy after World War I.

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Chapter Section Reference: Positive Aspects of Self-Determination

a. Simon Blackburn

b. Karl Korsch

c. Woodrow Wilson

d. Hans Morgenthau

63) The term league of nations was dubbed by _________________________.

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Chapter Section Reference: Contending Views on Nationhood

a. Thomas Hobbes

b. Thomas Aquinas

c. Immanuel Kant

d. Alexis de Tocqueville

64) According the Fragile States Index (2018), ______________ is the most stable country.

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Chapter Section Reference: Weak and Failed States

a. Bhutan

b. Canada

c. The U.S.

d. Finland

65) The average life expectancy at birth for an American is ______________.

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Chapter Section Reference: Parochialism

a. 83

b. 79

c. 70

d. 75

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 01

1) Reflect on the concept of the nation.

Feedback: How do the authors define a nation?

 Are there alternative definitions of the term?

 Examine at least three characteristics of a nation

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 02

2) What is nationalism?

Feedback: What role(s) does nationalism play in the formation of a nation?

 How is nationalism different from patriotism?

 In what way has our views of nationalism shifted in recent years?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 03

3) What is the nation-state?

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 In what ways is the nation-state different from a nation?

 Examine at least three characteristics of a nation.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 04

4) Reflect on the emergence of nationalism.

Feedback: Why is nationalism considered a modern phenomenon?

 Nationalism is rooted in Western political tradition. Justify this with examples.

 According to the chapter, how does nationalism fit in our understanding of the global system?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 05

5) Describe and give examples of how religion and nationalism shaped the emergence of nations.

Feedback: How was the Holy Roman Empire (HRE) established?

 What factors led to the fragmentation and eventual collapse of the HRE?

 How is nationalism linked to the development of states?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 06

6) Reflect on popular sovereignty in the context of state formation.

Feedback: What is popular sovereignty?

 Identify fundamental aspects of popular sovereignty.

 How did popular sovereignty spread from one part of the world to another?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 07

7) Describe colonialism and its role in shaping global politics.

Feedback: Define colonialism.

 With examples, describe driving factors behind colonialism.

 How did colonialism shape state-formation and nation-building in the non-Western world?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 08

8) Explain the notion of a failed state.

Feedback: How do you define a failed state?

 What are some examples of a failed state?

 Why do some states fail?

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Title: Chapter 04 Question 09

9) Reflect on colonial legacies in the formation of non-western states.

Feedback: What do the authors mean by colonial legacies? Give examples.

 In what ways was the process of state-building in former colonies different?

 hat implications, if any, does the nation-state preceding nation model of state formation have on governance? Give examples.

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Title: Chapter 04 Question 10

10) Describe alternative ways that nation and state-building evolve.

Feedback: According to the chapter, can nation-building and state-building co-evolve? What does this look like?

 Give at least three examples of places where this occurred.

 How does a country’s process of nation and state-building shape its role in global politics?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 11

11) Reflect on the requisites of statehood.

Feedback: What is statehood?

 What are the requisites of statehood?

 Describe the current political climate in South Sudan. What factors can be attributed to ongoing disputes?

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Title: Chapter 04 Question 12

12) Reflect on the positive and negative aspects of nationalism.

Feedback: Describe at least three positive aspects of nationalism.

 With examples, outline five negative aspects of nationalism.

 Can nationalism and globalization co-exist? Justify your answer.

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Title: Chapter 04 Question 13

13) Explain the principle of self-determination and its implications.

Feedback: Define self-determination.

 With examples, identify some pros and cons of self-determination.

 Define realism. How do realists view the principle of self-determination?

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Title: Chapter 04 Question 14

14) Describe states, state formation, and critical characteristics of states.

Feedback: What is a state? How are states different from nations?

 Describe at least five characteristics of states.

 What is state sovereignty, and how does it differ from independence?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 15

15) Reflect on the term nativism.

Feedback: What is nativism?

 What are some examples of nativism in practice?

 How do actors use nativism in domestic and international politics?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 01

1) How has the legacy of colonialism impacted the relationship between the Global South and the Global North?

Feedback: Describe the EU’s role in the Global South.

 What are some of the main areas of contention between former colonizers and their former colonies?

 Why are some states still colonies, and what are the benefits and challenges of such a system?

 Discuss the implications of The Scramble for Africa in the late 19th century.

 How do we rectify this colonial legacy?

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Title: Chapter 04 Question 02

2) Evaluate the role of the U.S. and UN in nation-building in Post-Conflict areas.

Feedback: Give examples where intervention worked and examples where they fail.

 Should other countries intervene in the affairs of sovereign states? Argue for and against.

 Examine some of the consequences of neoliberal economic policies.

 Should the UN have a more militarized force outside the Peacekeeping model, and what would that look like?

 Examine the cultural and societal implications of these policies, if any.

 Is globalization compatible with less democratic systems? Give examples to support your answer.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 03

3) Write a 300-word essay on authoritarian and democratic regime types.

Feedback: Define the two regime types.

 What are some of the successful authoritarian and democratic regimes in global politics?

 According to the chapter, the line between authoritarian and democratic regimes is not precise. Explain this with examples.

 What role, if any, do such categorizations play in our understanding of existing forms of government?

 Which regime type is best suited for global political interactions? Make an argument to support your claim.

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Title: Chapter 04 Question 04

4) Reflect on South Sudan and its path to state-formation.

Feedback: What were three causes of the civil wars in Sudan before the formation of South Sudan?

 Examine groups on both sides of the wars. What were their demands?

 Describe the current political climate in South Sudan.

 What factors can be attributed to ongoing disputes?

 What do you think are the best ways to resolve the ongoing disputes in South Sudan?

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 05

5) Explain decolonization and its aftermath.

Feedback: What is decolonization?

 Describe four factors that led to decolonization in places like Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas.

 With examples, explain some of the significant challenges former colonies faces.

 Should there be reparations for colonialism? Explain your answer.

 With at least three examples, describe how decolonization reshaped global politics.