Global Worksheet
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1. Which of these forms of voting characterizes how high-level decision making in the WTO is
carried out?
a. Qualified majority
b. Simple majority
c. Weighted voting
d. Consensus
2. Which of these global economic organizations was created at the 1944 Bretton Woods
Conference?
a. The International Monetary Fund (IMF)
b. The World Trade Organization (WTO)
c. The International Trade Organization (ITO)
d. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
3. Which approach to IPE considers free trade to be the best means of enhancing economic
security?
a. Economic liberalism
b. Mercantilism
c. Marxism
d. Dependency Theory
4. Which of these government international economic policies could be described
as Mercantilist?
a. Raising tariffs on imports
b. Signing a free trade agreement with another state
c. Devaluing their currency to boost exports and inward investments
d. Conquering another state in order to secure greater natural resources
5. The core assumption of globalists is that
a. Globalisation does not exist
b. Globalisation is bad for everyone
c. Globalisation favours the rich
d. Globalisation theoretically increases choice of consumer goods for all
6. The core assumption of alter-globalists is that
a. Globalisation benefits all equally
b. Globalisation leads to greater global justice
c. Globalisation is malign, encouraging the rich to become even richer
d. Globalisation benefits minorities
7. The core assumption of globalisation sceptics is that
a. Globalisation affects all the world uniformly
b. Globalisation explains world trading patterns
c. Global institutions play an effective role in global governance
d. Globalisation is piecemeal and fragmented in its impact and effect
8. International governmental organisations are
a. Key players in global governance
b. Irrelevant to global governance
c. Important in bringing about improved justice and equality
d. Irrelevant in a world dominated by states
9. Globalisation affects IR by
a. Increasing the importance of borders between countries
b. Reducing the importance of borders between countries
c. Increasing migration between countries
d. Reducing migration between countries
10. Which of these philosophers have been major influences on the subsequent
emergence of Liberal IR thought?
a. Jeremy Bentham
b. Thomas Hobbes
c. Immanuel Kant
d. Karl Marx
11. Which of these terms has been widely applied to Liberal IR thought in the 1920s
and 1930s?
a. Rationalism
b. Idealism
c. Globalism
d. Normative theory
12. Which term is used by Liberals to characterise international cooperation outside
of government to government relations?
a. Intergovernmental
b. Supranational
c. Transgovernmental
d. Transnational
13. Which of these statements best epitomises the democratic peace theory?
a. Democracies never start wars
b. Democracies start more wars than non-democracies
c. Democracies do not go to war with other democracies
d. Democracy is irrelevant in understanding the cause of war
14. The ‘natural law’ perspective on international law is most associated with which
IR theory?
a. Realism
b. Liberalism
c. Marxism
d. Critical Theory
15. Which of these is the chief court of the UN?
a. Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ)
b. International Criminal Court (ICC)
c. European Court of Justice (ECJ)
d. International Court of Justice (ICJ)
16. Which of these is not an official source of Public International Law?
a. Custom
b. International treaties
c. Verdicts of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
d. The opinions of international legal experts
17. Which of these political issues does not fall under Public International Law?
a. A country claiming to own the moon
b. A disputed national election
c. Mining on the seabed of an ocean outside of territorial waters.
d. A policeman torturing a criminal suspect in a country where this is not considered illegal
18. The European Union was founded in
a. 1993
b. 1957
c. 2010
d. 1648
19. The European Union had the following number of member states on 1 January
2017
a. 12
b. 28
c. 42
d. 9
20. The following countries are not members of the European Union
a. Turkey
b. Switzerland
c. Russia
d. Ukraine
21. The European Union is concerned with:
a. Political and economic integration of its member states
b. Human rights
c. Gender equality
d. Environmental protection
Short Answer
1. Explain the characteristics of Global North- south division economic
2. What is level of Analysis
3. International system determined by
4. Describe the foreign policy of Ethiopia from Emperor Tewodreos –present?
5. What is multi polar system
6. What is the National system
7. What is International Relation
8. Write the structure of International system
9. Write the criteria of National Interest
10. Describe the international political economy theory’s
11. Write the impact of Globalization on Africa
12. List and explain the pattern of foreign policy
13. What is the difference between Globalization and Regionalism
14. What is state Terrorism
15. What is nation
16. What is Nationalism
17. What is Alliances
18. What is the responsible of World Bank
19. What is diplomacy
20. Describe theory of Liberalism
21. What is National Interest
22. List down and brief the major contemporary global issues
23. What is International political Economy
