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Democratic enlargement is not a strategy used by the United States in order to maintain its power.

A) True
B) False

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The _____________ stresses that the distribution of power in countries will rise and fall.

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_____________ was a United States policy stated in 1823 that diminished European involvement in the Americas.

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The transition of power from the G-7 to the G-20 represents


A) asymmetrical warfare.
B) emerging market countries challenging America's leadership.
C) diplomacy.
D) domestic threats.

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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The rise and fall of Rome is an example of which theory?


A) Exceptionalist theory
B) Power transition theory
C) Containment theory
D) Power conversion theory

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Match the following:

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The _____________ resulted in the lessening of European involvement in the Americas.
_____________ allows some countries to enhance their power while that of other countries declines.
The ability to realize the rules, principles, procedures, and practices that guide the behavior of members of the global community is known as _____________.
The ability to get others to behave in ways they ordinarily would not is known as _____________.
An international system with two dominant states is termed as being _____________.
Responses
Uneven economic growth
bipolar
Monroe Doctrine
power
institutional leadership

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The _____________ resulted in the lessening of European involvement in the Americas.
_____________ allows some countries to enhance their power while that of other countries declines.
The ability to realize the rules, principles, procedures, and practices that guide the behavior of members of the global community is known as _____________.
The ability to get others to behave in ways they ordinarily would not is known as _____________.
An international system with two dominant states is termed as being _____________.

_____________ influence the rise of a great power by pressuring the available domestic resources with population growth.

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Population pressures

Binding (a stronger power) is achieved by


A) democratic enlargement.
B) embedding the threatening country into an alliance.
C) colonizing the threatening country.
D) military engagement.

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Balancing (a stronger power) is achieved by


A) building alliances.
B) developing democratic governments.
C) war.
D) internalizing the economy.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Asymmetrical warfare is effectively demonstrated by terrorism.

A) True
B) False

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What are some strategies for maintaining power and preventing rising powers from creating disorder in the international system? Provide some examples of countries that have used some of these strategies.

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Economic power is often seen as the foundation of military and political power.

A) True
B) False

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World War I was significant in American history because


A) America began abandoning isolationism.
B) manifest destiny took hold.
C) President Roosevelt strengthened the military.
D) the Monroe Doctrine was established.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Asymmetrical warfare


A) is based on European currency.
B) is a preoccupation with domestic and regional affairs.
C) results from a decision to lag behind other countries militarily.
D) is a nonstate threat to the United States.

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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The United States uses public goods in the global community in order to


A) demonstrate manifest destiny.
B) lessen the chances of hostile alliances forming.
C) demonstrate that it ignores public opinion.
D) adhere to the 2001 Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

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Throughout history, there has not been a multipolar distribution of power.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following is NOT one of the five waves of American decline described by Samuel Huntington?


A) Watergate crisis
B) Launch of Sputnik
C) Great Depression
D) Oil embargo by OPEC

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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America's global leadership is being challenged from within by extreme economic, political, and social ________________.

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International institutions like the United Nations, the IMF, and the World Bank are not used to legitimize the primacy of the United States in the global community.

A) True
B) False

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The United States is considered to be a hegemon in the international arena.

A) True
B) False

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