Applied English for International Politics
Quiz on Chapter 1 and 2 vocabulary
Monday, September 16, 2002

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____ 1. Cold War a maintained by shifting alliances between 1648 and 1945
____ 2. LDCs b lessening of tensions; more open relations
____ 3. EDCs c refers to countries that are less developed
____ 4. McWorld d Economically Developed Countries
____ 5. balance of power e prefer policies that encourage world cooperation
____ 6. multipolar system f for example, states, the United Nations, national leaders, etc.
____ 7. sovereignty g political independence from a higher power (for example, by a state)
____ 8. popular sovereignty h the opposite of tribalism
____ 9. international actors i the value of all products and services produced by people of country regardless of where those people are located
____ 10. North-South axis j the political and economic disparity between the hemispheres
____ 11. GNP k the authority is with the citizens of a state
____ 12. détente l the gap between rich and poor
____ 13. economic disparity m a world political system in which world power is held by four or more international actors
____ 14. realists n believe countries are primarily interested in themselves and that politics is a struggle for power
____ 15. idealists o the war without weapons between the Soviet Union and the U.S.