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67 Cards in this Set
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The members of intergovernmental organizations are usually
A. private individuals B. international interest groups C. national governments D. transnational corporations |
C. national governments
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Members of nongovernmental organizations are primarily
A. national governments B. private organizations and/or individuals C. national governments and/or private organizations D. a mixture of individuals, private organizations, and/or national governments |
B. private organization and/or individuals
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In modern times, the first example of an IGO based on the goal of universal concern for improving the condition of humanity was the
A. Treaty of Westphalia B. Hague System C. League of Nations D. Treaty of Amsterdam |
B. Hague System
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The League of Nations was intended mainly as a(n)
A. peacekeeping organization B. economic organization C. balance in a bipolar world system D. forum for advancing human rights |
A. peacekeeping organization
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French diplomat Jean Monnet pushed for the creation of an integrated Europe after WWII he feared that European states would
A. continue to fight amongst themselves B. not be able to compete with the US C. seek to re-build colonial empires D. fall to communism |
A. continue to fight amongst themselves
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Functionalism refers to the idea that the way to global cooperation is through
A. top-down approach B. bottom-up approach C. equity-based approach D. a weighted-population approach |
B. a bottom-up approach
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One potential negative consequence of using IGOs to promote national interest is that it
A. often leads to economic crisis B. increases the propensity for international integration C. creates conflict instead of cooperation D. promotes the development of regimes |
C. creates conflict instead of cooperation
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A supranational organization can best be described as an organization that
A. helps to coordinate all other organizations within any given state B. helps to coordinate all IGOs C. has legal authority over its members D. has complete authority over its member-states |
C. has legal authority over its members
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Which of the following regional IGOs has moved toward full economic coordination?
A. Organization of American States (OAS) B. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) C. European Union (EU) D. Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) |
C. European Union (EU)
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The European Union is the product of a merger of all of the following bodies except the European
A. Economic Community B. Trade and Political Union C. Coal and Steel Community D. Atomic Energy Community |
B. Trade and Political Union
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The executive branch of the EU is the
A. European Parliament B. European Court of Justice C. European Commission D. Council of Ministers |
C. European Commissions
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Complaints about abuses of power or other alleged transgression by EU authorities are handled by the
A. European Parliament B. European Ombudsman C. Hague System D. UNGA |
B. European Ombudsman
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The EU constitution
A. was ratified in May 2005 B. has not yet been drafted C. was ratified in May 2002 D. was rejected in May 2005 |
D. was rejected in May 2005
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Which of the following is a plenary representative body of the UN?
A. the General Assembly B. the Security council C. the World Bank D. the Secretariat |
A. the General Assembly
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The major voting methods include all of the following except
A. unanimity voting B. majority voting C. minority voting D. weighted voting |
C. minority voting
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The scandal involving Kofi Annan's son, Kojo Annan, involved corruption in which UN program?
A. the oil-for-food program in Saudi Arabia B. the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo C. the Somalia food aid program D. the oil-for-food program for Iraq |
A. the oil-for-food program in Saudi Arabia
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The country that owes the largest amount of unpaid contributions to the UN is
A. Russia B. the UK C. Germany D. the US |
D. the US
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All of the following organizations are associated with the UN except
A. the World Health Organization B. Amnesty International C. the World Bank D. the Food and Agriculture Organization |
B. Amnesty International
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True or False: An organization must have global participation and membership in order to be an intergovernmental organization
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False
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True or False: As the number of international organizations is increasing, their scope is also increasing
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True
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True or False: Functionalists advocate a bottom-up approach to international cooperation
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True
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True or False: A regime is a single organization designed to supervise state actions
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False
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True or False: Most nationalists support the establishment of a world government
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False
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True or False: The European Union is a current example of a league
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False
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True or False: The Maastricht Treaty is the most recent EU agreement to further economic and political integration
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False
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True or False: Individuals on the European Commission are supposed to represent the viewpoint of all of Europe and not just their own countries
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True
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True or False: On the whole among European leaders there is minimal support for further European integration
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False
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True or False: The European Ombudsman and the Court of Auditors are both oversight agencies of the UN
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False
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True or False: No country has ever been Expelled from the UN
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False
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True or False: The UN Security Council is an example of a plenary representative council
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False
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True or False: The IMF uses a weighted voting system for its decision-making
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True
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True or False: The UN bureaucracy is about the same size as the bureaucracies that administer major US cities
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True
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True or False: The UN's mission to establish norms against violence has influenced US foreign intervention
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True
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international or transnational actor that are composed of member countries
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What is international governmental organization?
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- international cooperation in specific areas such as communications, trade, travel, health, or environmental protection activity
EX: World Health Organization |
What is functionalism?
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top-down approach for solving world's problems
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What is neofunctionalism?
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- name given to the peace conferences held in the Netherlands in 1899 and 1907
- serve as the first example of an international attempt to improve the condition of humanity |
What is Hague System?
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- first, true international organization
- End of WWI - Beginning of WWII - predecessor to UN |
What is the League of Nations?
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- international body created in 1945 with the intention of maintaining peace through the cooperation of its member-states
- parts of its mission, it addresses human welfare issues such as the environment, human rights, populations, and health - HQ located in New York = established following WWI = supersede the League of Nations |
What is United Nations?
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- Increased international contact
- increased global independence - expansion of transnational problems - failure of current state-centered system to provide security - efforts of small states to gain strength through joint action - success of IGOs |
What are the reasons for growth of IGOs?
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complex of Norms, treaties, international organizations, and transnational activity that orders as an area of activity such as the environment or oceans
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What is a regime?
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organization, that is founded and operates, at least in part, on the idea that international organizations can or should have authority higher than individual states and that those states should be subordinate tot he supranational organization
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What are supranational organization?
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- possible middle level of government between the prevalent national government of today and the world government that some people favor
- closest example is EU |
What is the regional government?
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concept of a supranational world authority to which current countries would surrender some or all of their sovereign power
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What is world government?
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one in which the central government has all or most of the power and subordinate units have little or no functional authority
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What is unitary government?
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- aka federal government
- power sharing governance structure in which the central authority and the member units each have substantial authority |
What is federation?
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- group of states that willingly enter in to an alliance to form a political unit for a common purpose
EX: economic security or defense - highly interdependent but has a weak directorate organization, thus allowing the individual states to maintain a fairly high degree of sovereignty |
What is confederation?
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governmental arrangement in which the centralized government is mostly symbolic and has little or no functional authority
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What is league?
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assembly, such as the UN's general assembly that consists of all the members of the main organization
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What is plenary representative body?
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main representative body of the UN, composed of all 192 member states
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What is UN General Assembly?
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representative organization body of the UN that grants special status to the members who have a greater states responsibility, or capacity in a particular area of concern
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What is limited membership council?
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- main peacekeeping organ of the UN
- 15 members, including 5 permanent members |
What is the UN Security Council?
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- system used to determine how votes should come
- based on concept that the will of the majority should prevail - each member casts one equal vote - issue is carried by either a simple majority or extreme majority |
What is majority voting?
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voting formula that requires a 2/3 vote for some other fraction or combination of fractions for passage of measure
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What is super-majority voting?
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- system used to determine how votes should count
- particular votes count more or less depending on what criterion is deemed to be the most significant EX: population or wealth |
What is weighted voting?
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- administrative organ of the UN, headed by the secretary general
- administrative element of any IGO, headed by a secretary general |
What is secretariat?
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UN-affiliated organization created in 1946 to address world health issues
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What is World Health Organization?
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- Western European regional organization established when the Maastricht Treaty in 1993 went into effect
- encompasses the till legally existing European communities - formed in 1967 |
What is European Union?
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- Established in 1967
- United ECSC, EEC, and EURATOM - evolved into the EU in 1993 |
What is European Communities?
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- most significant agreement n the recent history of the EU
- signed by the leaders of the EU's 12 member-countries in December 1991 and outlined steps toward further political economic integration |
What is Maastricht Treaty?
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- most important decision-making body of the EU
- represses the member-states through each member's representatives - range from the head of state to specialized ministers |
What is the Council of the European Union?
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20-member commission that serves as a bureaucracies organization of the EU
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What is European Commission
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comparable to president of the EU, director of the 25-member EC, the policy making bureaucratic organization of the EU
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What is president of the commission?
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official of the EU appointed by the European Parliament to investigate EU citizen's complaints about maladministration in the activities of EU bodies, excluding the Court of Justice and Court of First Instance
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What is the European Ombudsman?
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- oversight institution of the EU
- staffed by 1 individual from each member country and monitors the implementation of EU budgets and policies |
What is the Court of Auditors?
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- 626 member legislative branch of the EU
- representation is determined by population of member countries and is based on 5-year terms |
What is the European Parliament?
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- most important court in the EU
- 27 judge court (1 from each court) |
What is the Court of Justice?
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