Understanding International Relations

What is the main focus of International Relations (IR)?

• Studying historical events

• Developing economic policies for governments

• Managing domestic affairs

• Understanding interactions between countries, organizations, and businesses

Which of the following is NOT a key player in International Relations?

• Governments

• International Organizations

• Local Sports Teams

• Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs)

The Peace of Westphalia (1648) is significant in International Relations because it:

• Marked the beginning of the modern state system

• Established the first United Nations meeting

• Ended World War I

• Created economic alliances in Europe

Which of the following theories in IR focuses on power and survival?

• Realism

• Liberalism

• Marxism

• Constructivism

What event led to the formal study of International Relations as an academic discipline?

• Treaty of Utrecht

• Cold War

• Industrial Revolution

• World War I

Which key thinker is associated with Realism?

• Immanuel Kant

• Thucydides

• Karl Marx

• John Locke

What does Liberalism in IR emphasize?

• Power struggles

• Economic exploitation

• Cooperation and human rights

• Military expansion

Which concept in IR refers to a country's right to govern itself without external interference?

• Interdependence

• Dependency

• National interest

• Sovereignty

The theory that democracies rarely go to war with each other is known as:

• Realism

• Neoliberalism

• Regime Theory

• Democratic Peace Theory

Which level of analysis in IR focuses on the decision-making of individual leaders?

• Systemic level

• National level

• Unit-level

• Individual level