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- A. Ariel Sharon
- B. Yitzak Rabin
- C. Ehud Barak
- D. Shimon Peres
Explanation: Ariel Sharon became Israel’s prime minister in 2001 and was strongly associated with Israel’s response to terrorism and the Palestinian…
Correct answer: Ariel Sharon- A. William J. Bryan
- B. Woodrow Wilson
- C. General Pershing
- D. Theodore Roosevelt
Explanation: President Woodrow Wilson ordered the US occupation of Veracruz in April 1914 during a dispute with Victoriano Huerta’s Mexico.
Correct answer: Woodrow Wilson- A. Count Sturgkh
- B. Isvan Tisza
- C. Friedrich Adler
- D. Nicola Pasic
Explanation: Count Karl von Stürgkh was the Austrian prime minister when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia in July 1914.
Correct answer: Count Sturgkh- A. Alexander Krivoshein
- B. Alexander Kerenski
- C. Grigory Rasputin
- D. Tsar Nicholas II
Explanation: Tsar Nicholas II authorised Russia’s general mobilisation in the July Crisis, a step that accelerated the outbreak of the First World War.
Correct answer: Tsar Nicholas II- A. Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
- B. Otto von Bismarck
- C. Theodor Seitz
- D. Helmut von Moltke
Explanation: Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg was German chancellor when Germany declared war on Russia on 1 August 1914.
Correct answer: Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg- A. Rene Viviani
- B. Raymond Poincare
- C. Adolphe Messimy
- D. Ferdinand Foch
Explanation: Raymond Poincaré was president of France when Germany declared war on France in August 1914.
Correct answer: Raymond Poincare- A. Baron Sonnino
- B. Benito Mussolini
- C. Antonio Salandra
- D. Marquis di San Giuliano
Explanation: Antonio Salandra was Italy’s premier when Italy declared neutrality at the beginning of the First World War.
Correct answer: Antonio Salandra- A. China
- B. Russia
- C. USA
- D. Germany
Explanation: China invaded Vietnam in February 1979, shortly after Vietnam invaded Cambodia.
Correct answer: China- A. 1980
- B. 1981
- C. 1982
- D. 1983
Explanation: Israel completed its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula on 25 April 1982 under the Egypt-Israel peace treaty.
Correct answer: 1982- A. 2006
- B. 2005
- C. 2004
- D. 2003Stream History Documentaries
Explanation: Slobodan Milošević died on 11 March 2006 while being held at the UN detention centre in The Hague during his war-crimes trial.
Correct answer: 2006- A. France
- B. Germany
- C. Russia
- D. England
Explanation: The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 occurred in Russia and brought the Bolshevik Party to power under Lenin.
Correct answer: Russia- A. World Trade centre in New York City
- B. The Pentagon n Arlington, Virginia
- C. Rural Pennsylvania
- D. All of the above
Explanation: The September 11, 2001 attacks struck the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, while one hijacked aircraft crashed in rural Pennsylvania.
Correct answer: All of the above- A. Anaconda
- B. Cobra
- C. Black Mamba
- D. Russell Viper
Explanation: Operation Anaconda was launched in March 2002 in Afghanistan’s Shah-i-Kot Valley against Taliban and al-Qaeda forces.
Correct answer: Anaconda- A. Crimean War
- B. American Civil War
- C. American War of Independence
- D. 1st World War
Explanation: The American Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865, mainly between the Union and the Confederacy.
Correct answer: American Civil War- A. Rwanda
- B. Croatia
- C. Somalia
- D. Democratic Congo
Explanation: In early 2009, the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known as MONUC, was the largest peacekeeping operation.
Correct answer: Democratic Congo- A. it is authorized by a 2/3 majority of the permanent members of the Security Council
- B. the nonviolent means called for in Chapter 6 have failed
- C. a peacekeeping operation has been deployed and has failed to prevent the aggressor from advancing or continuing the use of violence
- D. it is approved unanimously by the General Assembly
Explanation: Chapter VII permits coercive action when peaceful measures have proved inadequate, which is the principle reflected in option b.
Correct answer: the nonviolent means called for in Chapter 6 have failed- A. Security of a country defined in socio-economic terms
- B. Security largely defined in militarized terms
- C. Security based on a country's domestic politics
- D. None of the above
Explanation: In the traditional realist usage, national security primarily means protecting the state from external military threats, so it is defined…
Correct answer: Security largely defined in militarized terms- A. Because it causes the system to be anarchic
- B. Because is leads to lack of trust in the international system
- C. Because it changes the balance of power in the international system
- D. None of the above
Explanation: Because states cannot be certain about one another's intentions, they face mistrust and may interpret defensive measures as threatening.
Correct answer: Because is leads to lack of trust in the international system- A. Where states help spread instability and conflict in between other states
- B. It is the dilemma a state faces when dealing when constructing national security plans
- C. A structural notion in which self-help attempts of stats to look after their security needs, tend regardless of intention to lead to a rise in insecurity
- D. All of the above
Explanation: A security dilemma occurs when one state's efforts to improve its security unintentionally make other states feel less secure, prompting…
Correct answer: A structural notion in which self-help attempts of stats to look after their security needs, tend regardless of intention to lead to a rise in insecurity- A. 'Activity undertaken by a state, a group within a state, a group of states or an international organization which interferes coercively in the domestic affairs of another state. It is a discrete event having a beginning and an end and it is aimed at the authority structure of the target state;
- B. 'A policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries'
- C. 'Activity undertaken by a state, a group of states or an international organization which interferes coercively in the domestic affairs of another state'
- D. 'Threat or use of force by a state, group of states, or international organization primarily for the purpose of protecting the nationals of the target state from widespread violations of human rights
Explanation: Vincent defines intervention as coercive interference in another state's domestic affairs, carried out by a state, group, or international…
Correct answer: 'Activity undertaken by a state, a group within a state, a group of states or an international organization which interferes coercively in the domestic affairs of another state. It is a discrete event having a beginning and an end and it is aimed at the authority structure of the target state;