Lesson 3B.4.3
3B.4.3 Polarity Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Politics, Unit 4
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The 20 questions
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What feature of the international system does polarity describe?
- Power distribution
- Number of treaties
- Volume of trade
- Spread of democracy
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Which term describes a global system where one dominant power has the most influence?
- Bipolarity
- Bilateralism
- Multipolarity
- Unipolarity
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Which term describes a system in which two major powers share global influence?
- Multipolarity
- Bipolarity
- Hegemony by consent
- Unipolarity
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Which distribution of power involves three or more major powers?
- Bipolarity
- Multipolarity
- Unipolarity
- Hegemony
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Which era is a classic example of US unipolarity?
- Cold War
- Nineteenth century
- Post-Cold War
- Interwar period
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Bilateralism refers to political or economic relations between how many states?
- Two states
- Five states
- Three states
- All states
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Which global power shift has occurred since 2000 according to the specification?
- Hegemony to bipolarity
- Bipolarity to unipolarity
- Unipolarity to multipolarity
- Multipolarity to unipolarity
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What is the defining feature of a unipolar international system?
- Two balanced blocs
- One dominant power
- Global military collapse
- Multiple equal states
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A system has several major powers of roughly similar strength, none able to dominate. Which polarity best describes this?
- Hegemonic stability
- Unipolarity
- Bipolarity
- Multipolarity
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Which concept has re-emerged in international relations according to the specification?
- Global disarmament
- Universal democracy
- Spheres of influence
- World government
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Which political trend has accompanied the decline of global institutions since 2000?
- Decline of sovereignty
- Rise of federalism
- Rise of nationalism
- Growth of multilateralism
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What key stability risk is associated with a multipolar international system?
- Guaranteed consensus
- Risk of miscalculation
- Hegemonic dominance
- Complete disarmament
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Why do political theorists argue that bipolarity offers international stability?
- Absence of militaries
- Balanced deterrence
- Unlimited global powers
- Single power dominance
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Why can global governance become harder to achieve in a multipolar system?
- Universal global treaties
- Difficult consensus building
- Unilateral world government
- Fewer sovereign states
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What primarily drives major powers to create spheres of influence?
- Universal human rights
- Multilateral co-operation
- Global free trade
- Regional dominance
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A system in which a single power's leadership is accepted by others, without formal rules, is best described as what?
- Federalism
- Bilateralism
- Hegemony
- Multipolarity
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Which term describes diplomatic or trade relations conducted directly between two individual states?
- Multipolarity
- Unilateralism
- Bilateralism
- Multilateralism
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What term describes a global system dominated by a single superpower?
- Unipolarity
- Bipolarity
- Multipolarity
- Bilateralism
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Which polar structure features three or more competing centres of global power?
- Bilateralism
- Unipolarity
- Bipolarity
- Multipolarity
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Which polar structure is defined by a single state holding global hegemony?
- Unipolarity
- Bilateralism
- Multipolarity
- Bipolarity
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