3B.6.5 Evaluating realism and liberalism Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Politics, Unit 4

The 20 questions

1. Which post-2000 event is most commonly used to demonstrate realist claims about power politics?

   • Creation of ICC
   • Expansion of WTO
   • Paris Agreement
   • Annexation of Crimea

2. Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 is most commonly used to support which theory?

   • Marxism
   • Liberalism
   • Constructivism
   • Realism

3. The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change is primarily used to support which theory?

   • Neorealism
   • Realism
   • Marxism
   • Liberalism

4. The 2003 invasion of Iraq without UN approval highlighted the limitations of which concept?

   • Democratic peace theory
   • Balance of power
   • Nuclear deterrence
   • Collective security

5. Realists explain Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine as a pursuit of what?

   • Global governance
   • Economic integration
   • Power and security
   • Human rights

6. Which feature of globalisation did liberals highlight during the 2008 global financial crisis?

   • Military dominance
   • Unipolar stability
   • National sovereignty
   • Economic interdependence

7. Frequent use of the UN Security Council veto by major powers supports which theoretical view?

   • Liberalism
   • Idealism
   • Realism
   • Cosmopolitanism

8. Realists argue that liberal theories consistently underestimate the persistence of what?

   • Global institutions
   • Economic trade
   • Power politics
   • Complex interdependence

9. Liberals argue that realism struggles to explain high levels of international what?

   • Conflict
   • Power accumulation
   • Co-operation
   • Anarchy

10. Which health crisis after 2000 best illustrates both global interdependence and its limits?

    • Ebola outbreak
    • SARS epidemic
    • Swine flu outbreak
    • COVID-19 pandemic

11. What is widely considered a major weakness of realist theory in modern global politics?

    • Explaining rivalries
    • Explaining conflict
    • Explaining self-interest
    • Explaining co-operation

12. What is widely considered a major weakness of liberal theory in modern global politics?

    • Underestimating rivalry
    • Underestimating trade
    • Ignoring institutions
    • Overestimating power

13. How do political scientists best evaluate whether realism or liberalism explains global events?

    • Using single events
    • Ignoring historical data
    • Assuming realist primacy
    • Comparing case studies

14. Which event since 2000 best tests claims about state withdrawal from regional integration?

    • The Kosovo intervention
    • The Paris Agreement
    • Brexit
    • The 2008 crash

15. Which UN principle adopted in 2005 tests liberal claims about humanitarian intervention?

    • Collective Security
    • Responsibility to Protect
    • Universal Jurisdiction
    • Permanent Sovereignty

16. Which factor do liberals emphasise to explain international agreements like the Paris Climate Accord?

    • Military hegemony
    • Institutional cooperation
    • Anarchic self-help
    • Power maximisation

17. Which theoretical perspective best explains state military aggression and territorial conflict, such as in Ukraine?

    • Liberalism
    • Realism
    • Cosmopolitanism
    • Federalism

18. Which strand of liberalism argues that trade and economic interdependence reduce the risk of war?

    • Offensive realism
    • Mercantilism
    • Neorealism
    • Commercial liberalism

19. According to realist theory, how do states maintain stability when facing a rising rival?

    • Balancing power
    • Institutional cooperation
    • Collective security
    • Complex interdependence

20. Which theory attributes US-China economic and geopolitical competition primarily to structural power rivalries?

    • Realism
    • Federalism
    • Functionalism
    • Liberalism

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