Chapter 1

Question 1

Globalization

Answer 1

The increasing interconnectedness among societies

Question 2

Cultural globalization

Answer 2

Involves the spread of pop culture, and the global diffusion of more traditional cultural ideas found in religious and ethnic communities

Question 3

Political globalization

Answer 3

Is the spread of political ideas, values, norms, practices, and policies

Question 4

Global politics

Answer 4

The politics of global social relations in which the pursuit of power interests, order and justice transcends regions and continents

Question 5

International relations

Answer 5

The study of the interactions of states and other actors in the international system.

Question 6

Non-state actors

Answer 6

Are any participant in global politics that is neither acting in the name of the government nor created and served by the government. They can be NGO’s, terrorist networks, or global crime syndicates

Question 7

Nation

Answer 7

a community of people who share a common sense of identity

Question 8

Realism

Answer 8

a theoretical approach that analyzes all international relations. Humans are at best self interest - consumed with the pursuit of power

Question 9

Liberalism

Answer 9

a theoretical approach that argues for human rights, parliamentary democracy and free trade which maintaining all goals

Question 10

Marxism

Answer 10

a theory critical of the status quo or dominant capitalist paradigm. Marxist’s ideal is a stateless and classless society

Question 11

Nation-states

Answer 11

(countries) are the most important actors in global politics as they are the actors that engage in diplomatic relations and sign the treaties that create the legal foundation for world politics and go to war

Question 12

Why are theories important?

Answer 12

They allow you to decide which facts matter and which do not