FAILED STATES TEST Flashcards by Gabriele Eidejute

Who is the author of the following quote? “If every ethnic, religious or linguistic group claimed statehood, there would be no limit to fragmentation”

a) W. Wilson
b) H. Wilson
c) Boutros Ghali
d) Obama

c) Boutros Ghali

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Which Entities have the right to exercise external self-determination?

a) sub state units
b) Non-self-governing territories
c) Federative units
d) unrecognized states

b) Non-self-governing territories

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The UNGA Resolution 1514 codified the right of:

a) Self-determination
b) expulsion
c) assimilation
d) secession

a)Self-determination

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A/RES 1514 was not applied to

a) South Pacific
b) Africa
c) Oceania
d) Soviet Union

b) Africa

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How many people lived in colonies in 1945?

a) 750,000,000
b) 75,000,000
c) 7,500,000
d) 2,000,000

a) 750,000,000

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Which entity did not hold a referendum on independence?

a) Slovakia
b) New Caledonia
c) Quebec
d) Tokelau

a) Slovakia

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The UN was reluctant to admit micro-states because of:

a) their political ties with the USSR.
b) Fear of limitless fragmentation of existing states
c) their lack of territorial legitimacy
d) their lack of governmental legitimacy

b) Fear of limitless fragmentation of existing states

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If the rate of state birth were to continue at its current pace there would be 260 countries in the world by

a) 2050
b) 2025
c) 2100
d) 2030

a) 2050

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Which territory did not hold a referendum on the political status/ independence?

a) Tokelau
b) Puerto Rico
c) SADR (western Sahara)
d) Gibraltar

c) SADR (western Sahara)

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Which unrecognized state has never formally declared independence?

a) Abkhazia
b) Somaliland
c) Taiwan
d) Northern Cyprus

c)Taiwan

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Which entity was not admitted to the membership in UN?

a) Rhodesia
b) Democratic Yemen
c) Byelorussian Soviet Republic
d) Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

a) Rhodesia

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An example of captured state is:

a) Rwanda in 1994
b) United States under Trump’s administration
c) United Kingdom under Corbyn’s administration
d) Somalia

a) Rwanda in 1994

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Montevideo Convention of the rights and duties of states was doped in

a) 1933
b) 1919
c) 1945
d) 2012

a) 1933

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An example of an anarchic state is:

a) United Kingdom after Brexit
b) Somalia
c) Mexico
d) Rhodesia

b) Somalia

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Which country is regularly appearing in the top 10 of the fragile states index since 2000?

a) Ukraine
b) Russia
c) USA
d) Somalia

d) Somalia

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Collapsed states survive due to:

a) Negative sovereignty
b) positive sovereignty
c) principle of decertification
d) mercenaries

a) Negative sovereignty

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De facto states live in geopolitical limbo due to:

a) The current recognition regime
b) Trump and Putin
c) ineffective governments
d) decolonisation

a) The current recognition regime

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The non-integrating gap (T. Barnett) is not defined by?

a) Civil war
b) non-democratic regimes
c) poverty
d) freedom of press

d) freedom of press

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Failed states suffer from:

a) Collective non-recognition
b) political isolation
c) lack of access to international markets
d) weak institutions/civil wars

d) weak institutions/civil wars

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Which entities cannot be considered sovereign states?

a) Micro-states
b) micronations
c) associated states
d) totalitarian states

b) micronations

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Which factor was/is no reducing the value of territory?

a) the consolidation of the territorial integrity
b) globalization
c) Colonialism
d) bipolar system

c) Colonialism

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The post-1945 world political maps do not comprise:

a) sovereign states
b) anomalous political entities
c) dependent territories
d) empires

d) empires

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In order for a place to be considered a state, it must posses

a) Population
b) recognition
c) effective government
d) economy

a) Population
b) recognition
c) effective government

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Washington historically used a recognition as a foreign policy tool to:

a) support anti-monarchical government
b) To promote constitutional government
c) to halt the spread of communism
d) to apply conditional sovereignty

b) To promote constitutional government

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Which of the following terms was not coined by J. Gros? a) Anarchic state b) phantom state c) Failed State d) captured

c) Failed State

Which of the following statements is false? a) some unrecognized states are geopolitical outposts of external players b) unrecognized states do not enjoy political benefits of globalization c) unrecognized states do not enjoy economic benefits of globalization d) Unrecognized states in stable regions

d) Unrecognized states in stable regions

Which of the following statements is false? Unrecognized states are: a) Stuck in Hobbesian anarchy b) located outside the postmodern world c) located outside the globalized core d) Located outside the non-integrating gap

d) Located outside the non-integrating gap

Which of the following statements is false? a) failed states are save heaven for terrorism b) black spots are ungoverned territories c) states-within-states do not seek recognition d) Failed states have effective security apparatus

d) Failed states have effective security apparatus

Aggregation of political space (in terms of the average size of the territory) reached its peak in a) 1912 b) 1945 c) 1989 d) 2017

a) 1912

How many states recognize Abkhazia? a) Less than 10 b) Less than 20 c) Less than 30

a) Less than 10

Which state constitution didn’t allow for secession? a) Russian Federation b) USSR c) Ethiopia d) China

d) China

Give an example of a Phantom state

DRC

Give an example of a collapsed state

(historical examples) Lebanon, Tajikistan, Sierra Leone

Give an example of a fragile state

Refer to Fragile sTates index.. Somalia, Yemen, CAR

Give an example of a captured state

Rwanda

Kaplan’s article mainly concerns what region? a) Eastern Europe b) Western Africa c) Middle East

b) Western Africa

Which unrecognized state has the largest economy? a) Taiwan b) Scotland c) Western Sahara

a) Taiwan

Who did Australia fight with? a) Bougainville/ Papua New Guinea b) Rhodesia

a) Bougainville/ Papua New Guinea

Who did not receive conditional recognition? a) Croatia, b) Slovenia, c) Slovakia, d) Brazil

b) slovenia

What year did UN membership become universal (after microstates were admitted)

1946

Who had to write in to get UN recognition? a) USSR, b) SFRY (Yugoslavia), c) Czechoslovakia

c) Czechoslovakia

How many states have been recognized after 1945? a) 15 b) 8 c) 142

c) 142

Fabry: What changed about the recognition system after 1945?

Countries no longer had to function properly

The international community feared the dissolution of the USSR due to

It being a nuclear superpower

Which countries did not voluntarily merge in the post 1945 period? a) Tanganyika and Zanzibar b) Gambia and Senegal c) South and North Yemen d) Egypt and Israel

d) Egypt and Israel

Which of the following is an example of an involuntary merger? a) North Vietnam and South Vietnam b) Tanganyika and Zanzibar c) Senegal and Gambia d) Egypt and Syria

a) North Vietnam and South Vietnam

Which de facto independent region occupies an area which has a disproportionately high share of the economic resources of the existing state? a) South Sudan before 2001 b) Chechnya between 1991-1999 c) South Ossetia d) Biafra

d) Biafra

Which of the following examples is an example of a peaceful secession? a) Quebec b) Confederate states of America c) Chechnya d) Donbas/Luhansk

a) Quebec

Which entity did not qualify for the right to self determination (according to the Badinter commision)? a) Serbia b) Albania c) Kosovo d) Slovenia

c) Kosovo

Which entity did not hold a referendum for independence? a) Faroe Islands b) Norway c) South Sudan d) Slovakia

d) Slovakia

The UN was reluctant to admit micro states because? a) Their political ties with the USSR b) fear of limitless fragmentation of existing states c) their lack of territorial legitimacy d) lack of governmental legitimacy

b) fear of limitless fragmentation of existing states

Which territory is not on the UN list of non self governing territories? a) Falkland Islands/Malvinas b) Gibraltar c) Pitcairn d) Quebec

d) Quebec

Which territory did not hold a referendum on the political status/independence? a) Tokelau b) Puerto Rico c) SADR (Western Sahara) d) Gibraltar

c) SADR (Western Sahara)

Policy of conditional recognition was firstly applied to? a) USSR b) USA c) Brazil d) Nazi Germany

c) Brazil

Policy of collective non-recognition was applied to? a) Rhodesia b) Bangladesh c) Sweden d) Slovakia

a) Rhodesia

Policy of conditional recognition was applied to Croatia and Slovakia (by the EC) in order to? a) guarantee minority rights b) prevent dissolution of Yugoslavia c) create greater Serbia d) create greater Albania

a) guarantee minority rights

The phenomenon of puppet-states in geopolitics was introduced by? a) Hitler b) Stalin c) Napoleon Bonapart d) JFK

d) JFK

Which country is regularly appearing in the top 10 of the fragile states index since 2000? a) Ukraine b) Russia c) USA d) Somalia

d) Somalia

Boko Harem declared allegiance to?

Dae’sh (ISIS)

Islamic emirate of Afghanistan 1996-2001 was recognized by? a) Somalia b) Pakistan c) USA d) Russia

b) Pakistan

Which unrecognized state has never formally declared independence? a) Abkhazia b) Somaliland c) Taiwan d) Northern Cyprus

c) Taiwan

Which entity was not admitted to the membership in the UN? a) Upper Volta b) Siam c) Western Sahara d) Union of South Africa

c) Western Sahara

Which government in exile had a seat in the UN GA? a) Tibet b) East Timor c) Democratic Republic of Kampuchea d) South Moluccas

c) Democratic Republic of Kampuchea

DFS do not base their legitimization strategies on? a) Democratic character b) effectiveness c) tradition of statehood d) corruption

d) corruption

Which constitution does not allow secession? a) Constitution of USSR 1977 b) Constitution of St. Kitts and Nevis c) Constitution of Myanmar 1948 d) Constitution of China

d) Constitution of China

Which situation cannot justify the secession (according to the remedial right only theory)? a) genocide b) oppression c) unequal distribution of resources d) threat or use of force

c) unequal distribution of resources

Who has higher GDP? | Gibraltar or Taiwan

Gibraltar

Which is the biggest between Scotland, Kosovo, Western Sahara

GDP wise - Scotland | size wise - Western Sahara

Understand external and internal Sovereignty. Which is Somaliland?

Somaliland is exercising a reasonable level of territorial control and internal political legitimacy, so it has internal sovereignty. But since is not recognized and can not act independently and autonomously on the world stage does not have an external sovereignty.

“Political maps, in fact, tell lies” is a quote of:

Kaplan

“The biggest geopolitical failure of 20th century was the collapse of the Soviet Union” is a quote of:

Putin

Bougainville is now called:

Papua New Guinea

Rhodesia is now....

Zimbabwe

Siam is now...

Thailand

Upper Volta is now...

Burkina Faso

South Sudan

1) high on fragile state index 2) example of public support influencing 3) One of the 4 states that joined the UN after 2000 (along with East Timor, Switzerland, and Montenegro)

``` Which of the following statements is correct? the U.N. has 252 member states The U.N. has 193 member states the U.N. has 201 member states the U.N. has 182 member states ```

The U.N. has 193 member states

Which of the following situations do not, of themselves, derogate from independence (sovereignty)? a) Diminutive size and resources b) Discretionary authority to intervene in the internal affairs of the puppet state c) Substantial illegality of origin d) Absence of an independent government being able to effectively control territory and its population

a) Diminutive size and resources

What is the status of Palestine in UN? a) full member state b) observer entity c) non-member observer state d) non-member state

c) non-member observer state

Which of the following states did recognize Kosovo as a sovereign state? a) USA, China, Russia, France b) USA, CZK, Serbia, Spain c) USA, GB, Ireland, Portugal d) USA, GB, Australia, Canada

d) USA, GB, Australia, Canada

Which of the following states did recognize South Ossetia and Abkhazia as a sovereign states? a) Russia, Armenia, Panama, Tuvalu b) China, Venezuela, Armenia, Georgia c) North Korea, Nicaragua, Vanuatu, Iran d) Russia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Vanuatu

d) Russia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Vanuatu

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