Understanding how people perceive reality is important to understanding world politics because
a. all people ascribe their own meaning to objective facts.
b. all people make assumptions about the world that lead to actions.
c. simplification of the world through a mental map is inevitable and necessary.
d. the images people make to understand the world inevitably simplify reality by exaggerating some features and ignoring others.
e. All of the above are true.
The different types of maps illustrated by the Mercator projection and Peter's projection
a. each portrays a different image of the distribution of the Earth's land surfaces and territory.
b. show how difficult it is to perfectly represent the three-dimensional globe on a two-dimensional piece of paper.
c. show how perceptions can distort even something as basic and seemingly objective as the size and location of the world's continents.
d. each highlights some feature of the globe while ignoring others.
e. All of the above are true.
A projection of the world that retains directional accuracy, places Europe at the center, and uses two-thirds of the map to represent the northern half of the world is called a(n)
a. orthographic projection.
b. Mercator projection.
c. Peter's projection.
d. world-time view.
e. upside-down projection.
Schematic reasoning helps us make sense of a large amount of information by
a. matching what we see with stereotypes of we have stored in our memory.
b. causing us to reject any information that doesn't fit with our existing beliefs.
c. helping us to see an adversary the same way the adversary views us.
d. using diagrams to simplify information.
e. compartmentalizing vast amounts of information.
Which of the following is not true of nonstate actors?
a. They possess sovereignty.
b. They include international organizations whose members are states.
c. They include international nongovernmental organizations.
d. They are important actors in world politics.
e. They sometimes carry out independent foreign policies.
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