China has recently provided billions of dollars in funding for national infrastructure and human development projects in which of the following regions?
a. Latin America
b. Southeast Asia
c. Oceania
d. Africa
Economic structuralists focus on how environmental issues influence
a. the power of a given state visvis other states in the global system.
b. gaps in wealth and economic power.
c. norms of behavior globally concerning how companies, NGOs, and states interact to conserve resources.
d. the productive capacities of women in developing societies.
According to the text, which of the following wars would realists claim was not caused by a competition over resources?
a. World War I
b. World War II
c. Vietnam War
d. NATO intervention in Libya
Which of the following is NOT true about China?
a. Many countries oppose an agreement to limit greenhouse emissions that does not constrain China as much aseveryone else.
b. China regards further economic growth as essential to raising its standard of living; this makes it unlikely thatthe leadership will consider limiting fossil fuel emissions.
c. Many countries are concerned that they will be economically disadvantaged if China is not limited in theproduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
d. China has minimal ability to grow economically because of strict environmental protections.
In terms of environmental problems, realists would agree with all of the following except
a. realists are skeptical about climate change and resource shortages.
b. states are reluctant to sign on to any agreement that might jeopardize their military or economic power.
c. states take a pessimistic view of the prospects for international cooperation on environmental problems.
d. even when states are in agreement about the desirability of cooperation, they are concern with relative gains.
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