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What is the question posed by explanatory theory?
 
  a. What are the underlying ethical concerns of a given action?
  b. How will this action improve security?
  c. How can the U.S. defeat terrorism?
  d. How does the world work?


A theory seeks to _____.
 
  a. explain a single event
  b. label any conjecture about an event
  c. explain a series of comparable events
  d. make a guess about the way the world works


What is the essential question stemming from normative theory?
 
  a. How does the world work?
  b. What is the reality of international politics?
  c. What goals should we pursue?
  d. How can we describe a particular war?


In political science, theories have three purposes. Which of the following is not a purpose of theory?
 
  a. Explanation
  b. Experiment
  c. Prescription
  d. Prediction


Which of the following is NOT a reason why knowledge of history is important in studying contemporary politics?
 
  a. history is replete with many lessons upon which we can draw.
  b. history is a source of data that political scientists can use.
  c. those who don't understand history are condemned to repeat it.
  d. history is unusable in testing theories of international politics.
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