In the traditional form of international politics, how would people in a society put pressure on a government that is not their own?
a. They would pressure that government by forming transnational organizations or advocacy networks to make contact.
b. They would put pressure on the subunits of their own government, which would contact the subunits of the target government and try to convince them to influence that state's policies.
c. They would ask their own government, through regular domestic politics, to talk to the other government through regular international politics.
d. They would contact the target state directly through protest or advocacy groups.
e. They would contact similar-minded individuals in the citizenry of the target government and influence them to seek change through their regular domestic political process.
__________ investments involve tangible goods, unlike portfolio investments.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.
Which of the following U.S. entities could be considered a transnational actor?
a. The Department of Agriculture
b. The Environmental Protection Agency
c. The Coast Guard
d. The Department of Commerce
e. All of these answers are correct.
Some multinational corporations sell goods, whereas others, like McDonald's, sell __________.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.
What is the great danger with respect to the intentions or actions of al Qaeda?
a. That the group will acquire and detonate a nuclear weapon
b. That the group will diminish the character of American democracy
c. That the group will be able to export its values to domestic communities in the United States
d. That the group will destabilize the Middle East enough to cause a disruption of world energy supply
e. That the group will be able to draw the United States into a third ground war by proxy
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