All of the following are forms of state violence, EXCEPT:
A) creating military jobs for all unemployed citizens
B) execution, such as the death penalty
C) exclusion of minorities from the best jobs
D) repressing free speech
E) relocating educated citizens from urban areas to rural agricultural labor farms
According to Sernau, sanctions in Burma (Myanmar) have led to a great informal economy in ________.
A) diamonds
B) women and girls
C) cocaine
D) lumber
Sanctions imposed on a country, according to Sernau, hurt ________.
A) the poor who are unable to get food, medical care, or other basic necessities
B) the rich elite of a country who can no longer buy luxuries
C) the government who loses legitimacy and capital
D) the business in the country who can no longer produce goods
Sernau refers to a world on fire which means ________.
A) many small conflicts around the world
B) nuclear holocaust
C) total war
D) war using chemical incendiary devices
Military leaders, corporate leaders who depend on
military contracts, and political leaders who depend on cold war fears creating a power elite are referred to as a ________.
A) fascism
B) military dictatorship-style government
C) corporate military
D) military complex
The goal of peacekeeping assignments is ________.
A) to intervene in humanitarian crises
B) to intervene in regional conflicts
C) to intervene in former colonies
D) all of the above
Having the weapons to make sure an enemy cannot strike is known as ________.
A) prevention
B) reassurance
C) deterrence
D) arms race
The weapon that has enough firepower to destroy every major city on the planet is ________.
A) the U.S. Trident submarine
B) the U.S.S.R Target Missile Launcher
C) the intercontinental ballistic missile
D) the hydrogen bomb
All of the following are nonconventional weapons EXCEPT:
A) nuclear weapons
B) chemical weapons
C) biological weapons
D) small arms weapons
According to Sernau, a major legacy of the cold war is _______.
A) the success of capitalism to end war
B) the small number of deaths associated with the war
C) the peace it forged among former enemies
D) a world with a huge amount of weapons
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