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International Relations Quiz

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Nicholas Lanning
Chapter 1 Review Questions
International Relations
Professor Kerchis
1. What comes to mind about world politics is the leaders of the countries getting together and trying to sort out its differences. It is similar to the politics of the United States, but it involves other countries. There are many different actors that are involved in the world politics. The actors would have to have hold some sort of political power in their country. Examples of events in world politics could be the issue with ISIS. Another example could be the fighting going on between North and South Korea.
2. Safety means "survival and safety, typically referring to the military, intelligence, and law enforcement arenas buy also including economic and human dimensions" …show more content…

An anarchy as it relates to the international system is not really any middle administration.
6. Customs are things in a culture that are considered usual. Customs are important to IR because they every country is different and what it acceptable in one country may not be acceptable in another. An example of a norm in the international system could be paying taxes.
7. The definition of diversity that comes to mind is different things kinds of objects in an area. The definition of complexity that comes to mind is how many differences there are in a given object. An example of diversity could be different types of people in different countries. An example of complexity could be the political system of a certain country.
8. The three levels of analysis are "systemic or international level, state or national lever, and individual level" (Scott, James M., Ralph G. Carter, and A. Cooper Drury 11). They are important to the analysis tool because they can classify them into different categories. It adds some organization. The examples are the different governments that are in the United States such as the Pennsylvania management system, the capital and the different bosses that make up the different

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