Final Examination
Part I: Identifications. (Each
definition is worth 5 points, 25 points total)
Students will be asked to define briefly five
concepts from the list located at http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/fll/German/ia101/keyconcepts4.html
Be sure to give dates and examples.
Part II: Short-Answer (each short answer
is worth 25 points, 50 points total)
Here are six study questions.Two (2) of these
questions will appear on the quiz and you will be required to answer them both.
- Global climate change is one of the most
important issues in international affairs. What are the factors that scientists
identify as contributing to climate change, and what do scientists believe
can be done to slow or stop such change? Use examples from the readings and
discussions. Do individual choices matter in global climate change? Why or
why not?
- The 20th century can be described as the
era of the "petroleum energy regime." What is an energy regime, and why is
this an accurate or inaccurate description? What alternative energy regimes
might be possible, if oil and oil derivatives were to be replaced in part
or in whole?
- Oil is the predominant form of energy used
around the world today. Given oil's centrality to modern industrial society,
how are the forces of supply and demand (production and consumption) important
in the way we analyze oil's impact in our personal lives and the larger world.
- In 1995, Ismail Serageldin, a World Bank
official, stated that "the wars of the next century will be over water." Why
might he have said this? How might wars over water be avoided in the 21st
century? Explain, using examples from the readings and class discussions.
- Conflict is a central theme of international
affairs. Identify a factor that contributes to (or has contributed to) conflict
in international affairs in the political world, the economic world, the cultural
world, and the physical world. Analyze why each of the four factors
you identify is important, and how the conflict has been or might be resolved.
Use examples from the course readings and discussions.
- The study of international affairs is supposed
to lead us on an intellectual journey. In this course, we have identified
theoretical frameworks, levels of analysis, "worlds" of study, and important
themes. Identify and analyze how any or all of these ways of knowing has altered
the way you think about at least two different issues in international affairs.
Part III: Mapping Exercise: (Each country
identification is worth 5 points, 25 points total)
Students will be asked to identify 5 of 8 Latin
American and Caribbean countries on an attached map.