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.

  1. 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?
  2. 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?
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.