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From where did the modern state emerge?
1. America
2. Asia
3. Latin America
4. Europe
Fill in the blank: ‘---- made the state, and the state made ----.’ (Tilly)
1. Revolution
2. Sovereignty
3. ��War
4. Capitalism
Fill in the blank: by the ‘---- century, we may be said to enter the modern world; the modern theory of the state remains to be constructed, but its foundations are complete.'; (Quentin Skinner)
1. Seventeenth
2. Eighteenth
3. Nineteenth
4. Twentieth
Which one of the following countries is a post-colonial state?
1. United Kingdom
2. India
3. France
4. China
Judged by the number of states created, which was the most important wave of decolonization?
1. 1810-38
2. After the Russian Revolution (1917) and the First World War (1914-18)
3. 1944-84
4. 1991
Which of the following is an intergovernmental organization?
1. United Nations
2. al-Qaeda
3. Microsoft
4. The Catholic Church
An NGO is
1. A non-governmental organization
2. A neo-governmental office
3. A non-global organization
4. A non-governing oligopoly
Which one of these countries has experienced a phase of collapse since the 1970s?
1. Cuba
2. Nigeria
3. Thailand
4. Uganda
Which of these regional organizations has the most developed institutions?
1. NAFTA
2. CIS
3. EU
4. Nordic Council
Globalization refers to
1. the expanding membership of the United Nations
2. the end of colonialism
3. the declining influence of geography on social and cultural arrangements
4. contract theory