Final quiz, non-Western IR theory

Final, non-Western IR theory

Welcome to your final exam quiz in non-Western IR theory. The quiz consists of 30 questions. You have 20 minutes. You can move back and forth between the questions. On the last screen you will be asked to submit the exam. If you press the "finish" button you will submit the exam.

On the next page you should write your name. The quiz itself starts on the following page.

Good luck!

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1 / 30

Who were the "masters of the clouds" in the video we watched?

1. Toltecs

2. Incas

3. Aztecs

4. Maya

2 / 30

The pan-Africanist Kwame Nkrumah was leader of which country?

1. Guinea

2. Ghana

3. Liberia

4. Sierra Leone

3 / 30

According to Zulkarnein's lecture, which leader of an Arab country enjoyed great popularity throughout Africa?

1. Saddam Hussein

2. Anwar Sadat

3. Mohammed Bin Salman

4. Muammar Gaddafi

4 / 30

Broadly speaking, non-Western competitive systems seem confirm the predictions of which Western IR theory?

1. Constructivism

2. Liberalism

3. Realism

4. Marxism

5 / 30

How, according to this website, has the numbers of refugees developed between 2012 and 2022?

1. Stayed more or less the same

2. More than tripled

3. More than doubled

4. Decreased by a third

6 / 30

For how much of human history were we hunters and gatherers?

1. 50 percent

2. 12 percent

3. 27 percent

4. 97 percent

7 / 30

The United States were particularly worried about China's participation in the Bandung Conference of 1955. What was the name of the Chinese foreign minister at the time?

1. Hu Jintao

2. Zhou Enlai

3. Deng Xiaoping

4. Zhao Ziyang

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“…I have been in the land of the Chinese for six years. I have not yet sent my mother and father any letter. Now I am finally sending them a letter… I have been here in this city for a year and a half… I have endured a lot of trouble and hardship. All the goods of the other merchants who came with me have been sold, but mine have not been sold. My heart is heavy, and I weep every day…”

This is a quote from a letter originally written in what language?

1. Mandarin

2. Uyghur

3. Tibetan

4. Sogdian

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“In the face of severe punishment, the people will not dare to be disorderly, and in the face of death, they will not dare to fight to the death.” This quote belongs in which philosophical school?

1. Confucians

2. Mohists

3. Legalists

4. Daoists

10 / 30

Many of the first pan-Africans were from?

1. The West Indies

2. Brazil

3. Ghana

4. Algeria

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Where are these people going?

1. The Gedung Merdeka, Bandung, Indonesia, 1955

2. First meeting of the non-Aligned Movement, Belgrade, 1961

3. The Tricontinental Conference, Cuba, 1966

4. The General Assembly of the United Nations, New York, 1975

12 / 30

What is XXX? What is being described?

XXX refers to a special tablet or plaque used in the Mongol Empire as a symbol of authority and a passport of sorts. It was issued by the Mongol rulers to officials, envoys, and merchants to signify their status and grant them safe passage, freedom from tolls, and access to local provisions and assistance across the empire.

1. Paiza

2. Ger

3. Yassa

4. Nerge

13 / 30

According to this list, which countries participated at the Bandung Conference in 1955?

1. Cyprus, Syria, Sudan, Algeria and Thailand

2. Japan, Turkey, Ceylon, Iraq and Indonesia

3. Yugoslavia, Ethiopia, China, Korea and Vietnam

4. Philippines, Morocco, Laos, Gold Coast and Nepal

14 / 30

What do these two Chinese characters mean?

1. Tianxia, "All under heaven"

2. Chungguo, "The Middle Kingdom"

3. Fajiao, "Legalism"

4. Rujiao, "Confucianism"

15 / 30

What are these boats called?

1. Galley

2. Dhow

3. Sampan

4. Junk

16 / 30

What is Hizb ut-Tahrir's goal?

1. A free Palestine

2. An end to the military regime in Egypt

3. Independence for Somaliland

4. A revived caliphate

17 / 30

Which of the following was NOT a thalassocracy?

1. Tarumanagara

2. Sogdia

3. Phoenicia

4. Srivijaya

18 / 30

What is Acharya and Buzan's question?

1. "Why is the US dominating IR research?"

2. "Why is there no non-Western IR theory?"

3. "Why are non-Western scholars blocked for publishing in prestigeous journals?"

4. "Why are Western scholars only interested in the West?|

19 / 30

Sunzi's book on the Art of War was famously translated into which languages?

1. Japanese and Vietnamese

2. Bahasa Indonesia and Tagalog

3. Korean and Thai

4. Russian and Polish

20 / 30

Which feature characterized the proximity of the Ottoman Sultan, according to European visitors to the Topkapı Palace?

1. Gold and silver

2. Beauty

3. Silence

4. Large masses of people

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Who wrote this?

"Since everybody’s affection for his family and his group is more important than anything else. Compassion and affection for one’s blood relations and relatives exists in human nature as something God put into the hearts of men. It makes for mutual support and aid, and increases the fear felt by the enemy." People without family to defend them "cannot live in the desert, because they would fall prey to any nation that might want to swallow them up." ... "Respect for blood ties is something natural among men, with the rarest exceptions. It leads to affection for one’s relations and blood relatives, the feeling that no harm ought to befall them, nor any destruction come upon them. One feels shame when one’s relatives are treated unjustly or attacked. Group feeling produces the ability to defend oneself, to offer opposition, to protect oneself, and to press one’s claims. Whoever loses it is too weak to do any of these things." ... "Strength is obtained only through group feeling which means affection and willingness to fight and die for each other."

1. Richard Francis Burton

2. Ibn Khaldun

3. Edward Gibbon

4. Ibn Battuta

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Who wrote this:

"Kilwa is a very fine and substantially built town, and all its buildings are of wood. Its inhabitants are constantly engaged in military expeditions, for their country is contiguous to the heathens of the mainland. The majority of them are Zanj, jet-black in color, and with tattoo marks on their faces. I was very kindly received by the sultan of Kilwa, who is a pious and upright man. The principal mosque is of great size, and was built by an earlier sultan, who was a good and just man. In this mosque is a Quran reader who recites the Quran in a style I had never heard before and which moved me to tears."

1. Marco Polo

2. Ibn Battuta

3. Ahmad ibn Fadlan

4. Evliya Çelebi

23 / 30

What is "the belt and road initiative"?

1. A global infrastructure development strategy by China to improve connectivity across Asia, Europe, and Africa.

2. A defense alliance led by China for military cooperation in Asia.

3. An environmental agreement for reforestation in Asia and Europe.

4. A cultural exchange program to promote Chinese culture globally.

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A lot of cultural changes took place during the so called "Axial Age." Who were responsible for coming up with many of the new ideas?

1. Masterless samurai

2. Wandering scholars

3. Prophets

4. Royal advisors

25 / 30

Social relations are important in Chinese society. One Chinese game illustrates this well.

1. Pai gow or Chinese dominoes

2. Mahjong or mah-jongg

3. Go or wéiqí

4. Chinese chess or xiangqi

26 / 30

According to my lecture, this map can be compared to what?

1. A so called T-O map

2. A London subway map

3. Google streetview

4. A mercator projection of the world

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Which metaphor is sometimes used to describe the relationship between the Chinese empire and its surrounding states?

1. A nigh sky

2. A body

3. A solar system

4. A pool table

28 / 30

Which theorists is associated with network theory?

1. Manuel Castells

2. Michel Foucault

3. John Mearsheimer

4. Pierre Bourdieu

29 / 30

According to Zulkarnain's lecture, what was the main difference between the Casablanca and the Monrovia groups?

1. The Monrovia group was more closely allied with the United States

2. The Casablanca group sought unity for states north of the Sahara

3. The Casablanca group wanted political unification, not just cooperation

4. The Monrovia group only included former British colonies

30 / 30

What was mined at Taghaza in today's Mali?

1. Gold

2. Diamonds

3. Copper

4. Salt

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