Seçmeli Ara Sınav - Hıstory Of Internatıonal Relatıons

Soru 1:

Which one of the followings is NOT true about the interwar period?

A) The failure of the Treaty of Versailles, which was seen as unjust and humiliating by the Germans. B) The Great Depression, which challenged the world economic order and pushed nation- states to self-sufficiency and protectionism C) The successful French and British appeasement policy towards aggressors D) The failure of the League of Nations and the concept of collective security E) The rise of Hitler and his revisionist policies

Soru 2:

What did Bismarck aim to achieve with the Berlin Congress?

A) To promote democracy in Europe B) To end all relations with British Empire C) To ensure prosperity for Germany D) To prevent instability in Europe E) To establish control over Balkans

Soru 3:

What was the reason for Russia to withdraw from World War I?

A) The Ottomans' blocking the straits to Black Sea B) Japan's joining the war C) Inclusion of Italy and Bulgaria to the war D) Bolshevik Revolution E) Battle of Tannenberg

Soru 4:

Which of the following is among the characteristics of modern sovereign states?

A) A definite territory with boundaries B) The armed forces a state has C) The rights of the citizens a state has D) The human rights the state defends E) The affluence and resources a state has

Soru 5:

Which of following statements about Medieval Europe is not correct?

A) Justice was ensured by political and religious rulers B) Freedom was given by feudal rulers C) They lived in fortified towns and strong castles D) Security was provided by local rulers E) Justice was equal

Soru 6:

When did Martin Luther publish his 95 Theses, a series of critiques of Catholic doctrine which soon spread to the rest of much of Europe?

A) 1492 B) 1517 C) 1535 D) 1567 E) 1587

Soru 7:

What was the Schlieffen Plan designed to avoid?

A) This plan was made to prevent from the Americans helping the British and the French. B) This plan was made to support Russian revolution. C) It was designed to avoid a two-front war with France and Russia, by quickly taking out France in a few weeks, so that all available troops could be rushed to fight Russia D) the Schlieffen Plan designed to stop the British navy in the Mediterranean. E) the Schlieffen Plan was designed to overthrow the Tsar by Germany.

Soru 8:

Who was the spiritual authority in the Middle Ages?

A) The king B) The queen C) The emperor D) The lord E) The Pope

Soru 9:

Which of the following was NOT an outcome of the Peace of Westphalia?

A) It approved notions of sovereignty. B) It legalized dynastic autonomy from the hierarchical control of the Holy Roman Empire. C) It spelled the end of the Holy Roman Empire as a foreign policy-making body. D) Europe’s internal wars of religion were over. E) It was the treaty started the wars against the Ottoman Empire.

Soru 10:

Which of the following is among the primary causes of the Renaissance?

A) Wars B) Trade C) İmmigration D) Religion E) Population

Soru 11:

Which of the following social class in France declared itself as the National Assembly calling for a constitution that limited the sovereignty of the king?

A) Aristocrats B) The Emperor C) The Monarch D) Bourgeoisie E) Industrialists

Soru 12:

Which of the following is one of the outcomes after the the Visigoths defeated Western Roman Empire?

A) A feudal state system came to dominate Western Europe until the 16th century. B) Most of the states in Europe became sovereign states. C) Many small Greek city-states such as Athens, Sparta, Corinth and Ephesus were established. D) Papacy's leading rolecame to an end. E) The Thirty Years’ Warbegan.

Soru 13:

Which of the following laid the foundations of this policy of preventing Europeans from intervening within the internal affairs of the Americas?

A) Monroe Doctrine B) Truman Doctrine C) Wilson's fourteen points D) Treaty of Rapallo E) Marshall Plan

Soru 14:

I. It is an enterprise of European powers who found themselves in an atomized state of interests. II. It showed that the collaboration that had united the anti-French bloc was necessary. III. It rested on a set of Austrian responsibilities within a defined geography. IV. Klemens von Metternich of Austria was the architect of the Concert of Europe. Which of the above is TRUE about the Concert of Europe?

A) I, II, III B) II, III, IV C) I and II D) III and IV E) I, III, IV

Soru 15:

How were the principal actors of the Paris Peace Conference defined?

A) Small Four B) Big Four C) Minor Four D) Major Four E) Medium Four

Soru 16:

The spreading tide of Industrial Revolution also transformed the dynamics of the traditional state and the society it governed. Which of the following is not true in this sense?

A) Growing numbers of tradable merchandise created a class of investors and merchants, which weakened the older landed aristocracy’s hold on power. B) Apart from this new moneyed aristocracy, a new working class was also emerging. C) Higher revenues from both domestic and international trade and taxes from increasing production increased kings’ capacity to arm themselves. D) Industrial Revolution rocketed the economies of traditional states and transformed them into highly centralized ones. E) Although as monarchs made use of their recently acquired means of power for more centralized models of government, the first image of the supranational-state in history began to emerge.

Soru 17:

Which of the following cannot be considered as one of the objectives of diplomacy?

A) Facilitating communication between political leaders or states and other entities of world politics B) Facilitating the negotiation of agreements C) Serving to gather intelligence or information from host countries. D) Minimizing the effects of frictions in international relations E) Destroying the concrete existence of international society

Soru 18:

Which of the following is one of the consequences of the Utrecht Peace?

A) The treaty left Spain and Great Britain as the two leading imperial powers of Europe. B) Holland and Great Britain to receive exclusive access to trade with certain Spanish ports and territories. C) The Dutch lost the ‘Dutch Barrier’ in Belgium pointing toward France. D) King Philip V of Spain was removed from the throne. E) The French gained more mastery of the continentand becamewealthier.

Soru 19:

What was Weimar Republic?

A) It was the unofficial name to describe the German government from 1919 to 1939. B) It was the unofficial name to describe the German government from 1918 to 1933. C) It was the unofficial name to describe the German government from 1923 to 1933. D) It was the unofficial name to describe the German government from 1930 to 1933. E) It was the unofficial name to describe the German government from 1918 to 1945.

Soru 20:

I. The international system focused on Europe as its centre. II. There was a tension between the rulers and the ruled. III. New ideologies such as liberalism and socialism appeared. Which of the above summarises the 19th century?

A) Only I B) Only II C) I and II D) II and III E) I, II and III