The Clash of Civilizations Quizzes

The Clash of Civilizations Quiz 1

1 What is revealed by the incident with the upside down Russian flag at the 1992 meeting between American and Russian scholars?
Importance of culture

Importance of the West

Importance of Soviet Union

Importance of symbols
2 Today, the West's power relative to other civilizations is...
The same

Rising

More corrupt

Declining
3 The two things a successful paradigm should be are...
Simple and accurate

Historical and scholarly

Serious and accurate

Complex and accurate
4 The harmony after the Cold War was...
Lasting

Limited

An illusion

Temporary
5 The tendency to think in this particular way is common throughout human history:
In terms of language

In terms of social class

In two worlds

In terms of violence
6 The realist paradigm posits that which of the following are the most important actors in world affairs?
Cultures

Intellectuals

States

Civilizations
7 The realist paradigm assumes that states perceive their interests as...
Flexible

Peaceful

In opposition to other states'

Cooperative
8 Huntington believes that the chaos paradigm is...
Far from reality

Close to reality

Too complicated

Alarmist
9 In the case of Russia vs Ukraine, a statist approach would highlight which of the following possibilities
A split within Ukraine

War between Russia and Ukraine

The involvement of the West

Cooperation between Russia and Ukraine
10 Huntington believes that the most far-reaching problems now arise between...
Different religious groups

Different ethnic groups

Civilizations

Nations within one civilization
11 Which of the following do NOT define a civilization?
Ethnicity

Religion

Culture

Language
12 What is the experience of a civilization over time?
It never changes

It merges with another civilization

It evolves

It ends quickly
13 Which of the eight civilizations he lists does Huntington question as a valid one in today's world?
Orthodox

African

Japanese

Sinic
14 How does Huntington believe the West won the world?
Superior values

Organized violence

Superior ideas

Superior religion
15 As the international system expanded beyond the West, what happened to conflict among Western states?
Became more complicated

Faded away

Expanded beyond the West as well

Increased
16 What are the central elements of any culture?
Ethnicity and ancestry

Ideology and religion

Language and religion

Language and scholarship
17 More recently, what has happened to linguistic divisions across the world?
Decreased

Increased

Disappeared

Devolved to a historical period
18 What does Huntington believe about the likelihood of a universal religion or language?
Unlikely to emerge

Impossible

Likely to emerge

Inevitable
19 What does distinctiveness theory hold?
People define themselves by linguistic and religious differences

People define themselves by features that are always different in any context

People define themselves by ethnic lines

People define themselves by what makes one different in a given context
20 Which of the following is not a distinguishing characteristic of Western society?
Multiple languages

The Enlightenment

Classical civilization

Christianity
21 Which is not one of the three main issues the West faces today due to the changing balance of power among civilizations?
Immigration

Weapons proliferation

Religion

Promoting Western values
22 Why has East Asia gained in cultural confidence?
Political strength

Religious strength

Economic strength

Military strength
23 What makes Muslim countries stronger today?
Better educated population

Older population

Younger demographics

More religious
24 What factor primarily drives leadership in Muslim countries today?
Money

Religion

Power

Culture
25 What is the core state in East Asia?
Japan

Korea

China

Taiwan

Ukraine defined as cleft country with two different cultures.

The author discusses the existence of both Western and Orthodox culture in Ukraine as an example of recent events relating to the clash of civilizations. He mentions the 1994 presidential elections, in particular, in which the non-nationalist...

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 11/14/2022 11:55 AM