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 symbols

Importance of Soviet Union

Importance of the West

Importance of culture
2 Today, the West's power relative to other civilizations is...
Rising

The same

More corrupt

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

Serious and accurate

Complex and accurate

Historical and scholarly
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 two worlds

In terms of violence

In terms of social class

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

Civilizations

Intellectuals

Cultures
7 The realist paradigm assumes that states perceive their interests as...
Cooperative

Peaceful

In opposition to other states'

Flexible
8 Huntington believes that the chaos paradigm is...
Close to reality

Too complicated

Far from reality

Alarmist
9 In the case of Russia vs Ukraine, a statist approach would highlight which of the following possibilities
Cooperation between Russia and Ukraine

A split within Ukraine

War between Russia and Ukraine

The involvement of the West
10 Huntington believes that the most far-reaching problems now arise between...
Nations within one civilization

Civilizations

Different religious groups

Different ethnic groups
11 Which of the following do NOT define a civilization?
Language

Culture

Religion

Ethnicity
12 What is the experience of a civilization over time?
It merges with another civilization

It evolves

It never changes

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

Orthodox

Japanese

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

Superior values

Superior religion

Organized violence
15 As the international system expanded beyond the West, what happened to conflict among Western states?
Expanded beyond the West as well

Faded away

Became more complicated

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

Language and scholarship

Ideology and religion

Language and religion
17 More recently, what has happened to linguistic divisions across the world?
Devolved to a historical period

Increased

Decreased

Disappeared
18 What does Huntington believe about the likelihood of a universal religion or language?
Impossible

Inevitable

Unlikely to emerge

Likely to emerge
19 What does distinctiveness theory hold?
People define themselves by ethnic lines

People define themselves by linguistic and religious differences

People define themselves by what makes one different in a given context

People define themselves by features that are always different in any context
20 Which of the following is not a distinguishing characteristic of Western society?
The Enlightenment

Multiple languages

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

Military strength

Economic strength
23 What makes Muslim countries stronger today?
More religious

Older population

Younger demographics

Better educated population
24 What factor primarily drives leadership in Muslim countries today?
Power

Religion

Culture

Money
25 What is the core state in East Asia?
China

Korea

Taiwan

Japan

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