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World Politics: International Politics on the World Stage, Brief, 4/e

John T. Rourke, University of Connecticut - Storrs
Mark A. Boyer, University of Connecticut - Storrs

Nationalism: The Traditional Orientation

Chapter 4 Quiz


1	All of the following are characteristics of many former African colonial states except
		A)	internal strife.
		B)	diverse cultural groups.
		C)	national political identification.
		D)	having primary tribal or ethnic loyalty.


2	The atrocities in Rwanda resulting from Hutu and Tutsi clashes can be attributed to
		A)	state formation being incongruent with national identity.
		B)	separatist movements destroying state-building.
		C)	state formation preceding nation-building.
		D)	Tutsi irredentist claims.


3	Which of the following countries is an example of a nationally divided state?
		A)	France
		B)	Israel
		C)	Cyprus
		D)	Sweden


4	Early nationalism began to evolve in England during the reign of
		A)	King Henry VI.
		B)	Pope Leo III.
		C)	King Henry VIII.
		D)	the Emperor Charlemagne.


5	Democratic nationalism
		A)	led to the British Revolution, after the example of the American and French Revolutions.
		B)	emerged in more gradual ways in England than it did in France and America.
		C)	prevented the British Parliament from gaining more power.
		D)	led to the division of Africa and Asia into nation-states by the end of the nineteenth century.


6	During the first half of the nineteenth century
		A)	neither Germany nor Italy existed as nation-states.
		B)	Italy and Germany were united as one political entity, and were separated after 1860.
		C)	Italy was politically independent, but Germany was a collection of numerous political entities.
		D)	Germany was a collection of numerous political entities that were, with Italy, united under the political control of the pope.


7	By the end of World War II, which of the following empires was still intact?
		A)	the Ottoman Empire
		B)	the Soviet Union
		C)	the British Empire
		D)	the German Empire


8	Between 1940 and 1999, the number of states increased by 70 percent.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	The former USSR was a multiethnic empire.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	Africa is one continent particularly plagued by a lack of fit between nations and states.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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