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Macintosh Users: If you have been instructed to submit your reponses to your instructor, you must enter your responses, then click on the Submit button at the bottom of the page to receive a printer-friendly version of your responses that you can then print and turn in to your instructor.     Let’s examine some regional differences in war. CLICK DATA FILE: GLOBAL02 CLICK TASK: Univariate SELECT PRIMARY VARIABLE: WAR CLICK: [Continue] 1. Which continent had the most countries that experienced one or more civil wars during the period from 1990 through 1996? 2. How many civil wars occurred worldwide during the 1990-96 period? 3. True or False: There were more interstate wars (i.e., wars between two or more countries) than civil wars during this period. 4. True or False: There were more countries, in total, that experienced some type of war than countries that were free of war during this period. Public attitudes affect the priorities that leaders set, and the likelihood of conflict. Let’s explore some of these important attitudes. CLICK: DATA FILES CLICK DATA FILE: ISSP1995 CLICK TASK: Univariate SELECT PRIMARY VARIABLE: FOLLOW OWN CLICK: [Continue] 5. What percent of people across the world either "strongly agree" or "agree" that their country should follow its own interests, even if it leads to conflict with other nations? % 6. True or False: More people "strongly agree" with the statement that their country should follow its own interests, even if it leads to conflict with other nations, than "strongly disagree" with the statement. CLICK: DATA FILES CLICK DATA FILE: WVS 95-97 CLICK TASK: Univariate SELECT PRIMARY VARIABLE: FIGHT WAR? CLICK: [Continue] 7. According to the World Values Survey, _____ percent of people would be willing to fight for their country during wartime. % Now let’s explore what Americans think about the United States role in international affairs, the resources that should be devoted to the military, and the goals that should be pursued. CLICK DATA FILE: FPSURVEY CLICK TASK: Univariate SELECT PRIMARY VARIABLE: USACTIVE CLICK: [Continue] 8. What percent of Americans believe that the United States should be very active in world affairs? % CLICK: VARIABLES SELECT PRIMARY VARIABLE: DEFENSE CLICK: [Continue] 9. What percent of Americans believe that U.S. defense spending should be increased? % 10. True or False: There are more Americans that believe that the U.S. should "cut back" on military spending than Americans who believe that the U.S. should keep military spending "the same." CLICK: VARIABLES SELECT PRIMARY VARIABLE: GOALPOWR CLICK: [Continue] 11. True or False: A majority of Americans believe that maintaining military power worldwide is a "very" important foreign policy goal. CLICK: VARIABLES SELECT PRIMARY VARIABLE: GOALDEMO CLICK: [Continue] 12. True or False: A majority of Americans believe that bringing democratic government to other nations is a "very" important foreign policy goal. CLICK: DATA FILES CLICK DATA FILE: NES98 CLICK TASK: Univariate SELECT PRIMARY VARIABLE: USE FORCE CLICK: [Continue] 13. What percent of Americans believe that the United States should be "willing" to use force to solve international problems? % 14. True or False: A majority of Americans are at least "somewhat willing" to use force to solve international problems. CLICK: DATA FILES CLICK DATA FILE: FPSurvey CLICK TASK: Univariate SELECT PRIMARY VARIABLE: GOALNUC CLICK: [Continue] 15. What percent of Americans believe that preventing the spread of nuclear weapons is a "very" important foreign policy goal? % Nuclear, actually atomic, weapons have been used only once during wartime (by the United States in World War II against Japan), but they remain a critically important factor in international relations. Let’s examine the regions and countries that possess these weapons. CLICK: DATA FILES CLICK DATA FILE: GLOBAL02 CLICK TASK: Mapping SELECT VARIABLE 1: NUKES CLICK VIEW: Map CLICK: [Continue] 16. In 1997, which of the following continents had the most countries with nuclear weapons? (Africa, Asia, North America, or South America) 17. True or False: Only one country has abandoned its nuclear weapons program. Many of the issues and opinions about conflict and foreign policy goals that you’ve explored either affect, or are affected by, national spending on defense. Let’s take a look at how much of its gross domestic product (GDP) that the United States has spent on defense over time. CLICK: DATA FILES CLICK DATA FILE: HISTORY CLICK TASK: Historical Trends SELECT VARIABLE 1: DEF % GDP CLICK: [Continue] 18. Approximately how much did the United States spend on defense as a percent of its GDP in 1960? 19. Since 1960, United States spending on defense as a percent of its GDP has a. declined steadily each year. b. increased steadily each year. c. declined in some years, but has increased overall. d. increased in some years, but has decline overall. 20. What event (s) is/are likely to explain what occurred with defense spending after 1989? Let’s compare military spending across the world. CLICK: DATA FILES CLICK DATA FILE: GLOBAL02 CLICK TASK: Mapping SELECT VARIABLE 1: DEFENSE CLICK VIEW: Map CLICK: [Continue] 21. True or False: The majority of the world’s countries allocated less than $350 million each for military spending in 2001. CLICK: BACK (use your browser’s back button CLICK VIEW: Rank Table CLICK: [Continue] 22. Of the 155 countries listed, how many allocated less than $10 billion for military spending in 2001? 23. Which countries are ranked number one and two in world spending on the military? 1. 2. 24. The number one ranked country allocates _____ to military spending as the number two country. a. approximately the same b. about twice as much c. about six times as much d. about ten times as much One possible alternative to war and conflict is United Nations Peacekeeping. Peacekeeping operations, as they were originally envisioned, require that both (or all) countries involved in a conflict invite the United Nations to provide peacekeepers. The job of the peacekeepers is to serve as a physical barrier between combatants so an environment is created wherein negotiations between the two sides can be successful. Let’s examine peacekeeping operations during the last half-century. CLICK: DATA FILES CLICK DATA FILE: HISTORICAL CLICK TASK: Historical Trends SELECT VARIABLE 1: PEACE KEEP CLICK: [Continue] 25. The decade that saw the fewest peacekeeping operations was the ________. (1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, or 1990s) 26. The decade that saw the most peacekeeping operations was the was the ________. (1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, or 1990s) 27. In a typical decade, there have been _____ peacekeeping operations. a. fewer than ten b. between ten and twenty c. more than twenty d. anywhere from five to thirty Let’s examine how Americans feel about U.S. involvement in peacekeeping operations. CLICK: DATA FILES CLICK DATA FILE: FPSURVEY CLICK TASK: Univariate SELECT PRIMARY VARIABLE: PKEEP CLICK: [Continue] 28. What percent of Americans believe that the United States should definitely participate in United Nations peacekeeping efforts in troubled parts of the world (i.e., they answered "yes")? % 29. Given what you’ve learned about conflicts, do you believe that future interstate wars are likely to be more common than, less common than, or about as common as they are today, and why?     Student Name:* Student Email:*   Professor Name:*   Professor Email:*         *required
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