PSCI 3810 1st EditionExam # 1 Study GuideExam Format• This examination will feature three sections: a 40-question multiple choice section, a 5-question short answersection, and a 10-question map section where you will need to identify ten countries from a blank map (a copyof the map that will be used is at the back of this review sheet).• All needed exam materials (such as Scantron sheets) will be provided for you, except for your preferredpencil. No notes or other materials will be permitted during the exam.• No bathroom breaks are permitted -- once you leave the room, you can’t return without a penalty of up to 5letter grades. Plan accordingly before the exam begins.• Also, be on time -- once the first person finishes and leaves the room, anybody else who enters will suffer anautomatic deduction of five letter grades; be aware that students sometimes finish exams like this in as little as5-10 minutes.Advice on Studying• The exam will draw from both the assigned readings and the lecture notes. Be aware that around 1/3 of theexam questions will be drawn from materials in the readings that were not covered in lecture, with the restThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.coming from lecture (either topics that were only covered in lecture, or topics that were covered in both lectureand the readings).--Note that in the past, questions drawn from the readings (even on concepts or topics specifically listed on thereview sheet) have produced the lowest scores of any questions on the test, so you should take special care tostudy these topics on the review sheet.• The exam will not be written with the intention of fooling students with trick questions or with the goal offailing as many students as possible. The main goal of this course is to provide students with an understandingof how international relations works, so the exam questions will reflect this goal.• This list is not legally binding; these are just suggestions for the most important topics that aremost likely tobe on the test (some of which may not actually appear on the test). If you understand all of these topics you arelikely to do well on the test.• The textbook offers a number of useful study aids to help you to prepare for the exam. Each chapter beginswith a list of learning objectives, or major concepts/topics that you should understand if you want to do well onthe test. Each page of the book includes notes in the margins about key terms that you should be familiar with;many of these may be on the test. Each chapter concludes with review questions, which will helpyoudetermine how well you understand the material. There is also a review card at the back of the book withadditional material about each chapter.• Although this list of topics only mentions "additional topics from the readings" that were not covered inlecture, also be sure to go over topics from the readings that were covered in lecture; quite often, the book willdiscuss additional details or perspectives on these same topics.Core Concepts in International Relations (IR)Topics Covered in Lecture• Definition of politics and IR/world politics• Main fields of poli sci & subfields of IR• Differences between IR and domestic politics• Sovereignty and anarchy• Major types of actors: what are they? how many of each exist today? how do they affect IR? (States, nations, IGOs, NGOs, MNCs, terrorists & other armed groups, individuals & other domestic actors)• Historical development of states, sovereignty, and nationalism• Major actors, events, and trends in the different historical eras that were covered (ancient Greece, 19thCentury, the world wars, the Cold War, post-Cold War era)Additional Topics from the Readings (SCD Chapter 1-1 and 1-2)• How world politics affects you• Geography and the small world phenomenon--Revenge of geography: The shrinking world• The nature of security--Foreign policy in perspective: Seeking security• Diversity, complexity, and IRAdditional Topics from the Readings (SCD Chapter 2)• Interdependence under anarchy• The security dilemma• Diplomatic immunity controversies• Diplomacy, bargaining, and negotiation: goal/purpose, obstacles, forms of diplomacy• The US military and its impact on global armaments• Globalization and its effects• New stresses on states• The changing meaning of sovereigntyApproaches to International RelationsTopics Covered in Lecture• Goal of the scientific approach in IR• Scientific method, hypotheses, theories: what are they, and how are they used in studying IR?• Levels of analysis: what are they in general, and what does each level include? (individual, state/domestic,international/interstate, systemic/global)• Realism: background (Thucydides, Hobbes) and major beliefs, differences between the 3 majormodernvariants we discussed (classical realism, neorealism/structural realism, offensive realism)• Liberalism: background (Kant, idealism, functionalism, institutionalism) and major beliefs• Constructivism: background and major beliefs• Marxism: background and major beliefs• Feminism in IR: background and major beliefsAdditional Topics from the Readings (SCD Chapter 1-3, 1-4, and 3-1)• More details on the scientific approach (thinking theoretically, the analytical uses of theory, empirical vs.normative theory, theory and causation, description-explanation-prediction)Additional Topics from the Readings (SCD Chapter 3-2 and 3-3, Thucydides, Morgenthau, Wilson)• More details on the realist approach• More details on the liberal approachAdditional Topics from the Readings (SCD Chapter 3-4, 4-2, 4-3, and 4-4)• More details on the constructivist approach• More details on the Marxist and world systems approaches• More details on the feminist approachPowerTopics Covered in Lecture• Importance of power in IR (to both realists and their critics)• Power capabilities (control over attributes or resources) vs. Influence (control over outcomes): majordifferences, benefits and drawbacks of each approach• Benefits and drawbacks of different ways to measure power as discussed in class (physical capabilities of states, influence over outcomes, observation of outcomes, soft power)• Multidimensional nature of power (including components of CINC score)• Other characteristics of power in IR (fungibility, relative/absolute, issues