Ünite Sınavı Soruları

Who coined the term geopolitics?

The determining factor for struggle in Samuel Huntington’s theory is ... .

Which the following options correctly completes the sentence above?

Which theory suggested individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same laws of natural selection as plants and animals and was popular in late 19th and early 20th centuries and was used to justify racism and thus is no longer acceptable?

What is the analysis of the geographic influences on power relationships in international relations?

Which of the followings is one of spatial elements of geostrategy?

Geo-culture is concerned with how a state might utilize its cultural bonds with other countries in the pursuit of geopolitical interests. Which of the following cannot be listed as cultural bond factors?

1. Discoveries of new geographies
2. The emergence of capitalism
3. The invention of fire
4. The development of colonialism

Which of the events above were among the factors driving geopolitics?

The term 'geo-culture' was coined by:

Which of the following first considered unity of nations under one political administration as a way of geostrategy?

Whose approach is the "Clash of Civilizations"  in which the determining factor for struggle in is not geography but civilization?

1. The main political unit is the state, and states are treated as living organisms.
2. The life of the state as a living organism is dependent upon its geographical area.
3. States are inclined to expand.
4. Interactions between states are based on rivalry and hence war is a normal and expected result of state relations.
5. Economic self-sufficiency is vital for states and this self-sufficiency is contingent to geography.

Which of the above are among common viewpoints of German geopolitics?

What separates modern geopolitical thinking from the premodern one?

Which of the political thinkers claimed that warm climates weaken people, and they become more prone to be enslaved, while people living in colder climates are braver and thus prone to be free?

What was the first sign of the US's Eurasian geostrategy?

Which philosophers had the idea of uniting nations under one political administration?

Which of the following participant is the focal point in formal direction of geopolitics?

Which of the following is correct according to Wallerstein’s conception of geo-culture?

According to Brzezinski, which of the followings needs to be the focal point of a geostrategy that the U.S. need to develop for maintaining its superpower position in world politics?

1. Friedrich Ratzsel’s “lebensraum” or “living-space”

2. Alfred Thayer Mahan’s “sea power theory”

3. Halford Mackinder’s “heartland theory”

4. Nicholas Spykman’s “Rimland theory”

   Which of the above are among the main geopolitical approaches of the classical era in geopolitical thinking?