International Relations MCQs with explanations

Question 1

The Unites States backed the Ethiopian government in its conflict with Somalia in the 1970s as part of: A. an attempt to secure its natural reaources B. an attempt to support the new Soviet policy of glasnost C. an attempt to prevent the Soviet Union from gaining a seaport in the Horn of Africa D. a proxy war with the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

a proxy war with the Soviet Union

Question 2

Jozef Beck was Polish foreign minister from November 1932 until he field to Romania during the German invasion by Poland in September 1939. Courted by both alliances, Beck refused to align his country with either power. Which other country did Beck refuse to include in any political alliance with Poland?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 3

When Liaquat Ali Khan visited the USA?

Accepted Answer

1950

Question 4

From 1904 to 1905 Japan was at war. Which country did Japan defeat?

Accepted Answer

Russia

Question 5

Kyoto Protocol mandates the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; negotiated in 1997, ratified in 2004, and went into effect in:

Accepted Answer

2005

Question 6

The only all-African state not in the African Union AU is:

Accepted Answer

Morocco

Question 7

Extradition, from an International Law prospective, is:

Accepted Answer

A mechanism for bringing fugitives from justice to book

Question 8

What political party, which Saddam Hussein headed, ruled Iraq for more than thirty years and killed hundreds of thousands of people?

Accepted Answer

Baath

Question 9

The Second World War began with Germany’s attack on:

Accepted Answer

Poland

Question 10

Moamer al Qaddafi became (virtual) President in 1969 of what country?

Accepted Answer

Libya

International Relations MCQs with Explanations