Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Hegemonic stability theory holds that balanced power produces peace.

2. Nationalism eventually resulted in a shift of the locus of sovereignty from rulers to citizens.

3. Misperceptions of ideology led the United States in the 1960s to mistakenly treat China, the Soviet Union, Vietnam, and Cambodia as similar because they were all communist.

4. Europe during the latter nineteenth century and early years of the twentieth century evolved from a fluid, multipolar alliance system into two alliance blocs.

5. The Peace of Westphalia, instead of moderating the severity and intensity of wars in Europe, caused them to be larger and more destructive.


1. F
2. T
3. T
4. T
5. F

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