Which of the following is true of the policy of containment?
a. It is a strategy that originated with the Cold War.
b. It was used by conservative monarchical states to contain the ideology espoused by the French Revolution.
c. It uses only soft military power, as in economic sanctions.
d. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union adopted containment as an official policy to balance against American power.
Answer: B
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a. individual b. state c. international system d. dyadic e. micro
British colonialism helped to ensure that ethnicity would be the primary element in political identification and mobilization by
a. establishing administrative regions on the basis of language. b. permitting the development of country-wide native associations. c. fostering competition among ethnic groups. d. suppressing local leaders. e. fostering the development of tribal political parties.