Naval Knowledge, Unit Four, Chapter One: Fundamentals of International Law
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A nation free of foreign control and able to conduct its own business is known as what?
A Sovereign State
An Independent State
A Republic
A Constitutional Democracy
A Commonwealth
Generally, the business between our nation and others is conducted by whom/what?
Ambassadors
The Defense Department
The New York Stock Exchange
The Vice President
The Secretary of Commerce
Talks held by our ambassadors and foreign governments are known as what?
Negotiations
Treaties
Conventions
Diplomacy
Embassies
The system of rules and principles, founded on treaty, custom precedent, and consensus, which civilized sovereign nations recognize as binding on the mutual relations between them.
International Law
The Rule of Law
Civil Law
Diplomatic Law
Diplomacy
What part of International Law deals with the relations between sovereign states?
Public Law
Private Law
Civil Law
Criminal Law
Diplomatic Law
What part of International Law deals with relations between individuals in different countries?
Private Law
Public Law
Civil Law
Criminal Law
Common Law
Diplomacy always depends in some degree on the power of the state for which the diplomat is acting. Which of the following is NOT one of these powers?
Bureaucratic
Military
Economic
Moral
Allied
Of the early civilizations listed in the reading, in which do we first see the development of principals of international arbitration?
The Greek city-states
Egypt
Babylon
France
Rome
Dwellings that ambassadors use to conduct official business while in a foreign country are called what?
Embassies
City-States
Councils
Missions
Legations
Which Italian City-State became the first to establish permanent resident embassies in other countries?
Venice
Florence
Genoa
Rome
Naples
Consular Services, which developed in the Italian city-states in the early 16th century, concerned themselves with what sort of things?
Trade and commerce matters
Political matters
Military matters
City council matters
International Criminal Law
Who wrote the book, The Prince, in 1513 describing the diplomatic practices of the Italian City-States at that time?
Niccolo Machiavelli
Hugo Grotius
Plato
Dean Rusk
Justinian I
Who is considered to be the "Father of International Law"?
Hugo Grotius
Niccolo Machiavelli
Dean Rusk
Aristotle
Carl Von Clausewitz
A contract between independent nations is called what?
A treaty or convention.
A referendum
A proclamation
International Law
A Legation
In International Law, which term below refers to territorial limits or geographic boundaries on a map?
Country
Nation
State
Area
Confines
In International Law, which term below refers to people of common blood ties, language, customs and, perhaps, religion?
Nation
State
Country
Population
Demographics
In International Law, which term below refers to the governmental authority of a particular political entity?
State
Country
Nation
Republic
Governing Council
Which of the following is NOT a specific characteristic of a Sovereign State?
Its geographic size must meet an agreed upon minimum.
It is a permanently organized legal society or government.
It is a fixed territory, free from control of any other state.
It has the ability to enter into associations with other states.
All of the listed characteristics are required before recognition as a Sovereign State under International Law.
What is the only Sovereign State in the world that is considered a <em>Neutralized State</em>?
Switzerland
Belgium
Canada
Monaco
Denmark
India is a member country of which of the following organizations?
The British Commonwealth of Nations
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
The European Union
The Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands
The Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas.
Prior to the establishment of the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands, which country controlled these Micronesian Islands?
Japan
The United States
Great Britain
Canada
Australia
The people of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas hold citizenship of what Sovereign State?
The United States
Great Britain
Japan
The United Nations
They do not hold formal citizenship
Which of the following is NOT considered a fundamental right of a Sovereign State?
The right to engage in preventative war
The right of independence
The right of freedom from interference or intervention
The right of continued existence
The right of self-defense
What term is used in International Law to describe Sovereign States at war with each other?
Belligerents
Contestants
Criminal
Neutralized
Opponents
Which of the following is NOT a specific responsibility of a belligerent state involved in a legal war with another state?
The right of self-defense.
The care of prisoners of war
The protection of aliens
The protection of human rights
The responsibility to follow rules of warfare.
Which term below describes the right of a state to have representatives in other states for carrying on diplomatic negotiations?
The right of legation
The right of litigation
The right of self-defense
The right of ambassadors
Diplomatic Immunity
Which of the following is NOT one of the classes of heads of diplomatic missions currently accepted by the United States and most other nations?
Attachés accredited to heads of state
Ambassadors accredited to heads of state
Envoys accredited to heads of state
Ministers accredited to heads of state
Chargés d’ Affairs accredited to ministers for foreign affairs
What formal agreement established the three classes of heads of diplomatic missions in 1961?
The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
The United Nations Treaty on Diplomatic Representation
The Geneva Conventions on Diplomatic Missions
The Law of the Seas Conventions
The Organization of American States Representation Convention
As a result of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, what is generally agreed to be the lowest ranking official that can head a diplomatic mission?
Chargés d’ Affairs accredited to ministers for foreign affairs
Ministers accredited to heads of state
Envoys accredited to heads of state
Ambassadors accredited to heads of state
Attachés accredited to heads of state
Which of the following is NOT a factor necessary in order for the U.S. government to grant diplomatic recognition to another state?
A democratic form of government.
Control of the territory claimed.
The will of the people reflected in the government.
The preparedness of the new state to honor international obligations
These are all requirements placed on states by the U.S. in order to obtain formal diplomatic recognition.
What legal term is used to refer to governments that are understood to exist in fact, but not by law?
De facto
De Jure
Di Journo
Non Grata
En Hecho
Which of the following statements about Military and Naval Attachés is FALSE?
They are selected by the Department of Defense and assigned by their Services.
They have the same diplomatic immunities and protection s the ambassador.
The senior attaché, regardless of Service, is called the Military Attaché.
Their primary duty is collecting information of intelligence value.
They are regarded as high-ranking members of the ambassador's official staff.
What world body was formed after World War I to try to peacefully settle disagreements between nations?
The League of Nations
The United Nations
The Organization of American States
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The Congress of Vienna
Which of the following States is NOT a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council?
India
France
Britain
Russia
China
How many non-permanent members are there on the U. N. Security Council and how long do these States hold that position?
Ten, Two-years
Ten, Three years
Ten, Four years
Seven, Three years
Seven, Four years
In non-substantive measures voted on by the U. N. Security Council, how many affirmative votes are required for passage?
Nine affirmative votes from any of the Council members.
Nine, but they must include those of the five permanent powers.
Seven, but they must include those of the five permanent powers.
Seven affirmative votes from any of the Council members.
A simple majority of 8 of the 15 Council members.
What was the name given to the U. N. Security Council voting arrangement where all five permanent members must either vote yes or abstain for a substantive measure to pass?
The Yalta Formula
The Potsdam Formula
The Geneva Conventions
The Congress of Vienna
The Big Five Veto
Which of the following is an example of a collective military action taken outside of the purview of the United Nations?
Operation Enduring Freedom
The Korean War
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Desert Shield
The Bosnian Conflict
Which of the following statements concerning the Organization of American States is FALSE?
The supported the U.S. invasion of Grenada in 1984.
They supported the U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic in 1965.
They supported the 1962 quarantine of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Cuba dropped out of the organization in 1962.
The organization is largely anti-communist in its philosophy.
Which term below best describes the involvement of other countries besides the U.S. in assisting and contributing to their common defense?
Mutual Assistance
Collective Bargaining
Collective Security
Bipartisan Politics
Collaboration
Which of the following countries is NOT a member of NATO today?
Switzerland
Denmark
Poland
Hungary
Spain
Which of the words below is defined as the political protection given by a government to a person from another country?
Asylum
Diplomacy
Arbitration
Sovereignty
Legation
Which word below means the mutual or cooperative interchange of favors or privileges, especially the exchange of rights or privileges of trade between nations.