SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

question 54

Multiple Choice

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following realist perspectives explains the breakdown of the balance of power between the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance, leading to the start of war in 1914?

• A) Some realists argue that Germany launched a preventive war against Russia to maintain its position of power.
• B) Some realists argue that the cartelized domestic politics in Germany resulted in overexpansion, which alienated the country's immediate neighbors.
• C) Some realists argue that war was a result of the decline of Great Britain as a hegemon, leading to a multipolar scramble to decide which country would be the next hegemon.
• D) Some realists argue that the collapse of the Concert of Europe conference system led states to develop a rigid unipolar system to compensate for the lack of institutional direction.

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Definitions:

Alternative Goods

Products that serve as substitutes for each other; when the price of one increases, the demand for the other may increase.

Equilibrium Position

In the indifference curve model, the combination of two goods at which a consumer maximizes his or her utility (reaches the highest attainable indifference curve), given a limited amount to spend (a budget constraint).

Economic Resources

The land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurial ability that are used to produce goods and services; the factors of production.

Marginal Costs

The extra expense generated from the production of an additional unit of a product or service.