QUESTIONS FOR US HEGEMONY IN WORLD POLITICS

1. Name the place where the fourth Air plane was crashed in 9/11 attack?

1.      Pennsylvania

2.      World Trade centre

3.      Pentagon

4.      Washington DC

2. Highlight  main features of the US economy.
3. Where did the US use military power during Clinton years?
4. Explain hegemony as a soft power.
5. What was ‘New International Order’?
6. Explain any two strategies to overcome hegemony.
7. In reference of structural power mention the global public goods by which the US established its hegemony?
8. Analyse the role of USA in Global War on terrorism after the attack on World Trade Centre on 9/11 in 2001?
9. Explain the U.S. hegemony as a structural power with the help of four examples.
10. “Economic preponderance of the US is inseparable from its structural power”. Discuss.
11. On a political outline map of the world locate and label the following and symbolise them as indicated:

Questions

1. The country Iraq invaded in Aug.1990.
2. The country is the president ship of Saddam Hussein.
3. The country referred to as a hegemonic power.
4. The Operation Infinite Reach was launched against these countries.

1. The First Gulf War revealed the vast technological gap that had opened up between the US military capability and that of other states. The highly publicised use of so-called ‘smart bombs’ by the US-led some observers to call this a ‘computer war’. Widespread television coverage also made it a ‘video game war’, with viewers around the world watching the destruction of Iraqi forces live on TV in the comfort of their living rooms.
1. Which human fault has been highlighted in the above passage?
2. Which bomb was utilised in this war? What message did the country which had produced this bomb want to share with the world?
2. How can the US hegemony be checked?

Question 12.

Study the cartoon given below carefully and answer the questions that follow (Delhi 2015, 2011)

(i) Which country is represented by this mighty soldier?

(ii) Why have the names of so many countries been written on the uniform of the soldier?

(iii) What message does this cartoon convey to the international community?

13. What is meant by hegemony?

14. What was the significance of ‘Operation Iraqi Freedom?

15. What was ‘Operation Enduring Freedom’?

16. What was the main objective of ‘Operation Desert Storm’?

17. How did the US respond to the 9/11 attacks?

18. What was ‘Bandwagon strategy’?

19. How is 9/11 important in the context of the USA?

20. What is the main reason for the beginning of the US hegemony in 1991?

21. What was ‘New International Order’?/ ‘New World Order’?

22. What is meant by US hegemony in world politics?

23. How does the open nature of society act as a constraint on the US military action overseas?

24. How can hegemony be overcome?

25. Highlight the facts showing cordiality in the relationship between India and the United States.

26. Mention any four tasks that military forces usually try to accomplish in an invasion. In which task was the serious weakness of US reflected in the war over Iraq?

27. What are the  constraints in the exercise of the US hegemony?

28. Explain the strategies to overcome hegemony.

29. “Economic preponderance of the US is inseparable from the structural power”. Describe

30. Analyse the three different interpretations of American hegemony.(6 marks)