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IR 104: Introduction to International Relations

Summer 2022

Data Assignment

This is your data assignment for IR 104. It will help you learn: the basics of using data, how descriptive statistics can inform our analyses, and how data can complement the readings in class. A point value is indicated for each question, and the assignment will count for 25% of your overall course grade. You may complete the assignment at any time during the course. You can either answer the questions on iLearn, or you can answer them using the MS Word document and then transfer your answers to the iLearn website. You will have only one attempt. The assignment must be completed by August 5 at 17:00.

 

1. Match the violent action with the type is represents according to the Uppsala University Conflict Data Program, https://ucdp.uu.se

Al-Qaeda attacks the United States on September 11, 2001.

Non-state violence; State-based violence; One-sided Violence

ISIS cells attack a train station in Brussels

Non-state violence; State-based violence; One-sided Violence

Iraq attacks an occupies Kuwait

Non-state violence; State-based violence; One-sided Violence

The government assassinates a leader of domestic terrorist group

 

 

2. How any deaths from state-based violence where there in Afghanistan in 2019?

 

3. Which state had the most fatalities from non-state violence since 2010?

 

4. In Northern Ireland, there was one known fatality in 2019 due to state-based violence. Which group was the UK fighting?

 

5. Which conflict is responsible for the most deaths?

a. Government of Israel—Hamas

b. Government of Israel—PIJ

c. Government of Israel—Fatah

d. Government of Israel—Hezbollah

 

Use the website ourworldindata.org to answer the following questions:

6. Which region of the world account for the high number of battle-related deaths between 1970 and 1975?

7. Non-state conflicts account for the most violence since 1946 according to the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.

a. True

b. False

8. Using the website: https://ourworldindata.org/terrorism, which country below has had the most terrorist attacks in 2014?

a. France

b. Afghanistan

c. Iraq

d. China

9. The number of deaths from terrorism in Western Europe is higher between 2007 and 2017 than in the 1970s.

a. True

b. False

Visit the KOF Swiss Economic Institute. They have compiled an index the measures globalization along three dimensions. Answer the following questions using resources on that website.

10. Which of the following is NOT a measure of de facto economic globalization?

a. Trade in services

b. Portfolio investment

c. Trade in goods

d. Trade Agreements

11. Which of the following is NOT a measure of De Facto Political Globalization?

a. Number of foreign embassies

b. Number of UN peacekeeping missions

c. Number of international NGOs operating in the country

d. Number treaties it has signed

12. Which is has increased more since 1970, the index of de facto trade globalization or de jure?

a. De facto trade globalization

b. De jure trade globalization

c. Both have declined since 1970

13. Which country ranks highest in the OVERALL Globalization index?

a. Belgium

b. Italy

c. Bulgaria

d. United States

14. Which country scores higher on the overall index of economic globalization than the overall index of political globalization?

a. United States

b. Vietnam

c. Brazil

d. China

15. According to the website https://ourworldindata.org/trade-and-globalization, there is a positive relationship between trade and economic growth measured in GDP per capita.

a. True

b. False

16. Which set of workers are most likely to suffer from increasing trade competition with China?

a. Medium-skilled worker in manufacturing

b. Professor

c. Nurse

d. Housecleaner

17. Using the data on https://ourworldindata.org/economic-growth, in what year did South Korea's GDP exceed that of Brazil's?

a. 1983

b. 2000

c. 1960

d. 1950

18. According to information on https://ourworldindata.org/economic-growth, which country is actually poorer in 2016 than it was in 1950?

a. Senegal

b. Haiti

c. India

d. Rwanda

19. Which country's highest level of military spending as a share of its GDP in 2017?

a. China

b. Brazil

c. Russia

d. United States

20. According to information the website, https://ourworldindata.org/military-spending, countries reduce to size of their militaries, and spend less on them, during times of peace.

a. True

b. False

21. Using data on the website: https://ourworldindata.org/co2-and-other-greenhouse-gas-emissions, in what year did China's CO2 emissions exceed that of the United States?

a. 1995

b. 2006

c. 2000

d. 2015

22. According to data presented on https://ourworldindata.org/co2-and-other-greenhouse-gas-emissions, there is a positive linear relationship between economic growth (measured in terms of GDP per capita) and CO2 emissions per capita.

a. True

b. False

23. The countries most likely to suffer from the effects of climate change are the ones that most able and willing to reduce their CO2 emissions.

a. True

b. False

24. Using data on the website https://ourworldindata.org/human-rights, which county has seen its human rights score go down since 1980?

a. China

b. Norway

c. Israel

d. Hungary

25. According to data on https://ourworldindata.org/human-rights, there is a negative relationship between wealth and a country's human rights score.

a. True

b. False