Study Guide

International Relations, Midterm Exam 2, Spring 2008

Instructions: If you understand the concepts listed below, and have the ability to discuss both their definition and their significance to the study of international relations, you should do well on the exam.

globalization

complex interdependence

GATT

WTO

hegemonic stability theory

maquiladora

Dependency theory

modernization theory

IMF

World Bank

Debt crisis

Export Led Growth

Import Substitution Strategies

Peak oil

NICs

Less Developed Countries

imperialism and the impact of colonialism

core, periphery and semi periphery

subsistence farming vs. cash crops

New International Economic Order

brain drain

green revolution

free trade

comparative advantage

Most Favored Nation

Bretton Woods system

The Gold Standard

fixed exchange rates

floating exchange rates

Global warming

Sustainable development

Environmental international law