NCERT Solutions for Class 12 Political Science US Hegemony in World Politics
NCERT Solutions for Class 12 Political Science US Hegemony in World Politics
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1. What was first Gulf War?Ans. A massive coalition force of 660,000 troops from 34 countries faught against Iraq and defeated it in what came to be known as the First Gulf War.
2. What is meant by 'Hegemon'?Ans. The term 'Hegemony' stands for an international system which is dominated by a sole superpower or hyper-power. The collapse of the Soviet Union left the world with only one single power, the United States of America.
3. What was 'Operation Iraqi' Freedom?Ans. On 19 March 2003, the US launched its invasion of Iraqi under the codename 'Operation Iraqi Freedom'. More than 40 other countries joined in the US coalition of the willing after the UN refused to give its mandate to the invasion.
4. What is meant by hegemony?Ans. Hegemony is an international system to dominate world by only one superpower.
5. First Gulf War was fought against in which troops from countries fought.Ans. Iraq, 34 countries.
6. What does the term 'hegemony' imply?Ans. The word 'hegemony' implies the dominance of one state means world power in the form of military dominance, economic power, political clout and cultural superiority.
7. What is meant by 9/11 in the context of USA?Ans. 9/11 denotes a series of attacks on the US by hijackers from Arab countries on 11 Sep 2001. It was the most disastrous attack on the US.
8. What is the New World Order?Ans. The sudden collapse of Soviet Union led to the New World Order in the form of the US hegemony.
Ans. World Politics refers to distribution of power among the countries of the world. These countries are engaged to gain and retain power by their capabilities.
10. Mention the period of beginning of US hegemony.Ans. 1991.
11. Name the elected president of the USA in the year 1992 and 1996.Ans. William Jefferson Bill Clinton.
12. What was the focus of foreign policy of Bill Clinton?Ans. The Clinton government tended to focus on 'Soft issues' like democracy promotion, climate change and world trade rather than on the hard politics of military power.
13. What was the Guantanamo Bay?Ans. A naval base in Cuba set up by the US where prisoners forbidden of the protection of international law or law of their own country or that of the US.
14. Mention any two constraints operated in the US hegemony.Ans. Two constraints operated in the US hegemony are institutional architecture of American state (division of power) and open nature of American Society.
15. What are Global Public Goods?Ans. Goods that can be consumed by people without reducing the amount of available goods for others are known as the global public goods.
Examples: Fresh air, roads, sea-lanes of communications (SLoCs).