Welcome to the Perspectives on International Relations Web site!

Navigating This Site

To get started, select one of the 18 buttons (each of which corresponds to a chapter from the text) on the left side of the screen. Then select the desired activity for that chapter: Study, Quiz, Flashcards, Using the Perspectives, or Explore.

The Study section for each chapter contains a chapter summary and study questions. Each Study page also contains a link to a vocabulary crossword puzzle. There are four crossword puzzles for the site. The first includes vocabulary words from the introduction and chapter 1, the second uses terms from chapters 2–7, the third from chapters 8–13, and the fourth from chapters 14–16 and the conclusion. You need Java enabled to view the crossword applet. If you do not have Java installed you can obtain it from java.com. If you do have Java you may need to check your security settings to make sure that applets are enabled. In Windows XP you may be able to enable the applet by clicking on the yellow bar at the top of the window and selecting "Allow blocked content". If you get stuck, you have several options on the left — reveal an individual letter, an answer, or the entire puzzle (though that would be cheating!).

The Quiz section allows you to test your mastery of the material via multiple-choice and true-false questions provided for each chapter. You can opt to take each quiz with immediate or summarized results. For the "immediate" path, you see correct and incorrect answers question by question; for the "summarized" path, you will answer all quiz questions and then see correct and incorrect answers at the end, replicating a more realistic testing environment. After completing the quiz, you will see your "detailed results" which include your percentage grade for the quiz and outline your results by question type (e.g., conceptual, factual, and vocabulary) and by chapter section. You can also click on "see all answers" to see each of your responses. And please click on "email" to send your quiz results to your instructor.

The Flashcards allow you to review the key terms from the book. You can view terms and click for definitions, or vice versa, view definitions and click for terms. You can mark terms you would like to return to for further study, as well as shuffle and reset the cards.

The Using the Perspectives pages feature Web-based activities that encourage students to apply information, concepts, and principles from the text in a series of interactive questions. You can click on the "Answer" box following each exercise question, write out your response in the pop-up box, and email it to your instructor. At the top of the page, you have the option of answering multiple questions in one box and sending all of your responses in one email message.

The Explore section offers annotated links that facilitate further research, with students just a click away from additional information.

To return to the opening screen, select the Home button.

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