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FOREIGN POLICY Goverment 2305
FOREIGN POLICY goverment in america pearson 11th edit
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 1
05/13/2013
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1) Which of the following is NOT one of the three ultimate tools of foreign policy?
 Definition
B) judicial
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2) Instruments of foreign policy are different from those of domestic policy.
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TRUE
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3) Diplomacy refers to
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A) formal and informal communications with representatives of other governments.
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4) The United Nations was created in
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C) 1945.
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5) The United Nations General Assembly is made up of about ________ members.
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C) 185
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6) The ________ is the real focus of power in the United Nations.
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D) Security Council
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7) The United Nations Security Council has ________ members.
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B) 15
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8) With the breakup of the Soviet Union, only the United States now holds veto power in the United Nations Security Council.
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FALSE
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9) Which of the following is NOT a permanent member country on the United Nations Security Council?
 Definition
JAPAN
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10) New actors on the world stage include all of the following EXCEPT
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D) diplomats.
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11) The European Union is an example of a ________ organization.
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E) regional
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12) Regional organizations have ________ in the post-World War II era.
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C) proliferated
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13) Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council have
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A) veto power over any Security Council decisions, including any effort to deploy UN peacekeeping troops.
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14) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an example of a
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B) Regional organization for military purposes.
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15) The ________ is a regional economic organization of major nations.
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C) European Union
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16) Multinational corporations
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A) have been known to link forces with the CIA to overturn governments they disliked.
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17) An example of an interest group involved in international affairs would be
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C) Greenpeace.
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18) As chief diplomat, the president does all of the following EXCEPT
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C) entertains foreign heads of state.
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19) The State Department is the foreign policy arm of the United States government.
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A.: TRUE
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20) After the president, the ________ is considered the nationʹs foremost diplomat in the United
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B) Secretary of State
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21) The ________ staffs United States embassies and consulates in about 300 overseas posts from Albania to Zimbabwe, representing the interests of Americans.
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C) State Department
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22) The head of the foreign policy arm of the federal government who traditionally advises the president is the
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C) Secretary of State.
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23) Many recent presidents have bypassed the Secretary of State for foreign policy advice and come to rely more on the
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D) special assistant for National Security Affairs.
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24) ʺThe Pentagonʺ refers to the
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D) Department of Defense.
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25) The commanding officers of each of the services, plus a chair, constitute the
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C) Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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26) The chief role of the Secretary of Defense is to
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B) be the presidentʹs chief foreign policy advisor.
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27) The National Security Council is officially composed of the president and all of the following EXCEPT the
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A) director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
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28) The ________ is officially composed of the president, the vice president, the Secretary of
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D) National Security Council
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29) The ________ was established after World War II in order to coordinate American information and data-gathering operations abroad and to collect, analyze, and evaluate its own data.
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B) CIA
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30) Which of the following statements about the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is FALSE?
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C) The CIA has never been involved in domestic affairs.
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31) The ________ helped to overthrow the governments of Iran in 1953 and Guatemala in 1954, and has a long history of involvement in the internal affairs of other nations.
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C) Central Intelligence Agency
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32) The Central Intelligence Agency is not required to inform any congressional committee of its activities due to the importance of maintaining secrecy.
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B. FALSE
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33) Which of the following is NOT true about the Central Intelligence Agency?
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D) Due to its need for secrecy, it does not have to report to any congressional committee.
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34) Which of the following is NOT a power of Congress in foreign and defense policy?
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C) to appoint ambassadors
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35) The foreign-policy powers of Congress
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B) include raising and organizing the armed forces.
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36) Throughout most of American history, American foreign policy was centered on the concept of
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A) isolationism.
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37) The Monroe Doctrine
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B) showed again that America was not concerned with Europeʹs problems.
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38) It was, above all else, ________ that dealt a death blow to American isolationism.
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B) World War II
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39) Americaʹs principal foreign policy strategy toward the Soviet Union throughout the Cold War, proposed by the foreign policy strategist George Kennan in 1947, was
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B) containment.
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40) The Marshall Plan
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B) poured billions of dollars into war-ravaged European nations after World War II.
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41) The containment doctrine was
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A) intended to prevent Soviet expansion after World War II.
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42) Almost immediately following World War II, the United States entered into ________ with the Soviet Union.
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C) a Cold War
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43) During the 1950s, John Foster Dulles, the Secretary of State under Eisenhower, proclaimed a policy of ________ in Americaʹs dealings with the Soviet Union.
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D) brinkmanship
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44) Fear of a serious communist conspiracy in the United States during the early years of the Cold War led to the rise of a near panic that communism was infiltrating American government and cultural institutions, and became known as
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B) McCarthyism.
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45) The cold war led to all of the following EXCEPT
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B) the use of atomic weapons.
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46) President ________ was responsible for initiating the use of United States ground troops in Vietnam (eventually over 500,000), and the massive bombing of North Vietnam, but his failure to win the war after four years and the mounting anti-war protests back home led him to decide not to seek reelection.
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D) Lyndon Johnson
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47) The Vietnam War
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B) illustrates the ability of government to lie to its citizens.
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48) It was under President Richard Nixon that the United States embraced a policy of de´tente with the Soviet Union.
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A.: TRUE
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49) The relaxation of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union throughout the 1970s was known as
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A) de´tente.
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50) De´tente refers to
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D) a shift toward cooperation among world powers.
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51) During the early years of his administration, Reaganʹs foreign and defense policies emphasized
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B) anticommunism.
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52) The Strategic Defense Initiative was a(n)
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C) proposal for an umbrella in space to destroy invading missiles.
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53) During Ronald Reaganʹs presidency, the Pentagon budget was sharply increased.
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A. TRUE
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54) The Cold War was characterized by a stable and predictable set of relations among the great powers.
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A. TRUE
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55) The cold war ended spontaneously with freedom and self-determination erupting in Eastern Europe.
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A. TRUE
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56) The use of violence to demoralize and frighten a countryʹs population or government is referred to as
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D) terrorism.
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57) In response to the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001, the George W. Bush administration has developed a new foreign policy emphasizing
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D) preemptive strikes.
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60) The threat posed by terrorist groups and the hostile states supporting them has caused America to
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A) reconsider basic principles of its foreign policy.
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61) Critics of the Bush administrationʹs policies in Iraq argue that U.S. involvement has increased the threat of terrorism.
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A. TRUE
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62) One of the reasons the United States is often frustrated in foreign policy issues is that military power is no longer the primary instrument of foreign policy.
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A. TRUE
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63) Defense spending now makes up about ________ of the federal budget.
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A) one-fifth
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64) Liberals argue that the most crucial aspect of national defense is
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C) a strong economy.
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65) Whatever their ideology, members of Congress tend to support military spending most consistently
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A) when it means jobs for their constituents.
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66) The structure of Americaʹs defenses has been based on
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D) a large standing military force and a triad of strategic nuclear weapons.
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67) Which instrument of foreign policy used to guarantee world dominance but no longer does so?
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A) military strength
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68) Economic sanctions are
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A) non-military sanctions imposed on a foreign government in an attempt to modify its behavior.
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69) The international economy today is one characterized by
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C) interdependence.
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70)A tariff is a
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C) tax added to the price of imported goods.
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71) The North American Free Trade Agreement is designed to eventually eliminate most ________ among Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
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C) tariffs
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72) When a country exports more than it imports, it has a trade deficit.
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B.FALSE
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73) International economic policies today tend to emphasize
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C) lower tariffs and freer trade.
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74) Which of the following countries spends the smallest percentage of its gross domestic product on foreign economic development?
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C) United States
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75) Americans are usually least interested in
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B) foreign policy.
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