Question 1

The 1972 Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, which limited the growth of U.S. and Soviet missile forces, was a consequence of:

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A)   perestroika.
B)   unilateralism.
C)   containment.
D)   détente.
E)   multilateralism.

Question 2

Following World War II, some American politicians and scholars argued that the United States would need to be more involved in world affairs specifically because the United States had a moral obligation to preserve world peace. This argument is an example of:

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A)   constructivism.
B)   idealism.
C)   realism.
D)   nation building.
E)   containment.

Question 3

Why does the United States provide foreign aid?

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A)   It can help facilitate international agreements.
B)   That is the cost of a seat on the Security Council.
C)   Isolationism is the dominant foreign policy paradigm in America.
D)   The American public is strongly in favor of providing foreign aid.
E)   By doing so, the U.S. government earns interest payments on its loans, which reduces the federal debt.

Question 4

The House and Senate Intelligence Committees are in charge of:

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A)   overseeing the CIA and the NSA.
B)   providing the president with top-secret intelligence information.
C)   directing and advising on military actions against terrorist targets.
D)   writing legislation that deals with foreign policy.
E)   overseeing disaster response from a terrorist attack.

Question 5

Groups such as the Stop Kony organization try to influence foreign policy:

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A)   by bringing increased public attention to a problem.
B)   through donations to election campaigns.
C)   by issuing press releases to shape media coverage of foreign events.
D)   through their own academic research that is designed to educate and inform members of Congress and the president.
E)   by hiring professional lobbyists to bring an international problem to the attention of government officials.

Question 6

What alliance, organized by the Soviet Union, was formed in 1949 to provide military security to all of its members?

Accepted Answer

A)   the Warsaw Pact
B)   NATO
C)   the Collective Security Treaty Organization
D)   the Central Treaty Organization
E)   the Treaty of Versailles

Question 7

The federal courts influence foreign policy by:

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A)   ruling that certain laws or presidential actions are unconstitutional.
B)   impeaching and removing members of the president's foreign policy staff.
C)   reinstating military officers that the court decides were unjustly fired by the president.
D)   halting funds to the military if the Supreme Court rules that the president has entered the nation into an unjust or unconstitutional war.
E)   issuing subpoenas to members of the executive branch if the court has reason to believe that the president has violated the Constitution.

Question 8

An example of how trade policy can influence foreign policy occurred in the 1990s when the Clinton administration bestowed "most-favored-nation" status on China in exchange for China's willingness to moderate its human rights policies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

An idealist would argue that the United States should remain in Afghanistan because leaving the nation could:

Accepted Answer

A)   harm U.S. business interests and investments in the region.
B)   lead to increases in the price of oil, harming the larger U.S. economy.
C)   convey military weakness, emboldening the enemies of the United States.
D)   lead to an anti-American government taking power, resulting in an increased risk of another terrorist attack against the United States.
E)   lead to a full-fledged Afghani civil war that results in significant suffering for the Afghan people.

Question 10

Isolationists favored the war in Iraq because the United States was attempting to maximize its own economic and national security interests.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

An internationalist would support U.S. efforts to provide humanitarian aid to people in a foreign nation engulfed in a civil war, even if other nations were unwilling to help.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Although the League of Nations was not successful, it led to the creation of:

Accepted Answer

A)   the World Trade Organization.
B)   the World Bank.
C)   the Hague.
D)   the United Nations.
E)   the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) .

Question 13

Economic sanctions are often used for the purpose of:

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A)   facilitating a war.
B)   increasing the value of domestic goods.
C)   creating jobs in the United States.
D)   pressuring a country's leaders to change their behavior.
E)   raising government revenue to reduce a nation's trade deficit.

Question 14

The rise of internationalism as a guiding principle in U.S. foreign policy can be seen in U.S. efforts to create the United Nations in 1945.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What are the responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security?

Accepted Answer

A)   to provide cooperative services such as fingerprint identification and police training for local law enforcement
B)   to order the deployment of military personnel when there is a terrorist threat to the homeland
C)   to maintain peacekeeping efforts at home and abroad
D)   to coordinate intelligence gathering, secure U.S. borders, and prevent terrorist attacks
E)   to serve as the lead agency for gathering intelligence on foreign communications

Question 16

The U.S. policy of containment during the Cold War represented the United States' attempt to enforce the Monroe Doctrine.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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