Exam 17: Foreign Policy

Which is a philosophy of international politics based on the assumption that a country should be actively involved in international affairs and maintaining world order?

The United States government negotiates a treaty with New Zealand involving the trading of sheep.Which government official would be most directly involved in the formulation and signing of this treaty?

Two roommates,Greg and Derek,are trying to divide up a 9-slice pizza.Greg,a baseball fan,agrees to let Derek have 5 slices of the pizza in return for their apartment's TV being tuned to the Pittsburgh Pirates game that evening.What concept are Greg and Derek engaging in?

Groups like the United Nations and the World Trade Organization are bodies that are created to help stimulate what type of foreign policy tool?

Belief in the importance of credible military threats for pursuing American national interests in the international community is consistent with ____________________.

____________________ is the organized use of deadly force by a government.

How does the United States convince other countries to make choices that are compatible with U.S.interests? What are the principal tools of U.S.foreign policy? Which tools are used during the normal course of international relations? Which tools are available during times of crisis?

American efforts to support democratization in other countries are often justified by ____________________,an observed tendency for democratic nations to abstain from military conflict against one another.

____________________ power is the use of nonmilitary pressure,such as economic sanctions,diplomatic pressure,or public shaming,against another country.

The U.S.Constitution assigns authority to conduct foreign policy to the federal government in order to avoid ____________________ among the states.

What is the Bush Doctrine? What events and what major foreign policy choices in the George W.Bush administration motivated the Bush Doctrine? To what extent has the Obama administration diverged from the Bush Doctrine,and in what ways has it upheld the foreign policies of its predecessor?

Which of the following is the set of government actions that affect a country's relationships with other countries?

Belief in the United Nations as an effective venue for the resolution of international conflict is consistent with ____________________.

Which refers to peaceful negotiations among countries?

Which term is associated with the observation that historically it has been very rare for democratic countries to fight wars against one another?

The United States' ongoing decision to maintain the single largest military in the world is most consistent with which philosophy of international affairs?

Which of the following terms best describes a state's desire to follow through with its foreign policy interests,regardless of the interests of other countries?

Which of the following types of foreign aid is clearly designed to promote the interests of the government who uses it?

The United States invades the nation of Qumar to stop the Qumari government from building weapons of mass destruction.The United States government does so without consulting other countries,going in to deal with American interests.What term best describes the actions of the American government?

The United States freezes the bank accounts of the country of Pottsylvania that are housed within U.S.borders in response to the country's recent refusal to sign onto international human rights treaties.What type of pressure is the United States using against Pottsylvania?