Question 1

Identify the three broad goals of the United States in the global economy.

Accepted Answer

The first goal is to promote a stable and open system of trade that will promote prosperity at home.The second goal is to maintain access to energy and other resources that are vital to the regular functioning of the U.S.economy.The third goal is to prevent the widening gap between rich and poor countries from destabilizing the world's economy.

Question 2

The military-industrial complex

Accepted Answer

A) consists of an alliance of the military and industry that is pitted against officials in Congress and the executive branch. 
B) suffered a rare defeat in 2009 when funding for additional F-22 fighter jets was rejected by Congress and the president. 
C) was specifically mentioned and condemned in Harry S.Truman's farewell address. 
D) both consists of an alliance of the military and industry pitted against officials in Congress and the executive branch;and is blamed for high levels of defense spending. 
E) None of these answers is correct. 
A) consists of an alliance of the military and industry that is pitted against officials in Congress and the executive branch. 
B) suffered a rare defeat in 2009 when funding for additional F-22 fighter jets was rejected by Congress and the president. 
C) was specifically mentioned and condemned in Harry S.Truman's farewell address. 
D) both consists of an alliance of the military and industry pitted against officials in Congress and the executive branch;and is blamed for high levels of defense spending. 
E) None of these answers is correct. B

Question 3

The United States produces about ________ percent of the world's goods and services.

Accepted Answer

A) 5 
B) 25 
C) 50 
D) 66 
E) 75 
A) 5 
B) 25 
C) 50 
D) 66 
E) 75 B

Question 4

The ________ was created to coordinate domestic efforts to protect the United States against terrorist attacks and threats.

Accepted Answer

A) Department of Homeland Security 
B) CIA 
C) FBI 
D) National Security Council 
E) State Department 
A) Department of Homeland Security 
B) CIA 
C) FBI 
D) National Security Council 
E) State Department

Question 5

Which president called for a new world order?

Accepted Answer

A) Bill Clinton 
B) Ronald Reagan 
C) George H.W.Bush 
D) Dwight Eisenhower 
E) George W.Bush 
A) Bill Clinton 
B) Ronald Reagan 
C) George H.W.Bush 
D) Dwight Eisenhower 
E) George W.Bush

Question 6

What has been the U.S.policy toward the World Trade Organization (WTO)?

Accepted Answer

A) It has generally tried to convince the WTO to support a more protectionist stance in world trade. 
B) It has neither supported nor attempted to block the work of the WTO. 
C) It has been a member of the WTO but refuses to abide by most WTO rulings. 
D) It has refused to participate in the WTO. 
E) It has attempted to strengthen the WTO. 
A) It has generally tried to convince the WTO to support a more protectionist stance in world trade. 
B) It has neither supported nor attempted to block the work of the WTO. 
C) It has been a member of the WTO but refuses to abide by most WTO rulings. 
D) It has refused to participate in the WTO. 
E) It has attempted to strengthen the WTO.

Question 7

All of the following EXCEPT ________ refused to participate in America's war in Iraq in 2003.

Accepted Answer

A) Great Britain 
B) Germany 
C) France 
D) Belgium 
E) Russia 
A) Great Britain 
B) Germany 
C) France 
D) Belgium 
E) Russia

Question 8

The term that most accurately describes the international economy today is

Accepted Answer

A) unilateralism. 
B) isolationism. 
C) interdependence. 
D) protectionism. 
E) insurgency. 
A) unilateralism. 
B) isolationism. 
C) interdependence. 
D) protectionism. 
E) insurgency.

Question 9

Which of the following is true about the trade imbalance in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A) The United States has not had a trade surplus since 1975. 
B) Over the past decade,the U.S.trade deficit has exceeded $300 billion every year. 
C) The United States has the largest trade deficit of the top three economic centers. 
D) All of these are true: The United States has not had a trade surplus since 1975;over the past decade,the U.S.trade deficit has exceeded $300 billion every year;and the United States has the largest trade deficit of the top three economic centers. 
E) None of these answers is correct. 
A) The United States has not had a trade surplus since 1975. 
B) Over the past decade,the U.S.trade deficit has exceeded $300 billion every year. 
C) The United States has the largest trade deficit of the top three economic centers. 
D) All of these are true: The United States has not had a trade surplus since 1975;over the past decade,the U.S.trade deficit has exceeded $300 billion every year;and the United States has the largest trade deficit of the top three economic centers. 
E) None of these answers is correct.

Question 10

The three major economic centers of the world are the

Accepted Answer

A) United States,Canada,and Mexico. 
B) Pacific Rim,China,and the United States. 
C) United States,the Pacific Rim,and the European Union. 
D) United States,Russia,and Brazil. 
E) None of these answers is correct. 
A) United States,Canada,and Mexico. 
B) Pacific Rim,China,and the United States. 
C) United States,the Pacific Rim,and the European Union. 
D) United States,Russia,and Brazil. 
E) None of these answers is correct.

Question 11

One reason the Soviet Union eventually collapsed was

Accepted Answer

A) its heavy defense expenditures. 
B) its isolation from Western technology and markets. 
C) its inefficient centralized command economy. 
D) all of these: heavy defense expenditures;isolation from Western technology and markets;and its inefficient centralized command economy. 
E) None of these answers is correct. 
A) its heavy defense expenditures. 
B) its isolation from Western technology and markets. 
C) its inefficient centralized command economy. 
D) all of these: heavy defense expenditures;isolation from Western technology and markets;and its inefficient centralized command economy. 
E) None of these answers is correct.

Question 12

________ took a historic journey to the People's Republic of China in 1972.

Accepted Answer

A) Lyndon Johnson 
B) Hubert Humphrey 
C) George McGovern 
D) Richard Nixon 
E) Cyrus Vance 
A) Lyndon Johnson 
B) Hubert Humphrey 
C) George McGovern 
D) Richard Nixon 
E) Cyrus Vance

Question 13

The broad goals of the United States in the global economy include

Accepted Answer

A) maintaining access to world energy and other vital resources. 
B) sustaining an open system of trade that will promote domestic prosperity. 
C) keeping the widening gap between rich and poor countries from destabilizing the global economy. 
D) all of these: maintaining access to world energy and other vital resources;sustaining an open system of trade that will promote domestic prosperity;and keeping the widening gap between rich and poor countries from destabilizing the global economy. 
E) None of these answers is correct. 
A) maintaining access to world energy and other vital resources. 
B) sustaining an open system of trade that will promote domestic prosperity. 
C) keeping the widening gap between rich and poor countries from destabilizing the global economy. 
D) all of these: maintaining access to world energy and other vital resources;sustaining an open system of trade that will promote domestic prosperity;and keeping the widening gap between rich and poor countries from destabilizing the global economy. 
E) None of these answers is correct.

Question 14

The United States pursues its economic policy goals through which of the following international organizations?

Accepted Answer

A) World Bank 
B) World Trade Organization (WTO) 
C) International Monetary Fund (IMF) 
D) all of these: the World Bank,the World Trade Organization (WTO),and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) 
E) None of these answers is correct. 
A) World Bank 
B) World Trade Organization (WTO) 
C) International Monetary Fund (IMF) 
D) all of these: the World Bank,the World Trade Organization (WTO),and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) 
E) None of these answers is correct.

Question 15

America's trade deficit with China surpasses more than ________ annually.

Accepted Answer

A) $250 billion 
B) $2 billion 
C) $22 billion 
D) $48 billion 
E) $712 billion 
A) $250 billion 
B) $2 billion 
C) $22 billion 
D) $48 billion 
E) $712 billion

Question 16

The idea that major nations should act together in response to problems and crises is called

Accepted Answer

A) the one-world concept. 
B) détente. 
C) multilateralism. 
D) internationalism. 
E) containment. 
A) the one-world concept. 
B) détente. 
C) multilateralism. 
D) internationalism. 
E) containment.

Question 17

On what grounds did President Barack Obama place a 35 percent tariff on the import of Chinese tires in 2009?

Accepted Answer

A) The tariff was part of the stimulus package designed to save the American auto manufacturing industry. 
B) U.S.tire-makers needed the protection because they were forced to buy their raw materials from Chinese exporters. 
C) The tariff was in retaliation to Chinese military exercises in the Yellow Sea. 
D) U.S.tire-makers were less efficient than Chinese companies and needed government assistance. 
E) Chinese tires were being subsidized by the Chinese government. 
A) The tariff was part of the stimulus package designed to save the American auto manufacturing industry. 
B) U.S.tire-makers needed the protection because they were forced to buy their raw materials from Chinese exporters. 
C) The tariff was in retaliation to Chinese military exercises in the Yellow Sea. 
D) U.S.tire-makers were less efficient than Chinese companies and needed government assistance. 
E) Chinese tires were being subsidized by the Chinese government.

Question 18

Which of the following is a true statement about the 1990-1991 Gulf War?

Accepted Answer

A) It was a successful military operation. 
B) It resolved the regional conflicts that prompted the original aggression by Iraq. 
C) It was waged entirely by U.S.military forces. 
D) It created a fiscal crisis because of the financial burden it placed on the United States. 
E) None of these answers is correct. 
A) It was a successful military operation. 
B) It resolved the regional conflicts that prompted the original aggression by Iraq. 
C) It was waged entirely by U.S.military forces. 
D) It created a fiscal crisis because of the financial burden it placed on the United States. 
E) None of these answers is correct.

Question 19

________,the former president of Yugoslavia,was tried for war crimes.

Accepted Answer

A) Slobodan Milosevic 
B) Mikhail Gorbachev 
C) Saddam Hussein 
D) Lech Walesa 
E) None of these answers is correct. 
A) Slobodan Milosevic 
B) Mikhail Gorbachev 
C) Saddam Hussein 
D) Lech Walesa 
E) None of these answers is correct.

Question 20

The SALT treaty

Accepted Answer

A) brought a settlement to the Korean War. 
B) ended the Vietnam War. 
C) reduced the nuclear weapons arsenals of the U.S.and Soviet Union. 
D) established zones of control in postwar Germany between the U.S.and Soviet Union. 
E) limited the amount of standing forces that the Soviet Union could keep in Western Europe. 
A) brought a settlement to the Korean War. 
B) ended the Vietnam War. 
C) reduced the nuclear weapons arsenals of the U.S.and Soviet Union. 
D) established zones of control in postwar Germany between the U.S.and Soviet Union. 
E) limited the amount of standing forces that the Soviet Union could keep in Western Europe.

Identify the three broad goals of the United States in the global economy.

The military-industrial complex

The United States produces about ________ percent of the world's goods and services.

The ________ was created to coordinate domestic efforts to protect the United States against terrorist attacks and threats.

Which president called for a new world order?

What has been the U.S.policy toward the World Trade Organization (WTO)?

All of the following EXCEPT ________ refused to participate in America's war in Iraq in 2003.

The term that most accurately describes the international economy today is

Which of the following is true about the trade imbalance in the United States?

The three major economic centers of the world are the

One reason the Soviet Union eventually collapsed was

________ took a historic journey to the People's Republic of China in 1972.

The broad goals of the United States in the global economy include

The United States pursues its economic policy goals through which of the following international organizations?

America's trade deficit with China surpasses more than ________ annually.

The idea that major nations should act together in response to problems and crises is called

On what grounds did President Barack Obama place a 35 percent tariff on the import of Chinese tires in 2009?

Which of the following is a true statement about the 1990-1991 Gulf War?

________,the former president of Yugoslavia,was tried for war crimes.

The SALT treaty

Political Thinking and Political Culture: Becoming a Responsible Citizen

Constitutional Democracy: Promoting Liberty and Self-Government

Federalism: Forging a Nation

Civil Liberties: Protecting Individual Rights

Equal Rights: Struggling Toward Fairness

Public Opinion and Political Socialization: Shaping the Peoples Voice

Political Participation: Activating the Popular Will

Political Parties, Candidates, and Campaigns: Defining the Voters Choice

Interest Groups: Organizing for Influence

The News Media: Communicating Political Images

Congress: Balancing National Goals and Local Interests

The Presidency: Leading the Nation

The Federal Bureaucracy: Administering the Government

The Federal Judicial System: Applying the Law

Economic and Environmental Policy: Contributing to Prosperity

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Exam 17: Foreign Policy: Protecting the American Way

Identify the three broad goals of the United States in the global economy.

The military-industrial complex

The United States produces about ________ percent of the world's goods and services.

The ________ was created to coordinate domestic efforts to protect the United States against terrorist attacks and threats.

Which president called for a new world order?

What has been the U.S.policy toward the World Trade Organization (WTO)?

All of the following EXCEPT ________ refused to participate in America's war in Iraq in 2003.

The term that most accurately describes the international economy today is

Which of the following is true about the trade imbalance in the United States?

The three major economic centers of the world are the

One reason the Soviet Union eventually collapsed was

________ took a historic journey to the People's Republic of China in 1972.

The broad goals of the United States in the global economy include

The United States pursues its economic policy goals through which of the following international organizations?

America's trade deficit with China surpasses more than ________ annually.

The idea that major nations should act together in response to problems and crises is called

On what grounds did President Barack Obama place a 35 percent tariff on the import of Chinese tires in 2009?

Which of the following is a true statement about the 1990-1991 Gulf War?

________,the former president of Yugoslavia,was tried for war crimes.

The SALT treaty

Political Thinking and Political Culture: Becoming a Responsible Citizen

Constitutional Democracy: Promoting Liberty and Self-Government

Federalism: Forging a Nation

Civil Liberties: Protecting Individual Rights

Equal Rights: Struggling Toward Fairness

Public Opinion and Political Socialization: Shaping the Peoples Voice

Political Participation: Activating the Popular Will

Political Parties, Candidates, and Campaigns: Defining the Voters Choice

Interest Groups: Organizing for Influence

The News Media: Communicating Political Images

Congress: Balancing National Goals and Local Interests

The Presidency: Leading the Nation

The Federal Bureaucracy: Administering the Government

The Federal Judicial System: Applying the Law

Economic and Environmental Policy: Contributing to Prosperity

Welfare and Education Policy: Providing for Personal Security and Need

State and Local Politics: Maintaining Our Differences

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