Exam 14: Power Among Nations

Discuss the origin and purpose of NATO.

In response to Soviet moves in Europe, the United States and the democracies of Western Europe created the _________ in 1949.

All of the following are major components of the United Nations except the

President Lyndon Johnson ordered troops into South Vietnam in February, 1965. Which of the following is not true of America's involvement in Vietnam?

Mikhail Gorbachev believed that economic progress in the Soviet Union required a reduction in the nation's heavy military expenditures and improved relations with the United States.

Which of the following treaties between the United States and the USSR put limits on antiballistic missiles and limited the numbers of offensive missiles?

During World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union joined forces to

The collective security concept of the United Nations originally meant that all nations would join together to guarantee one another's territorial integrity and existing political independence against external aggression by any nation.

Describe how the progression of international nuclear arms negotiations during the administrations of Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush eventually eliminated the threat of a massive nuclear attack.

Explain the way that the post-September 11 threat of terrorism created two military requirements. How have the attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001 changed the foundations of American foreign policy?

Preventing the spread of Russian expansion was the goal of the policy of containment.

Explain the evidence with which some political analysts describe the foreign policy of President George W. Bush during post-September 11, 2001, as based in the Huntington theory of the clash of civilizations.

An agreement on long-range strategic nuclear weapons was signed in Moscow in 1991. Which of the following is not true of that treaty?

Boris Yeltsin was the first elected president in the history in Russia.

President Reagan announced the strategic defense initiative (SDI), a research program to develop a defense against a ballistic missile attack.

The foreign policy shaped by the pledge to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures became known as

The United States implemented a policy to contain communism known as the _________ through rebuilding the economies of western European nations.

John F. Kennedy was president during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Which of the following was the first treaty between the superpowers that actually resulted in the destruction of nuclear arms?

Describe the way that history has shaped the evolution of the theories that have informed the exercise of power on an international level.