Exam 20: Making Foreign Defense Policy

Isolationism has never played an important role in American foreign policy.

Conventional diplomacy, a ______________, can become ____________ when the United States breaks diplomatic relations with another nation.

Israel and Pakistan continue to have conflict along their borders despite "The Road Map to Peace."

Unilateralism is a philosophy that encourages individual nations to act together to solve international problems.

___________ is a theory based on creating enough military strength to persuade other nations not to attack first.

Theory of deterrence involves the creation of excessive amounts chemical weapons to deter other nations from invading.

Internationalism is

The war in Iraq was the first major action against a nation that clearly harbored terrorists.

The Persian Gulf War resulted in the least number of American soldiers being killed of any war in U.S.history.

According to President Bush's policy of preemption, the United States has the right to strike first in self-defense before an emerging threat fully develops.

The Bush Doctrine is a policy adopted in 2001 that asserts America's right to attack any nation that has weapons of mass destruction that might be used against U.S.interests.

Isolationism is

The United States has normal trade relations with which of the following countries?

People who disagree with the Bush Doctrine might subscribe to this type of policy view?

The Foreign Service is a group of highly trained army officers.

The imposition of economic sanctions is

Which of the following is a specialized agency of the United Nations?

___________ is a philosophy that encourages individual nations to act together to solve international problems.

The State Department is the formal channel of communication between the United States and foreign governments.

___________ is the belief that nations must engage in international problem solving.