Question 1

What event marked the end of the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

A)  the resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis 
B)  the collapse of the Soviet Union 
C)  the signing of the SALT II Treaty 
D)  the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan

Question 2

If the president wishes to address a foreign policy crisis without using the military,the president may instead opt for the use of __________ as orchestrated by the Department of State.

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Question 3

In the early 1970s,fuel shortages and long lines at gas stations resulted from an oil embargo imposed by __________ in response to American support of Israel in its war against Egypt.

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Question 4

If Congress does not like the way the president is executing foreign policy,Congress can refuse to appropriate money for the president's policies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following engages in a global surveillance operation that was unmasked by Edward Snowden in 2013?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Department of Defense 
B)  the secretary of state 
C)  the Central Intelligence Agency 
D)  the National Security Agency

Question 6

The Joint Chiefs of Staff serves as an adviser to the president on military policy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following best describes the arms race?

Accepted Answer

A)  the rapid movements of world governments to arm and thereby protect Eastern European countries from attack by the Soviet Union in the wake of World War II 
B)  a tense relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1950s during which each side was striving to procure more weapons than the other 
C)  the U.S. race in the early twenty-first century to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction to unstable governments 
D)  the efforts to rapidly reduce the number of nuclear weapons held by the United States and the Soviet Union

Question 8

To what extent has recent U.S.foreign policy been isolationist? Illustrate your answer with two recent foreign policy examples.

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Question 9

Which of the following tactics has Al Qaeda used effectively?

Accepted Answer

A)  détente 
B)  mutually assured destruction 
C)  nuclear proliferation 
D)  terrorism

Question 10

Who serves on the Joint Chiefs of Staff?

Accepted Answer

A)  the cabinet secretaries 
B)  the commanding officers of each of the services 
C)  the president's foreign policy advisers 
D)  the secretary of defense, the secretary of homeland security, and the director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Question 11

How is terrorism fundamentally different from traditional military action?

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Question 12

The __________ was the U.S.effort to help Western Europe after World War II.

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Question 13

The __________ has primary responsibility for foreign,military,and defense policy in the United States.

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Question 14

The __________ is a transnational government that coordinates monetary,trade,immigration,and labor policies so that its member nations have become one economic unit with a common currency known as the euro.

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Question 15

Which of the following accurately describes the United Nations?

Accepted Answer

A)  The UN is an international organization formed immediately after World War I in an effort to avoid another world war and consistently renounces war and respects human and economic freedoms. 
B)  The UN was created in 1945 as an international peacekeeping organization and has not always been capable of making and keeping peace. 
C)  The UN was formed in the late 1930s as an international peacekeeping organization and has remained isolationist from the start. 
D)  The UN is composed of fewer than 100 member nations and focuses exclusively on peacekeeping operations.

Question 16

Which of the following could result from a balance-of-trade deficit?

Accepted Answer

A)  The value of the dollar increases, so Americans can buy more goods from other countries for the same amount of money. 
B)  The value of the dollar declines, so Americans have to pay more for goods from other nations. 
C)  The value of the dollar increases, making American products cheaper abroad, thereby increasing our exports. 
D)  The value of the dollar declines, which makes American products more expensive abroad, thereby decreasing our exports.

Question 17

Groups such as churches,labor unions,and environmental groups that are not connected with governments but which have international interests and activities and,therefore,an influence on foreign policy are known as __________.

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Question 18

Which international organization is composed of nearly 200 member nations and was created after World War II for peacekeeping and other functions?

Accepted Answer

A)  the League of Nations 
B)  the United Nations 
C)  the World Trade Organization 
D)  the Marshall Plan

Question 19

The U.S.proclamation that it would aid countries in their efforts to ward off communism is known as the __________.The Soviet response to this proclamation was the Berlin Blockade that closed off land access to West Berlin (which was surrounded by communist East Germany).

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Exam 18: National Security Policymaking