What 1997 treaty, designed to reduce greenhouse
emissions, did President Bush decline to support when he became president in
2001?
D. Kyoto Treaty
Which of the following would not be
considered a problem attributable to globalization?
E. lowered food production
A pact between the United States and another
country concerning their joint activities, which needs no formal approval from the U.S. Senate is called a(n)
B. executive agreement.
What document, passed over President Nixon’s
veto, requires the U.S. president to consult with Congress before involving U.S. troops in hostilities and to
notify Congress within forty-eight hours of such an intervention?
C. War Powers Resolution
What executive cabinet department was the first
to be created by Congress in 1789?
E. State Department
Which U.S. executive agency conducts
signal intelligence using supercomputers, satellites, and other high-tech equipment?
E. National Security Agency
The U.S. policy to stop Soviet
expansion during the Cold War was called
B. containment.
President Clinton’s policy following the
collapse of communism to increase the spread of market economies and increase the U.S. role in global affairs was called
C. enlargement and engagement.
What group of advisers assists the president in
molding a coherent approach to foreign policy by integrating and coordinating details of domestic, foreign, and military affairs?
A. National Security Council
Which foreign policy served to scale back U.S.
overseas commitments by linking commitments to interests?
B. Nixon Doctrine
Which is not true of the international liberals?
E. They use international government to provide subsidies to national businesses.
A foreign policy power explicitly assigned to the
president under the Constitution is the power to
B. receive ambassadors.
Which of the following agencies does the Agency
for International Development (AID) work with on a regular basis?
E. all of the above
Which U.S. president used a policy of
peace through strength during his administration?
A. Ronald Reagan
Which of the following is true about the United States’
active role in world affairs?
D. Both the public and the foreign policy elites support an active role.
Approximately what percentage of the federal
budget is devoted to foreign aid?
B. 1 percent
After the end of the Cold War, what new kind of
policy replaced our policy of containment?
D. global policy
Creating order through the use of international
agreements to outlaw unfair business practices is called
C. fair trade.
Which of the following is not one of the
big emerging markets (BEM) the United
States. is interested in?
D. South Africa
An economic policy to allow businesses in
different nations to sell and buy goods without paying tariffs or having other limitations is called
C. free trade.
An executive agreement
A. has the legal status of a treaty.
When did the United States break out of its
policy of isolationism and become a superpower?
D. after World War II
The War Powers Resolution
D. failed to diminish the ability of the president to conduct undeclared war.
Which is not true for the international
conservatives?
D. They favor placing U.S. forces under the command of international organizations.
What organization was created in 1995 in order
to regulate trade among the NATO nations and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland?
C. World Trade Organization
big emerging markets (BEM's)
rapidly growing international markets especially promising for the U.S.
Cold War
between U.S. & soviet Union
comparative advantage
principle of international trade that states that all nations will benefit when each nation specializes in those goods that it can produce most efficiently
containment
Soviets were to be contained w/i boundaries in expectation that their system would decay
detente
reduction of tensions
enlargement & engagement
Clinton's policy
following collapse of communism
increased spead of market economies & role in global affairs
executive agreement
pact between the heads of 2 countries
fair trade
trade regulated by international agreements outlawing unfair business practices
foreign policy
general plan followed by a nation in defending & advancing its national interests, especially in security against foreign threats
free trade
ecomonic policy that allows businesses in different nations to sell & buiy goods w/o paying tariffs or other limitations
global policy
plan for defending & advancing interests
includes social & environmental concerns among national interests
Intelligence Community
16 agencies in executive branch that conduct the various intelligence activities that make up the total U.S. national intelligence effort
intermestic
issues in which international & domestic concerns are mixed
isolationism
foreign policy of withdrawal from international political affairs
nation building
policy once thought to shore up Third World countries economically & democratically, thereby making them less attractive targets for Soviet opportunism
Nixon Doctrine
restricted U.S. military intervention abroad absent a threat to its vital nation interests
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
created to defend against Soviet expansionism
includes nations of Western Europe, U.S., and Canada
peace through strength
Reagan's policy of combating communism by building up the military
preemptive action
policy of acting against a nation or group that poses a threat to the U.S. before waiting for the threat to occur
"Bush Doctrine"
protectionists
those who wish to prevent imports from entering the country & therefore oppose free trade
sovereign wealth funds
gov. owned funds of financial assets built from budget surpluses & reserved for investment purposes