Foreign Policy

Question 1

_______ consists of the strategies and goals that guide a nation’s relations with other countries and groups in the world.

Answer 1

Foreign Policy

Question 2

________ means protection of a nation’s borders and territories against invasion or control by foreign powers

Answer 2

National Security

Question 3

The United States tries to help other nations settle disputes and has also supplied ________ to at-risk countries.

Answer 3

Economic, humanitarian, financial aid

Question 4

__________ is the avoidance of involvement in world affairs.

Answer 4

Isolationism

Question 5

In 1898, the United States fought what war?

Answer 5

Spanish American War

Question 6

Since World War II, foreign policy has been based on __________.

Answer 6

Internationalism

Question 7

The _________ provided badly needed economic aid for war-torn Europe.

Answer 7

Marshall Plan

Question 8

________ was the policy designed to keep the Soviet Union from expanding its powers.

Answer 8

Containment

Question 9

What two wars did Cold War foreign policy draw the United States into?

Answer 9

Korea and Vietnam

Question 10

In 1990, who was Iraq’s leader?

Answer 10

Saddam Hussein

Question 11

What country was invaded by Iraq threatening Middle Eastern oil supplies?

Answer 11

Kuwait

Question 12

In 1994, American troops preserved order in ______ when their president was forced to flee the country.

Answer 12

Haiti

Question 13

Throughout the 1990s ____________ sent US forces to several places in attempts to maintain political order and protect humanitarian interests.

Answer 13

President Bill Clinton

Question 14

The UN inspections of Iraq were aimed at keeping Iraq from developing _________.

Answer 14

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Question 15

Who was the first woman chosen to be National Security Adviser?

Answer 15

Dr. Condoleezza Rice

Question 16

What established the CIA in 1947?

Answer 16

National Security Act

Question 17

_______ is a formal agreement between the governments of two or more nations.

Answer 17

Treaty

Question 18

What two cabinet departments make foreign policy a full time concern?

Answer 18

State and Defense Departments

Question 19

The Framers of the Constitution attempted to divide the responsibility for foreign affairs between the ________ and ____________.

Answer 19

President and Congress

Question 20

What checked the president’s powers by stating that a president could not send troops into combat for more than 60 days without Congress approval?

Answer 20

War Powers Act 1973

Question 21

What does MFN stand for?

Answer 21

Most Favored Nation

Question 22

How many times in our nation’s history have we declared war?

Answer 22

Five

Question 23

What country has permanent MFN status?

Answer 23

China

Question 24

_______ are pacts between the president and the head of a foreign government that have legal status of treaties but do not require Senate approval.

Answer 24

Executive Agreements

Question 25

The _________ is one smallest cabinet-level departments in terms of employees, yet they carry out foreign policy.

Answer 25

Department of State

Question 26

Created by Congress in 1789, the _________ was the first executive department.

Answer 26

Department of State

Question 27

Who is the current Secretary of State?

Answer 27

John Kerry

Question 28

Name two of the six geographical bureaus of the State Department.

Answer 28

Bureau of African Affairs, European and Eurasian Affairs, East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Western Hemisphere Affairs, Near Eastern Affairs, South Asian Affairs

Question 29

The primary function of an __________ is to make diplomatic communication between governments easier.

Answer 29

Embassy