Foreign Policy

Question 1

isolationism

Answer 1

a belief that America should not involve itself in the quarrels of Europe and Asia and should pursue a policy of military non-interventionism

Question 2

foreign policy

Answer 2

efforts to pursue national objectives beyond the geographic boundaries of the nation by engaging either diplomatically or militarily with one or more foreign nations or multinational organizations

Question 3

internationalism

Answer 3

a foreign policy perspective that concludes that America’s interests in peace abroad and liberty at home requires its permanent involvement in foreign affairs

Question 4

Cold War

Answer 4

an era of intense ideological tension between the Soviet Union and its Allies and the United States and its Allies lasting from roughly the end of WWII to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Question 5

Truman Doctrine

Answer 5

a policy proclaimed by President Harry Truman in 1947, in which the United States would oppose the expansion of Communism anywhere in the world.

Question 6

Martial Plan

Answer 6

a multi-billion dollar American program that began after WWII for the economic rehabilitation of Western Europe

Question 7

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Answer 7

Multinational organization formed int 1949 to provide for mutual defense against foreign attacks.

Question 8

detente

Answer 8

a french word meaning relaxation that was applied to soviet-American relations in the early 1970s

Question 9

Nixon Doctrine

Answer 9

proclaimed by president Nixon in 1969, a policy stipulation that the US will support its allies with economic and military aid but that the allies should provide the bulk of the manpower for their own defense

Question 10

Department of State

Answer 10

has the primary responsibility of the routine daily function of foreign policy

Question 11

United States Agency for International Development(USAID)

Answer 11

agency of the state department that coordinates economic assistance

Question 12

Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP)

Answer 12

an agency of the state department that directs overseas information programs

Question 13

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Answer 13

agency, est. by the national security act of 1974, that is responsible for gathering information and coordinating foreign intelligence operation in the federal government

Question 14

Department of Defense (DOD)

Answer 14

est. by the national security act of 1974 and is responsible for the formulating maintaining the armed forces

Question 15

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

Answer 15

heads of the various armed services and their chair that advise the president and the secretary of defense on important military questions.

Question 16

multinational corporations

Answer 16

large companies that carry on business in two or more countries simultaneously

Question 17

military-industrial complex

Answer 17

the pentagon defense contractors, unions in the defense industry, members of congress whose states or districts receive considerable military funds, and academic strategist whose work is funded by military

Question 18

homeland security

Answer 18

the effort of protecting US soil, particularly from foreign or terrorist attack

Question 19

developing nations

Answer 19

nations whose standards of living lags far behind that of industrialized states

Question 20

international monetary fund (IMF)

Answer 20

a specialized agency of the United Nations designed to promote international monetary corporation

Question 21

world bank

Answer 21

a specialized agency of the united nations that makes loans to poorer nations for economic development.