Making Social/Foreign and Defense Policy

Question 1

Unfunded Mandates

Answer 1

Programs that the Federal government requires States to implement without Federal funding

Question 2

Entitlements

Answer 2

Programs such as unemployment insurance, disaster relief, or disability payments that provide benefits to all eligible citizens

Question 3

Means-tested Entitlemetns

Answer 3

Programs such as Medicaid and welfare under which applicants must meet eligibility requirements based on need

Question 4

Public Assistance

Answer 4

Aid to the poor, “welfare”

Question 5

Social Insurance

Answer 5

Programs in which eligibility is based on prior contributions to government, usually in the form of payroll taxes

Question 6

Social Security

Answer 6

A combination of entitlement Programs, paid for by employer and employee taxes, that includes retirement benefits, health insurance, and support for disabled workers and the children of deceased or disabled workers

Question 7

Medicare

Answer 7

National Health Insurance program for the elderly and disabled

Question 8

Medicaid

Answer 8

Federal program that provides medical benefits for low-income persons

Question 9

Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)

Answer 9

Alternative means of health care in which people or their employers are charged a set amount and the HMO provides health care and covers hospital costs

Question 10

Medical Savings Account

Answer 10

Alternative means of health care in which individuals make tax-deductible contributions to a special account that can be used to pay medical expenses

Question 11

Realism

Answer 11

A theory of international relations that focuses on the tendency of nations to operate from self-interest

Question 12

Idealism

Answer 12

A theory of international relations that focuses on the hope the nations will act together to solve international problems and promote peace

Question 13

Isolationism

Answer 13

The desire to avoid international entanglement altogether

Question 14

Internationalism

Answer 14

The belief that nations must engage in international problem solving

Question 15

Unilateralism

Answer 15

A philosophy that encourages individual nations to act on their own when facing threats from other nations

Question 16

Bush Doctrine

Answer 16

A policy adopted by the Bush administration in 2001 that asserts America’s right to attack any nation that has weapons or mass destruction that might be used against US interests at home or abroad

Question 17

Multilateralism

Answer 17

A philosophy that encourages individual nations tacked together to solve international problems

Question 18

Hard Power

Answer 18

The reliance on economic and military strength to solve international problems

Question 19

Soft Power

Answer 19

The reliance on diplomacy and negotiation to solve international problems

Question 20

Theory of Deterrence

Answer 20

A theory that is based on creating enough military strength to convince other nations not to attack first

Question 21

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Answer 21

Biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons that can cause a massive number of deaths in a single use

Question 22

Normal Trade Relations

Answer 22

Trade status granted as part of an international trade policy that gives a nation the same favorable trade concessions and tariffs that the best trading partners receive

Question 23

National Intelligence Director

Answer 23

The Federal government’s primary intelligence officer, responsible for overseeing all national intelligence agencies and providing advice to the President on terrorist threats

Question 24

Bipartisanship

Answer 24

A policy that emphasizes a united front and cooperation between the major political parties, especially on sensitive foreign policy issues

Question 25

Economic Sanctions

Answer 25

Denial of export, import, or financial relations with the target country in an effort to change that nation’s policies