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Chapter 1: Understanding the Politics of US Foreign Policy

Multiple Choice

1. The scope of involvement abroad and the collection of goals, strategies, and instruments that are selected by governmental policymakers is known as ______.

a. foreign policy

b. international relations

c. comparative politics

d. diplomacy

Learning Objective: 1-1: Know the meaning and significance of foreign policy.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction: The Importance of Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. According to the text, one needs to recognize ______ in order to understand the foreign policy of a country.

a. who decides and acts

b. who leads

c. who is important

d. who the people respond to

Learning Objective: 1-1: Know the meaning and significance of foreign policy.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction: The Importance of Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. When the phrase “the United States intervened” is used, it means that ______ acted.

a. civilians

b. government officials

c. public servants

d. business executives

Learning Objective: 1-1: Know the meaning and significance of foreign policy.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction: The Importance of Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. A ______ is a legal concept that refers to the governmental institutions through which policymakers at in the name of the people of a given territory.

a. landmass

b. nation

c. state

d. country

Learning Objective: 1-1: Know the meaning and significance of foreign policy.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction: The Importance of Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. According to the text, what is close to 40% of the world’s total military expenditures spent on?

a. construction

b. defense

c. housing

d. operations

Learning Objective: 1-1: Know the meaning and significance of foreign policy.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction: The Importance of Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. According to the text, where does one-third of the US gross domestic product come from?

a. exports and imports

b. government spending

c. investment

d. consumption

Learning Objective: 1-1: Know the meaning and significance of foreign policy.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction: The Importance of Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. Where does the majority of the oil imported into the United States come from?

a. Canada

b. the Middle East

c. Russia

d. China

Learning Objective: 1-1: Know the meaning and significance of foreign policy.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction: The Importance of Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Policy choices about the scope of involvement abroad and the collection of goals, strategies, and instruments to pursue it are conditioned by which of the following?

a. “how”

b. “what”

c. “when”

d. “why”

Learning Objective: 1-1: Know the meaning and significance of foreign policy.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Introduction: The Importance of Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. The process by which choices are made is conditioned by ______.

a. where it is being decided

b. why it is being decided

c. what is being decided

d. who is deciding

Learning Objective: 1-1: Know the meaning and significance of foreign policy.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction: The Importance of Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. The ______ refers to the process by which choices are made.

a. “why”

b. “when”

c. “how”

d. “what”

Learning Objective: 1-1: Know the meaning and significance of foreign policy.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction: The Importance of Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. Many Americans hold the belief that US foreign policy is made and defined at the top of the hierarchy, especially by ______.

a. the president

b. legislators

c. interest groups

d. the media

Learning Objective: 1-2: Understand the foundations of the politics of foreign policymaking.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Understanding US Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. The policymaking process is considered to be ______.

a. static

b. fixed

c. dynamic

d. steady

Learning Objective: 1-2: Understand the foundations of the politics of foreign policymaking.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Understanding US Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. ______ is defined as “who gets what, when, and how.”

a. Public opinion

b. Policy

c. Power

d. Politics

Learning Objective: 1-2: Understand the foundations of the politics of foreign policymaking.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Understanding US Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. The competition for power and shared meaning is known as ______.

a. bureaucracy

b. politics

c. public opinion

d. policy

Learning Objective: 1-2: Understand the foundations of the politics of foreign policymaking.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Understanding US Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. The three definitions of politics provided in the chapter illustrate that politics of US foreign policy involves ______.

a. cooperation among motivated individuals and groups

b. subservience throughout government and society

c. both winners and losers

d. absolutely zero symbolism

Learning Objective: 1-2: Understand the foundations of the politics of foreign policymaking.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Understanding US Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Hard

16. ______ is a concept that supposed to represent what is best for the country.

a. National interest

b. Symbolism

c. Power

d. Competition

Learning Objective: 1-2: Understand the foundations of the politics of foreign policymaking.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Understanding US Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Easy

17. The theme that US foreign policy is process inseparable from politics was emphasized by theorists during which of the following periods?

a. civil rights

b. high cold war

c. reconstruction

d. prohibition

Learning Objective: 1-2: Understand the foundations of the politics of foreign policymaking.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Changing Politics of US Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. Which of the following were considered to be at their apex during the high cold war period of the 1950s and 1960s?

a. presidential power and the cold war consensus

b. legislative power and the cold war consensus

c. judicial power and the cold war consensus

d. public opinion and the cold war consensus

Learning Objective: 1-2: Understand the foundations of the politics of foreign policymaking.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Changing Politics of US Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. Which of the following wars signaled the beginning of an increasingly complex, political, and visible policy process?

a. World War I

b. World War II

c. Korean War

d. Vietnam War

Learning Objective: 1-2: Understand the foundations of the politics of foreign policymaking.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Changing Politics of US Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. According to the text, which of the following presidents have had to contend with rising political polarization?

a. George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump

b. Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Bill Clinton

c. Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush

d. Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, and George H. W. Bush

Learning Objective: 1-2: Understand the foundations of the politics of foreign policymaking.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Changing Politics of US Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. Which of the following was/were identified as factors that have heightened the complexity of US foreign policy?

a. challenges of globalization

b. war on drugs

c. corruption

d. political bipartisanship

Learning Objective: 1-2: Understand the foundations of the politics of foreign policymaking.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Changing Politics of US Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. ______ largely disappeared at the end of the cold war, which further increased polarization in foreign policymaking.

a. Antimarxism

b. Anticommunism

c. Antifascism

d. Antisocialism

Learning Objective: 1-2: Understand the foundations of the politics of foreign policymaking.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Changing Politics of US Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Medium

23. It is common practice to refer to the preeminence of ______ over American foreign policy.

a. diplomats

b. ambassadors

c. presidents

d. legislators

Learning Objective: 1-3: Identify a framework for understanding the politics of foreign policy.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: A Framework for Understanding US Foreign Policymaking

Difficulty Level: Easy

24. The presidential preeminence framework suggests that the ______ is the least dominating in policymaking.

a. president

b. bureaucracy

c. Congress

d. public

Learning Objective: 1-3: Identify a framework for understanding the politics of foreign policy.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: A Framework for Understanding US Foreign Policymaking

Difficulty Level: Easy

25. The Shifting Leadership and Politics framework indicates that the ______ may dominate, but it does not necessarily always dominate.

a. Supreme Court

b. White House

c. Congress

d. Public

Learning Objective: 1-3: Identify a framework for understanding the politics of foreign policy.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: A Framework for Understanding US Foreign Policymaking

Difficulty Level: Easy

26. The role of the president and top aides and advisers stems from the president’s position as the ______.

a. commander in chief

b. chief executive

c. chief legislator

d. party chief

Learning Objective: 1-3: Identify a framework for understanding the politics of foreign policy.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: A Framework for Understanding US Foreign Policymaking

Difficulty Level: Easy

27. The ______ expertise and control of information place it in a position to shape the formulation of policy by performing much of the generation and consideration of policy alternative.

a. public’s

b. Congress’

c. White House’s

d. bureaucracy’s

Learning Objective: 1-3: Identify a framework for understanding the politics of foreign policy.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: A Framework for Understanding US Foreign Policymaking

Difficulty Level: Easy

28. Which of the following is considered to be the primary role of the foreign policy bureaucracy?

a. legislating

b. lobbying

c. implementing

d. evaluating

Learning Objective: 1-3: Identify a framework for understanding the politics of foreign policy.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: A Framework for Understanding US Foreign Policymaking

Difficulty Level: Medium

29. Which of the following is considered to be one of the tools of the foreign policy bureaucracy?

a. ability to pass laws

b. power of the purse

c. advise and consent authority

d. control of information

Learning Objective: 1-3: Identify a framework for understanding the politics of foreign policy.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: A Framework for Understanding US Foreign Policymaking

Difficulty Level: Medium

30. Which of the following is considered to be one of the tools of Congress?

a. control of information

b. advise and consent authority

c. expertise

d. ability to implement policies

Learning Objective: 1-3: Identify a framework for understanding the politics of foreign policy.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: A Framework for Understanding US Foreign Policymaking

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. The foreign policy process refers to how governmental decisions and policies get on the agenda, are formulated, and are implemented.

Learning Objective: 1-1: Know the meaning and significance of foreign policy.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction: The Importance of Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. US foreign policy can affect societies and lives all around the world.

Learning Objective: 1-1: Know the meaning and significance of foreign policy.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction: The Importance of Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Despite being a very political process, US foreign policy is a very simple process.

Learning Objective: 1-2: Understand the foundations of the politics of foreign policymaking.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Understanding US Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Presidential leadership in foreign policy is more of a constant than a variable.

Learning Objective: 1-2: Understand the foundations of the politics of foreign policymaking.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Understanding US Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. The foreign policy circle consists of the State Department, Defense Department, Central Intelligence Agency, as well as other economic agencies.

Learning Objective: 1-3: Identify a framework for understanding the politics of foreign policy.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: A Framework for Understanding US Foreign Policymaking

Difficulty Level: Easy

Short Answer

1. What is foreign policy?

Learning Objective: 1-1: Know the meaning and significance of foreign policy.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction: The Importance of Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. What does the phrase “the United States intervened” mean?

Learning Objective: 1-1: Know the meaning and significance of foreign policy.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction: The Importance of Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. What areas of foreign policy impact Americans beyond security, war, or economics?

Learning Objective: 1-1: Know the meaning and significance of foreign policy.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction: The Importance of Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Identify the three definitions of politics. Which one is considered to be the broadest of the three? Why?

Learning Objective: 1-2: Understand the foundations of the politics of foreign policymaking.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Understanding US Foreign Policy

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. Explain the analytical framework that is used to make sense of the complex politics of US foreign policy.

Learning Objective: 1-3: Identify a framework for understanding the politics of foreign policy.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: A Framework for Understanding US Foreign Policymaking

Difficulty Level: Hard