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Chapter 18: Foreign Policy: Advancing America’s Interests in an Uncertain and Changing World
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. The ways in which political actors in a nation engage others at home and abroad in order to advance their own nation’s interests, protect and secure national security, and support national commercial interests are defined as ______.
a. defense policy
b. domestic policy
c. foreign policy
d. economic policy
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.1: Understand what the history of the Cold War and its aftermath can teach us about the diplomatic and military relationships between its former combatants in the twenty-first century.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. On the night of November 9, 1989, what important historical event occurred?
a. The Soviet Union broke up.
b. The Berlin Wall fell.
c. The Cold War officially ended.
d. The First Iraqi War began.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.1: Understand what the history of the Cold War and its aftermath can teach us about the diplomatic and military relationships between its former combatants in the twenty-first century.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The End and the Beginning of History
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. The Soviet Union officially ceased to exist on ______.
a. November 9, 1989
b. December 1, 1991
c. December 26, 1991
d. January 1, 1992
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.1: Understand what the history of the Cold War and its aftermath can teach us about the diplomatic and military relationships between its former combatants in the twenty-first century.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Cold War Ends Abruptly
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. The period of time between 1945 and 1991 characterized by nonviolent political hostility between the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and its allies is defined as the ______.
a. Cold War
b. Spy War
c. Red Scare
d. Communist Period
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.1: Understand what the history of the Cold War and its aftermath can teach us about the diplomatic and military relationships between its former combatants in the twenty-first century.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Cold War Ends Abruptly
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Had the Cold War gone hot, it very well may have involved the use of ______.
a. traditional weapons
b. nuclear weapons
c. global terrorism
d. nonconventional weapons
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.1: Understand what the history of the Cold War and its aftermath can teach us about the diplomatic and military relationships between its former combatants in the twenty-first century.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Cold War Ends Abruptly
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. In 1947, a specialist in Soviet Union politics and policy, George F. Kennan, argued for a policy of ______.
a. attacking the Soviet Union
b. expanding U.S. control over Soviet satellites
c. containment of Soviet aspirations
d. pressuring satellite nations to leave the Soviet Union
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.1: Understand what the history of the Cold War and its aftermath can teach us about the diplomatic and military relationships between its former combatants in the twenty-first century.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Cold War Ends Abruptly
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. During the Cold War, the potential threat of ______ was especially heightened.
a. natural disasters
b. environmental collapse
c. nuclear war
d. biological and chemical warfare
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.1: Understand what the history of the Cold War and its aftermath can teach us about the diplomatic and military relationships between its former combatants in the twenty-first century.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Cold War Ends Abruptly
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. Francis Fukuyama thought that the end of the Cold War had led to ______, with the triumph of Western liberal democracy.
a. the end of history
b. the beginning of peace
c. political cataclysm
d. new uncontrollable threats
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.1: Understand what the history of the Cold War and its aftermath can teach us about the diplomatic and military relationships between its former combatants in the twenty-first century.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Cold War Ends Abruptly
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. After the Cold War, the world changed from decades of being a ______ world to a ______ one.
a. unilateral; bilateral
b. unipolar; bipolar
c. bipolar; unipolar
d. bilateral; unilateral
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.1: Understand what the history of the Cold War and its aftermath can teach us about the diplomatic and military relationships between its former combatants in the twenty-first century.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Where Does World Power Reside Today?
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. The distribution of power in an international system in which two states exert most of the power and influence is defined as ______.
a. bipolarity
b. unipolarity
c. bilateralism
d. unilateralism
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.1: Understand what the history of the Cold War and its aftermath can teach us about the diplomatic and military relationships between its former combatants in the twenty-first century.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Where Does World Power Reside Today?
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. A distribution of power in the international system in which one state exerts most of the power and influence is defined as ______.
a. bipolarity
b. unipolarity
c. bilateralism
d. unilateralism
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.1: Understand what the history of the Cold War and its aftermath can teach us about the diplomatic and military relationships between its former combatants in the twenty-first century.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Where Does World Power Reside Today?
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. As a result of its breathtaking economic development, ______ emerged as a global economic power in recent years.
a. the Soviet Union
b. India
c. China
d. Germany
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.1: Understand what the history of the Cold War and its aftermath can teach us about the diplomatic and military relationships between its former combatants in the twenty-first century.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Where Does World Power Reside Today?
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. An alliance created during the Cold War requiring America and all other members to come to the military aid of each other in case of attack is the ______.
a. North Atlantic Treaty Alliance
b. United Nations Educational Science and Cultural Education
c. Warsaw Pact
d. United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.1: Understand what the history of the Cold War and its aftermath can teach us about the diplomatic and military relationships between its former combatants in the twenty-first century.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Are Cold War Tensions Turning Hot Once Again?
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. The first cabinet position established to assist President George Washington in the nation’s first presidential administration was the ______.
a. Secretary of Defense
b. Secretary of State
c. Secretary of Commerce
d. Secretary of the Interior
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Isolationist Beginnings
Difficulty Level: Medium
15. The first secretary of state was ______.
a. Benjamin Franklin
b. Alexander Hamilton
c. Thomas Jefferson
d. John Adams
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Isolationist Beginnings
Difficulty Level: Medium
16. Jefferson’s rival and Washington’s treasury secretary was ______.
a. Benjamin Franklin
b. Alexander Hamilton
c. Thomas Paine
d. John Adams
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Isolationist Beginnings
Difficulty Level: Medium
17. Early debates among members of Washington’s administration and their attempts to rally others to their cause formed the nuclei of America’s first ______.
a. political parties
b. interest groups
c. divided government
d. lobbyists
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Isolationist Beginnings
Difficulty Level: Medium
18. President Washington’s admonishments in his Farewell Address to the nation pointed to a policy of ______.
a. mercantilism
b. inclusion
c. isolationism
d. industrialism
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Isolationist Beginnings
Difficulty Level: Medium
19. During his administration, Thomas Jefferson expanded and employed the American Navy to ______.
a. Mexico
b. Great Britain
c. Tripoli
d. Iraq
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Isolationist Beginnings
Difficulty Level: Medium
20. A foreign policy orientation in which a nation attempts to stay out of foreign entanglements is defined as ______.
a. mercantilism
b. inclusion
c. isolationism
d. industrialism
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Isolationist Beginnings
Difficulty Level: Medium
21. In his Farewell Address to the nation after stepping down as president, George Washington warned the United States ______.
a. against participating in any kind of trade with other nations
b. to project itself abroad as much as possible so as to have more allies than enemies
c. against having friendly relations with other countries
d. not to get drawn into foreign entanglements in Europe
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Isolationist Beginnings
Difficulty Level: Hard
22. The policy that asserted American interests in and primacy over actions in the Western Hemisphere was called the ______.
a. Louisiana Purchase
b. Monroe Doctrine
c. Madison Policy
d. Roosevelt Corollary
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: American Influence in the Western Hemisphere Grew in the Nineteenth Century
Difficulty Level: Medium
23. The policy that asserted that the United States was the guarantor of political, military, and economic stability in Latin America and the Caribbean was called the ______.
a. Louisiana Purchase
b. Monroe Doctrine
c. Madison Policy
d. Roosevelt Corollary
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: American Influence in the Western Hemisphere Grew in the Nineteenth Century
Difficulty Level: Medium
24. President Theodore Roosevelt expanded on the Monroe Doctrine in 1904, asserting that ______.
a. Spanish-speaking peoples had a right to sanctuary in the United States
b. the United States’ sphere of influence was unlimited
c. the United States was the guarantor of political, economic, and military stability in Latin America and the Caribbean
d. the United States would defend its protectorate, Cuba, against threats coming from Asia
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: American Influence in the Western Hemisphere Grew in the Nineteenth Century
Difficulty Level: Hard
25. For the more than the first century of America’s history, its pattern of global involvement was defined by ______.
a. global economic involvement but a lack of military action with wars and conflicts outside of the Western Hemisphere
b. little economic involvement but an expansion of military action in wars and conflicts outside of the Western Hemisphere
c. economic involvement only in the Western Hemisphere and no military involvement in Europe or areas outside of the Western Hemisphere
d. global economic and military involvement with wars and conflicts outside of the Western Hemisphere
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries Have Been Defined by Four Global Wars
Difficulty Level: Medium
26. In the 20th century, American foreign policy changed to one of ______.
a. isolationism
b. internationalism
c. absolutism
d. socialism
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries Have Been Defined by Four Global Wars
Difficulty Level: Medium
27. Internationalism can best be defined as an approach to international affairs that emphasizes ______.
a. close contact and cooperation between nations
b. little, if any, contact between nations
c. distrust between nation states
d. global conflict and militaristic diplomacy
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries Have Been Defined by Four Global Wars
Difficulty Level: Medium
28. The United States entered World War I in which year?
a. 1914
b. 1915
c. 1916
d. 1917
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: World War I
Difficulty Level: Medium
29. The victories of America and its allies in World War I led to ______.
a. the complete retreat of American military forces from global involvement and a return to isolationism
b. America’s establishment as a global military and economic power
c. American nationalism and patriotic pride as the country rose in international prominence on the global scene
d. the need for American soldiers to take a secondary role in the military and economic balance of power
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: World War I
Difficulty Level: Medium
30. Which of the following was most responsible for the end of World War II?
a. the firebombing of Germany
b. America’s island-hopping campaign in the Pacific
c. incendiary attacks on the Japanese people
d. the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan in August 1945
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: World War II
Difficulty Level: Easy
31. In the Aftermath of World War II, America and ______ quickly became enemies.
a. Great Britain
b. Japan
c. the Soviet Union
d. West Germany
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Cold War
Difficulty Level: Easy
32. Which diplomatic leader warned that “an iron curtain has descended across the continent”?
a. Winston Churchill
b. Franklin D. Roosevelt
c. Harry S. Truman
d. Charles de Gaulle
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Cold War
Difficulty Level: Easy
33. During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union served as the world’s two ______.
a. greatest threats
b. diplomatic partners
c. superpowers
d. economic leaders
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Cold War
Difficulty Level: Easy
34. The Cold War foreign policy designed to restrict expansion of Soviet ideological and military influence and expansion, using military force if necessary, was called ______.
a. retainment
b. prevention
c. containment
d. restriction
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Cold War
Difficulty Level: Easy
35. The Cold War policy wherein loans and aid were made available to the nations of Western Europe and established organizations of economic cooperation was called the ______.
a. Truman Doctrine
b. Marshall Plan
c. Roosevelt Corollary
d. Patton Initiative
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Cold War
Difficulty Level: Easy
36. The establishment of organizations of economic cooperation within post–World War II Europe would eventually lead to the modern ______.
a. European Union
b. United Nations
c. Warsaw Pact
d. World Monetary Fund
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Cold War
Difficulty Level: Medium
37. The international organization formed to gather other countries in support of Soviet containment was the ______.
a. European Union
b. North Atlantic Treaty Organization
c. Warsaw Pact
d. World Monetary Fund
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Cold War
Difficulty Level: Medium
38. The alliance between the United States, and other Western nations in order to form a mutual defense pact is called ______.
a. the Warsaw Pact
b. the United Nations
c. NATO
d. UNICEF
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Cold War
Difficulty Level: Medium
39. An extremely powerful state that is capable of influencing international events and actions of other less powerful states is deemed a ______.
a. superpower
b. world leader
c. military threat
d. diplomatic partner
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Cold War
Difficulty Level: Medium
40. Wars that are instigated by major powers that do NOT themselves become involved are called ______.
a. hot wars
b. cold wars
c. proxy wars
d. quasi-wars
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Cold War
Difficulty Level: Medium
41. In 1962, both of the major superpowers nearly went to nuclear war in an incident known as ______.
a. the Korean War
b. the Tet Offensive
c. the Helsinki Incident
d. the Cuban missile crisis
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Cold War
Difficulty Level: Medium
42. The doctrine that called for the use of American assistance to anticommunist groups that included military training and hardware during the 1980s in places like Nicaragua and Afghanistan was called the ______.
a. Monroe Doctrine
b. Marshall Plan
c. Reagan Doctrine
d. Roosevelt Corollary
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Cold War
Difficulty Level: Medium
43. With the ______, the United States made loans and aid available to war-torn countries in Western Europe in order for them to rebuild their societies after World War II.
a. League of Nations
b. Marshall Plan
c. European Aid Program
d. Lend Lease Program
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Cold War
Difficulty Level: Medium
44. On September 11, 2001, the terrorist organization ______ hijacked four American commercial aircraft and crashed them into the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon, and, in a struggle with the passengers on the plane, into a field in Pennsylvania.
a. ISIS
b. al-Qaeda
c. ISIL
d. Black Hand
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The War on Terror
Difficulty Level: Medium
45. The fourth major war in post-1900 U.S. history was ______.
a. the Second World War
b. the Cold War
c. the War on Terror
d. the War on Drugs
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The War on Terror
Difficulty Level: Medium
46. The use of violence as a means to achieve political ends is defined as ______.
a. mayhem
b. domestic violence
c. international violence
d. terrorism
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The War on Terror
Difficulty Level: Medium
47. On September 11, 2001, members of the terrorist organization ______ hijacked four American commercial aircraft, using them to attack the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York.
a. the Black Hand
b. ISIS
c. al-Qaeda
d. FARC
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The War on Terror
Difficulty Level: Medium
48. In 2003, the United States invaded ______ even though it had NOT been deemed immediately responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
a. Iran
b. Iraq
c. Afghanistan
d. North Korea
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The War on Terror
Difficulty Level: Medium
49. In a speech at West Point in 2002, President Bush articulated the theory of ______ in which the United States would use its military might to challenge adversaries before they launched attacks upon the United States or harbor those who might do so.
a. reflective conflict
b. military dominance
c. preemptive war
d. international containment
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The War on Terror
Difficulty Level: Medium
50. In order to go to war in 2003, President George W. Bush sought ______.
a. a formal declaration of war
b. congressional authorization
c. approval of his cabinet
d. a plan from the Department of Defense
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The War on Terror
Difficulty Level: Medium
51. The series of protests that took place across North Africa and the Middle East beginning in early 2011 that led to democratic reforms in some nations and civil war and chaos in others has been called ______.
a. Operation Iraqi Freedom
b. the Bush Doctrine
c. the Great Remembrance
d. Arab Spring
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.3: Describe the conflicts that arose in the wake of the Arab Spring and the ways in which the uprisings have changed relationships between the United States and Russia and other countries.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: A Death Lights the Fire for the Arab Spring
Difficulty Level: Medium
52. According to Amy Hawthorne, Deputy Director of Research at Project in Middle East Democracy, ______.
a. almost every Arab country is either worse off than it was in 2011 or has had no significant positive change from Arab Spring
b. most Arab countries have become democratized and have benefited from Arab Spring
c. some Arab nations showed a positive impact, but others are worse off than when they started
d. Arab Spring was a bad idea from the start and was not something to be celebrated
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.3: Describe the conflicts that arose in the wake of the Arab Spring and the ways in which the uprisings have changed relationships between the United States and Russia and other countries.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: A Death Lights the Fire for Arab Spring
Difficulty Level: Medium
53. Which of the following groups arose from the rubble of war-torn Syria, Libya, and Iraq?
a. the Black Hand
b. ISIS
c. al Qaeda
d. FARC
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.3: Describe the conflicts that arose in the wake of the Arab Spring and the ways in which the uprisings have changed relationships between the United States and Russia and other countries.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: A Civil War in Syria Reverberates Globally
Difficulty Level: Medium
54. In an essay published in 2014, Seymour Hersh, citing unnamed sources, used a CIA term called ______ to describe a presidential policy that was designed to funnel weapons and ammunition from Libya to the opposition in Syria, many of whom were affiliated with al Qaeda.
a. the “Rat Line”
b. "My Lai”
c. “undercover angel”
d. “covert distribution”
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.3: Describe the conflicts that arose in the wake of the Arab Spring and the ways in which the uprisings have changed relationships between the United States and Russia and other countries.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: A Civil War in Syria Reverberates Globally
Difficulty Level: Medium
55. Which of the following is, as of the end of 2017, a result of the Syrian Civil War?
a. Al-Assad has been removed from power in Syria.
b. Refugees have flooded into Turkey, Lebanon, and Germany.
c. Almost 90% of the Syrian population has been displaced.
d. The United States has taken in thousands of Syrian refugees.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.3: Describe the conflicts that arose in the wake of the Arab Spring and the ways in which the uprisings have changed relationships between the United States and Russia and other countries.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: A Civil War in Syria Reverberates Globally
Difficulty Level: Medium
56. The most powerful single actor in setting and implementing American foreign policy is ______.
a. Congress
b. the president
c. the Defense Department
d. the Department of State
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The President and the Executive Branch Today Hold the Most Power
Difficulty Level: Medium
57. Which of the following agencies is primarily responsible for diplomatic relationships with other nations?
a. the Department of Defense
b. the Department of the Interior
c. the Department of State
d. the Department of Homeland Security
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Executive Branch Departments
Difficulty Level: Medium
58. The dominant executive-branch department in formulating and enacting American defense policy and managing American armed forces is ______.
a. the Department of Defense
b. the Department of the Interior
c. the Department of State
d. the Department of Homeland Security
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18-4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Executive Branch Departments
Difficulty Level: Medium
59. Which of the following best describes why legislators are reluctant to scale back spending on defense programs?
a. concern for external invasion
b. belief in America’s foreign policy
c. desire to be reelected
d. the power of the executive branch
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Executive Branch Departments
Difficulty Level: Medium
60. The newest cabinet department, and one of the most influential in conducting foreign policy, is ______.
a. the Defense Department
b. the Department of the Interior
c. the State Department
d. the Department of Homeland Security
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Executive Branch Departments
Difficulty Level: Medium
61. Which of the following is the advisory board responsible for reporting to the president on military options?
a. the Department of State
b. the Department of Defense
c. the Joint Chiefs of Staff
d. the Department of Homeland Security
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Advice and Intelligence Gathering Organizations
Difficulty Level: Easy
62. The advisory body that provides the president with intelligence, analysis, and advice on critical matters of national security is ______.
a. the Joint Chiefs of Staff
b. the Department of Homeland Security
c. the National Security Council
d. the State Department
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Advice and Intelligence Gathering Organizations
Difficulty Level: Medium
63. The head of all of the intelligence agencies in the United States is ______.
a. the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
b. the secretary of homeland security
c. the national security advisor
d. the director of national intelligence
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Advice and Intelligence Gathering Organizations
Difficulty Level: Medium
64. Included in the ______ are the president, vice president, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, secretaries of state, defense, and homeland security, and the director of national intelligence.
a. White House Staff
b. Defense of the Homeland Committee
c. Foreign Policy Council
d. National Security Council
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Advice and Intelligence Gathering Organizations
Difficulty Level: Medium
65. Which of the following is a true statement about the War Powers Resolution?
a. The act gives the president a free hand to deploy American troops overseas without a declaration of war from Congress.
b. Most Congressmen do not support the act and wish to see is rescinded but powerful interests, mostly military contractors, have resisted such moves.
c. It was passed in 1973 over the veto of President Ford largely in reaction to the American foreign policy debacle emerging out of the Korean War.
d. Though presidents argue it is unconstitutional, they have also routinely pursued congressional authorization of the use of military force consistent with the resolution.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Congress Holds the Constitutional Power to Make War
Difficulty Level: Hard
66. Congress has the power to exert considerable influence over foreign policy through its power of/to ______.
a. make treaties
b. advice and consent
c. separated institutions
d. legislative authority
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Congress Holds the Constitutional Power to Make War
Difficulty Level: Medium
67. The power of Congress to influence foreign policy through setting the national budget and appropriating funds for various executive-branch departments, agencies, and bureaus is best described as ______.
a. legislative authority
b. the power to declare war
c. the power of the purse
d. oversight authority
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Congress Holds the Constitutional Power to Make War
Difficulty Level: Medium
68. In the wake of the fallout from American withdrawal from South Vietnam and concerns by many members of Congress that America had been drawn into a major but officially undeclared proxy war against the Soviet Union in Vietnam, Congress passed the ______.
a. Star Wars Project
b. War Powers Resolution
c. U.S.–Soviet Consular Treaty
d. Marshall Plan
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Congress Holds the Constitutional Power to Make War
Difficulty Level: Medium
69. The power of Congress to influence foreign policy through setting the national budget and appropriating funds for various executive-branch departments, agencies, and bureaus is best described as ______.
a. legislative authority
b. the power to declare war
c. the power of the purse
d. oversight authority
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Congress Holds the Constitutional Power to Make War
Difficulty Level: Hard
70. American presidents routinely say that the War Powers Resolution is ______, because it restricts their power as commander-in-chief.
a. to be respected
b. unconstitutional
c. outdated
d. confusing
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Congress Holds the Constitutional Power to Make War
Difficulty Level: Medium
71. The policy of restricting access by foreign producers to American markets that may benefit specific domestic, agricultural, industrial, and service providers is known as ______.
a. isolationism
b. absolutism
c. protectionism
d. abolitionism
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Economic Factors Shape American Foreign Policy
Difficulty Level: Medium
72. Most current American efforts to coordinate international economic policy focus on fostering ______.
a. protectionism
b. command policies
c. mixed economics
d. free trade
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Economic Factors Shape American Foreign Policy
Difficulty Level: Medium
73. In 1993, America entered into an agreement with Canada and Mexico to increase trade between nations, called the ______.
a. North Atlantic Treaty Organization
b. North American Free Trade Agreement
c. International Trade Commission
d. Trans-Pacific Partnership
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Economic Factors Shape American Foreign Policy
Difficulty Level: Medium
74. A president supported primarily by ______ would be most likely to support protectionism.
a. international athletes like soccer players
b. educators like college professors
c. domestic industrial providers like factory owners
d. international businessmen like global bankers
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Economic Factors Shape American Foreign Policy
Difficulty Level: Hard
75. In 2016, President Obama continued to push for congressional support for the ______.
a. North Atlantic Treaty Organization
b. North American Free Trade Agreement
c. International Trade Commission
d. Trans-Pacific Partnership
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Economic Factors Shape American Foreign Policy
Difficulty Level: Medium
76. The advancement of a nation’s interests by exporting its values and culture abroad is known as ______.
a. absolute power
b. economic power
c. soft power
d. hard power
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Economic Factors Shape American Foreign Policy
Difficulty Level: Medium
77. As president of the United States, you have an affinity for soft power. Which of the following are you most likely to do?
a. invade Egypt with military force, including the U.S. Army and Navy
b. ask that the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team play a friendly in Argentina
c. order the U.S. ambassador to Japan to issue an ultimatum to the Japanese government
d. sign a bilateral trade accord with Australia
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Economic Factors Shape American Foreign Policy
Difficulty Level: Medium
78. Which of the following events most impacted current attitudes toward Syrian immigration across the globe?
a. the attacks of September 11, 2001
b. the San Bernardino attacks of December 2015
c. the sheer number of Syrian migrants
d. the November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Issue of Immigration Connects Foreign to Domestic Policy
Difficulty Level: Medium
79. Which state has been more welcoming than any other in the nation to refugees from across the globe, including those from Syria?
a. Texas
b. Arizona
c. Florida
d. North Carolina
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Issue of Immigration Connects Foreign to Domestic Policy
Difficulty Level: Medium
80. In December 2015, the Attorney General of Texas, under the leadership of Republican Governor Greg Abbott, sued the U.S. government to ______.
a. end NAFTA
b. contest participation in the TPP
c. receive proceeds from the NAFTA and TPP agreements
d. block resettlement of Syrian refugees within the state
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Issue of Immigration Connects Foreign to Domestic Policy
Difficulty Level: Medium
True/False
1. American foreign policy makers must operate under the same controls and restrictions as their domestic policy counterparts.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.1: Understand what the history of the Cold War and its aftermath can teach us about the diplomatic and military relationships between its former combatants in the twenty-first century.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. The Berlin Wall had stood in some form since the end of World War II in the late 1940s.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.1: Understand what the history of the Cold War and its aftermath can teach us about the diplomatic and military relationships between its former combatants in the twenty-first century.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The End and the Beginning of History
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Thanks to intense diplomatic efforts and controls, at no point during the Cold War did the world’s superpowers come close to a nuclear conflict.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.1: Understand what the history of the Cold War and its aftermath can teach us about the diplomatic and military relationships between its former combatants in the twenty-first century.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Cold War Ends Abruptly
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. After the Cold War, the United States stood alone as a military hyperpower.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.1: Understand what the history of the Cold War and its aftermath can teach us about the diplomatic and military relationships between its former combatants in the twenty-first century.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Where Does World Power Reside Today?
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. The first cabinet position didn’t appear until the presidency of Thomas Jefferson.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Isolationist Beginnings
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. The Monroe Doctrine asserted American interests in and primacy over actions around the globe.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: American Influence in the Western Hemisphere Grew in the Nineteenth Century
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. In the 20th century, American foreign policy changed from internationalism to isolationism.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries Have Been Defined by Four Global Wars
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. World War II first made the United States a global economic and political power.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in the nation’s approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: World War I
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. The Marshall Plan was a key tool in America’s containment strategy during the Cold War.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Cold War
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. During the Cold War, both the United States and the Soviet Union fought proxy wars in which neither nation was directly involved.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Cold War
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. In order to justify U.S. military involvement in Iraq, President Bush named the nation as being directly involved in the World Trade Center attacks of September 11, 2001.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Cold War
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. Nearly 1,000 Americans died in the September 11, 2001, attacks.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The War on Terror
Difficulty Level: Easy
Short Answer
1. In his 1947 essay, “The Sources of Soviet Conduct,” George Kennan argued for a policy of ______ of Soviet aspirations.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.1: Understand what the history of the Cold War and its aftermath can teach us about the diplomatic and military relationships between its former combatants in the twenty-first century.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Cold War Ends Abruptly
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. In ______, a series of protests and calls for democratic reforms in the twenty-first century led to civil war and the eventual intervention of outside powers, including the United States and Russia, with the two sides often working on the opposite sides of the conflict.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.1: Understand what the history of the Cold War and its aftermath can teach us about the diplomatic and military relationships between its former combatants in the twenty-first century.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Are Cold War Tensions Turning Hot Again?
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. In the wake of the September 11 attacks, President Bush involved the nation in a ______ war in which military might was used to challenge adversaries before they launched attacks upon the United States.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The War on Terror
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. Members of the ______, a secret military society in Serbia, used terrorism to challenge the dominance of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Balkans and helped bring about World War I.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in the nation’s approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The War on Terror
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. As protests arose against authoritarian governments in North Africa and the Middle East in the spring of 2010, the movement that became known as the ______ began to spread.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.3: Describe the conflicts that arose in the wake of the Arab Spring and the ways in which the uprisings have changed relationships between the United States and Russia and other countries.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: A Death Lights the Fire for the Arab Spring
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. One of the groups that fought against the al-Assad regime in Syria following the Arab Spring was ______, with the clear and stated goal “to establish a worldwide caliphate” using international terrorism as its primary tool.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.3: Describe the conflicts that arose in the wake of the Arab Spring and the ways in which the uprisings have changed relationships between the United States and Russia and other countries.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: A Civil War in Syria Reverberates Globally
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. The “______” offers its own information, analysis, and advice to the president through the coordination of the Central Intelligence Agency and other intelligence-gathering agencies and bureaus, with the director of national intelligence at the top of its new structure.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Advice and Intelligence Gathering Organizations
Difficulty Level: Medium
Essay
1. How has America’s foreign policy changed over the course of its history? What do you see as America’s role in foreign policy today?
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: U.S. Foreign Policy Has Changed over Time
Difficulty Level: Hard
2. Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the Bush administration adopted a policy of preemptive war in order to prevent future terrorist attacks. What do you see as the justification for as well as major challenges and controversies that might arise from a national defense strategy of preemptive war?
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The War on Terror
Difficulty Level: Hard
3. How might America’s military activities against Iraq in 2003 have contributed to the formation and spread of militant terrorist groups such as ISIS?
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.2: Summarize the historical development of America’s involvement in international affairs and the conflicts that have shaped changes in America’ approach to the world.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The War on Terror
Difficulty Level: Hard
4. Many have argued that the War Powers Resolution (1973) has actually made it easier for a president to justify engaging American troops in foreign operations. What evidence exists for or against this statement? Justify your answer.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Congress Holds the Constitutional Power to Make War
Difficulty Level: Hard
5. Should the United States maintain a policy of economic protectionism, or should it continue to make international economic agreements and treaties such as NAFTA and the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership)?
TOP: Learning Outcome: Analyze the development and impact of important governmental policies.
KEY: Learning Objective: 18.4: Define the actors involved in American foreign policy and the tools they use to advance the nation’s diplomatic, military, and economic interests.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Economic Factors Shape American Foreign Policy
Difficulty Level: Hard
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