Test Bank Chapter 15 Conclusion America, a Wary Hegemon

Chapter 15

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following describes America’s changing role in the world?

a. America remains an uncontested hegemon.

b. America is growing absolutely more powerful.

c. America is growing relatively less powerful.

d. America is growing relatively more powerful.

2. Which of the following is a military technology favored by President Obama?

a. Nuclear missiles.

b. Unmanned drones.

c. Tactical aircraft

d. Mobile artillery.

3. Which of the following American presidents favored expanding the U.S. role in world affairs?

a. Calvin Coolidge.

b. Herbert Hoover.

c. Warren G. Harding.

d. Theodore Roosevelt.

4. Which of the following American presidents favored a return to “normalcy” in U.S. role foreign policy?

a. Franklin D. Roosevelt.

b. Herbert Hoover.

c. Warren G. Harding.

d. Theodore Roosevelt.

5. Which of the following American presidents favored U.S. intervention to aid Europe is World War II?

a. Franklin D. Roosevelt.

b. Herbert Hoover.

c. Warren G. Harding.

d. Theodore Roosevelt.

6. What strategy was designed by George Kennan to halt Soviet aggressiveness after World War II?

a. Nuclear deterrence.

b. Massive retaliation.

c. Containment.

d. Rollback.

7. What does political scientist Robert Kagan believe is necessary to maintain the global liberal order?

a. U.S. power.

b. U.S. commitment to spreading democracy.

c. U.S. participation in the United Nations.

d. U.S. prosperity.

8. Which of the following describes America’s contemporary grand strategy?

a. The War on Terror.

b. Global democratization.

c. Global policeman.

d. None of the above.

9. Which of the following presidents proclaimed the United States to be the “indispensable nation”?

a. Bill Clinton.

b. George W. Bush.

c. George H. W. Bush.

d. Barack Obama.

10. What theme repeatedly appeared in President Obama’s final National Security Strategy?

a. Military modernization.

b. Economic innovation.

c. U.S. leadership.

d. Immigration reform.

11. Where was U.S. intervention followed by violent chaos?

a. Morocco.

b. Libya.

c. Tunisia.

d. None of the above.

12. Which of the following reflected one of President Obama’s policy objectives?

a. Intervention in Iraq.

b. End human rights abuses in the War on Terror.

c. Intensifying the War on Terror.

d. Pivoting to the Middle East.

13. Which of the following leaders’ policies is compared to “judo”?

a. Vladimir Putin.

b. Xi Jinping.

c. Hugo Chavez.

d. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

14. Where did Russia intervene with military “volunteers”?

a. Afghanistan.

b. Moldova.

c. Romania.

d. Ukraine.

15. Which of the following is regarded as one of President Obama’s principal foreign-policy triumphs?

a. The death of Osama bin Laden.

b. Military intervention in Syria.

c. The liberation of Crimea.

d. The agreement reached between Israel and the Palestinians.

Essay Questions

16. What is the “Iraq syndrome”?

17. With what country did the United States reach an agreement to limit the development of nuclear weapons?

18. Where are China’s territorial ambitions most evident?

19. Why is a grand strategy helpful in foreign policy?

20. Why was

a. Answers vary; It intervenes only where local powers cannot maintain peace.