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1
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_______ consists of the strategies and goals that guide a nation’s relations with other countries and groups in the world.

A

Foreign Policy

2
Q

________ means protection of a nation’s borders and territories against invasion or control by foreign powers

A

National Security

3
Q

The United States tries to help other nations settle disputes and has also supplied ________ to at-risk countries.

A

Economic, humanitarian, financial aid

4
Q

__________ is the avoidance of involvement in world affairs.

A

Isolationism

5
Q

In 1898, the United States fought what war?

A

Spanish American War

6
Q

Since World War II, foreign policy has been based on __________.

A

Internationalism

7
Q

The _________ provided badly needed economic aid for war-torn Europe.

A

Marshall Plan

8
Q

________ was the policy designed to keep the Soviet Union from expanding its powers.

A

Containment

9
Q

What two wars did Cold War foreign policy draw the United States into?

A

Korea and Vietnam

10
Q

In 1990, who was Iraq’s leader?

A

Saddam Hussein

11
Q

What country was invaded by Iraq threatening Middle Eastern oil supplies?

A

Kuwait

12
Q

In 1994, American troops preserved order in ______ when their president was forced to flee the country.

A

Haiti

13
Q

Throughout the 1990s ____________ sent US forces to several places in attempts to maintain political order and protect humanitarian interests.

A

President Bill Clinton

14
Q

The UN inspections of Iraq were aimed at keeping Iraq from developing _________.

A

Weapons of Mass Destruction

15
Q

Who was the first woman chosen to be National Security Adviser?

A

Dr. Condoleezza Rice

16
Q

What established the CIA in 1947?

A

National Security Act

17
Q

_______ is a formal agreement between the governments of two or more nations.

A

Treaty

18
Q

What two cabinet departments make foreign policy a full time concern?

A

State and Defense Departments

19
Q

The Framers of the Constitution attempted to divide the responsibility for foreign affairs between the ________ and ____________.

A

President and Congress

20
Q

What checked the president’s powers by stating that a president could not send troops into combat for more than 60 days without Congress approval?

A

War Powers Act 1973

21
Q

What does MFN stand for?

A

Most Favored Nation

22
Q

How many times in our nation’s history have we declared war?

A

Five

23
Q

What country has permanent MFN status?

A

China

24
Q

_______ are pacts between the president and the head of a foreign government that have legal status of treaties but do not require Senate approval.

A

Executive Agreements

25
Q

The _________ is one smallest cabinet-level departments in terms of employees, yet they carry out foreign policy.

A

Department of State

26
Q

Created by Congress in 1789, the _________ was the first executive department.

A

Department of State

27
Q

Who is the current Secretary of State?

A

John Kerry

28
Q

Name two of the six geographical bureaus of the State Department.

A

Bureau of African Affairs, European and Eurasian Affairs, East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Western Hemisphere Affairs, Near Eastern Affairs, South Asian Affairs

29
Q

The primary function of an __________ is to make diplomatic communication between governments easier.

A

Embassy