front 1 The foundation of U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union after World War II was | back 1 Containment. |
front 2 The basis for containment policy was the assumption that | back 2 The Soviet Union could be stopped from achieving its global ambitions only by the forceful use of American power. |
front 3 The idea that major nations should act together in response to problems and crises is called | back 3 Multilateralism. |
front 4 What has been the U.S. policy toward the World Trade Organization (WTO)? | back 4 It has attempted to strengthen the WTO. |
front 5 There are roughly _____ countries in the world. | back 5 200. |
front 6 The United States pursues its economic policy goals through which of the following international organizations? | back 6 All of these: the World Bank, the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). |
front 7 The policy of deterrence is based on the idea that | back 7 Any nation would be deterred from launching a full-scale nuclear attack by the knowledge that, even if it destroyed the country, it too would be obliterated. |
front 8 Since the cold war ended, U.S. policy makers' chief concern with nuclear weaponry has been | back 8 The spread of nuclear technology to rogue nations or terrorist groups. |
front 9 The Military-industrial complex | back 9 Suffered a rare defeat in 2009 when funding for additional F-22 fighter jets was rejected by Congress and the president. |
front 10 Regarding the position of the United States in world trade, it can be said that | back 10 **None of these answers is correct. |
front 11 Which of the following is a true statement regarding the cold war? | back 11 -It never became an actual shooting war between the United States and the Soviet Union. -The U.S. pursued a policy of containment. -It included U.S. support for governments being threatened by communism. -The global power structure was bipolar. **All these answers are correct. |
front 12 Roughly how many American soldiers lost their lives in the Korean War? | back 12 35,000. |
front 13 __________, the former president of Yugoslavia, was tried for war crimes. | back 13 Slobodan Milosevic. |
front 14 Defense spending per capita is highest in | back 14 The United States. |
front 15 Regarding approaches to Iraq taken by the United States and the United Nations, what was the two-track policy that ensued in late 2002? | back 15 UN weapons inspectors entered Iraq in search of WMDs, while the United States deployed combat units to Iraq's borders. |
front 16 Which president called for a new world order? | back 16 George H.W. Bush. |
front 17 Which president first warned of the consequences of military-industrial complex? | back 17 Dwight Eisenhower. |
front 18 __________ together account for roughly half of the economy of the European Union. | back 18 Great Britain, France, and Germany. |
front 19 Regarding Soviet foreign policy, President Harry Truman believed that the Soviet Union was | back 19 An implacable foe that required direct opposition. |
front 20 All of the following EXCEPT __________ refused to participate in America's war in Iraq in 2003. | back 20 Great Britain. |
front 21 The European Recovery Plan is better known as the | back 21 Marshall Plan. |
front 22 The United States | back 22 Spends the most on foreign aid in dollar terms, but several countries spend more on a per capita basis. |
front 23 The SALT treaty | back 23 Reduced the nuclear weapons arsenals of the U.S. and Soviet Union. |
front 24 Upon assuming the presidency in 2001, George W. Bush | back 24 Declared that he would reduce America's military presence abroad. |
front 25 Which of the following is NOT an economic element of the United States in relation to its position in the world economy? | back 25 Although it has a trade deficit with most competitors, it exports more goods than it imports. |