Quiz 5 Chapters 16 and 17

A  France and Germany.

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C  Russia and China.

D  Mexico and Canada.

E  Iran and Iraq.

F  Brazil and Venezuela.

A  selective engagement.

B  neo-isolationism.

C  constructivism.

D  neoconservatism.

E  liberal internationalism.

A  a balance of power.

B  a balance of trade.

C  selective engagement.

D  a “Cold War.”

E  neo-isolationism.

A  the Washington community.

B  the intelligence community.

C  regulatory agencies.

D  the armed services consortium.

E  the National Security Council.

A  is not involved in short-term foreign policy.

B  directs the country’s international trade agenda.

C  is the nation’s chief diplomat and oversees the Foreign Service.

D  is more powerful than the president.

E  is directly responsible to Congress.

A  can be reversed by the next president in power.

B  are approved by the president.

C  are negotiated by the president.

D  all of the choices are correct

E  constitute over 90% of international agreements the United States enters into.

A  created a new series of steps to be followed by presidents in waging military conflict with other countries and was undertaken after President Nixon reached a diplomatic agreement with Vietnam.

B  was supported by large-scale demonstrations in Saigon and was undertaken after President Nixon reached a diplomatic agreement with Vietnam.

C  was Congress’s attempt to reassert itself in war-making and created a new series of steps to be followed by presidents in waging military conflict with other countries.

D  was supported by large-scale demonstrations in Saigon and was Congress’s attempt to reassert itself in war-making.

A  mandates interventionism in nations that have low GDP’s.

B  sees each nation as acting in its own interest regardless of moral considerations.

C  contends that spreading capitalism ought to be a major goal of U.S. foreign policy.

D  assumes the best in others and sees it as possible for countries to run the world together, with open diplomacy, freedom of trade, and no militaries.

E  supports steps to move beyond the nation-state framework.

A  sees nations as normally willing to cooperate and agree on moral standards for conduct.

B  supports steps to establish a single world government.

C  contends that spreading Christianity ought to be a major goal of U.S. foreign policy.

D  sees each nation as acting in its own interest regardless of moral considerations.

E  mandates noninterference with the internal policies of sovereign nations.

A  the establishment and maintenance of a formal relationship between countries that governs their interactions on a diverse array of matters.

B  a philosophy that sees nations as normally willing to cooperate.

C  formal public meetings held by heads of government.

D  a title given to senior members of the State Department.

E  the manner in which the armed forces are deployed.

A  technical assistance.

B  military intervention.

C  economic aid.

D  diplomacy.

E  all of the choices are correct

A  a nation’s international goals and the techniques and strategies to achieve them.

B  interactions with other countries that are not related to economics.

C  the formal agreements that are approved by the World Court.

D  the treaties that are ratified by the Senate.

E  the manner in which the armed forces are deployed.

A  the tax burden consists mostly of property and sales taxes.

B  people with higher incomes pay taxes at a lower percentage rate.

C  people with higher incomes pay taxes at a higher percentage rate.

D  all taxpayers pay taxes at the same percentage rate.

E  tax rates increase by a set percentage every year.

A  increase taxes.

B  take complete control of the economy.

C  decrease the rate of growth of the money supply (by raising interest rates).

D  expand the rate of growth of the money supply (by lowering interest rates).

E  decrease taxes.

A  regulate the markets for stocks and bonds.

B  seek a balanced trade policy.

C  implement the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve.

D  negotiate with Congress in developing a budget.

E  develop a rational trade policy through the United Nations Trade Information Commission.

A  The marginal costs; the central costs

B  Debt; deficit

C  The central costs; the marginal costs

D  Surplus value; inflationary value

E  Deficit; debt

A  NASA

B  The National Rifle Association

C  AARP

D  The Environmental Protection Agency

E  AFL-CIO

A  is not funded through payroll taxes.

B  receives no funding from the states.

C  was created by President Bill Clinton in 1996.

D  is a health insurance program for low-income citizens.

E  is a government program set up for senior citizens and the elderly.

A  no longer exists.

B  was created by President Barack Obama in 2010.

C  was created by President George W. Bush in 2002.

D  is a government program set up for senior citizens and the elderly.

E  is a government program set up for the poor.

A  After a policy has been implemented, it is often challenged in the Supreme Court.

B  After a period of evaluation on a policy, the president implements and executes the law.

C  More often than not, policy evaluation leads to aggressive changes to the law’s original structure.

D  Policy evaluation leads to other nation-states intervening in the U.S. domestic law making process.

E  Groups inside and outside government conduct studies to determine what actually happens after a policy has been in place for a while.

A  the discussion of proposals between governmental officials and the public.

B  the process of making the media aware of the issue.

C  when studies are conducted to see what happens after a policy is implemented.

D  concerned with a specific strategy for the proposal.

E  concerned with how policies are carried out by bureaucrats, the courts, police, and individual citizens.

A  policy meditation.

B  alternative specification.

C  policy enactment.

D  policy implementation.

E  agenda setting.

A  the process of considering solutions and proposals to address the identified problem. and the action taken by members of the president’s staff in response to congressional initiatives.

B  concerned with the implementation of policy by bureaucrats, the courts, police, and individual citizens and making Congress aware that a problem requires congressional action.

C  making Congress aware that a problem requires congressional action and the process of considering solutions and proposals to address the identified problem.

D  concerned with the implementation of policy by bureaucrats, the courts, police, and individual citizens and the action taken by members of the president’s staff in response to congressional initiatives.

A  all of the choices are correct

B  a crisis occurring.

C  reading the local newspaper.

D  letters from constituents to their members of Congress.

E  information provided by policy advocates or interest groups.

A  is related strictly to policies that benefit senior citizens.

B  can be defined as all policies that affect housing.

C  can be defined as the broad strategy government uses to do its job; the relatively stable set of purposive governmental behaviors that address matters of concern to some part of society.

D  is limited to policies that only affect major corporations.

E  only affects matters concerning law enforcement.