Deck 11: The Public and Foreign Policy

Question 1

According to the traditional wisdom, public opinion ______.

A) has an impact on the policymaking process, but not the government
B) has huge impact on the government and the policymaking process
C) has little impact on the government and the policymaking process
D) has an impact on the government, but not the policymaking process

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The Almond-Lippman consensus concluded that public opinion was ______.

A) structured
B) of great significance
C) imperative to government functions
D) volatile

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following types of beliefs is considered to be the most specific?

A) political socialization
B) political culture
C) public opinion
D) political ideology

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following types of beliefs is considered to be broader values and ideas?

A) political socialization
B) political culture
C) public opinion
D) political ideology

Question 5

Which of the following is considered to be the broadest orientation about values and norms about society, government, American self-image, and national style abroad?

A) political socialization
B) political culture
C) public opinion
D) political ideology

Question 6

______ refers to the informal process of human interaction by which Americans acquire their political beliefs.

A) Political socialization
B) Political culture
C) Public opinion
D) Political ideology

Question 7

According to the authors, the public exercises influence most indirectly through ______.

A) polls
B) participation in elections
C) group politics
D) political socialization

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of a "public"?

A) culture
B) elite
C) opinion
D) ideology

Question 9

The traditional wisdom tends to focus predominantly on ______.

A) political socialization
B) political culture
C) public opinion
D) political ideology

Question 10

The ______ public is a small portion of the population with the means and the interest to participate in and shape politics.

A) elite
B) mass
C) attentive
D) uninformed

Question 11

Which of the following are considered the opinion leaders?

A) the uninformed
B) the attentive
C) the mass
D) the elite

Question 12

Which of the following is more likely to be an opinion leader?

A) a stay-at-home mom
B) a kindergarten teacher
C) a first-year college student
D) a tenured professor

Question 13

The ______ public includes people who are also relatively attentive and informed about national and international affairs but whose views are not as widely disseminated as those of opinion leaders.

A) elite
B) mass
C) attentive
D) uninformed

Question 14

The attentive public tends to be visible at what level?

A) national
B) regional
C) community
D) peer

Question 15

Which of the following types of public were identified as the local mediators?

A) elite
B) uninformed
C) attentive
D) mass

Question 16

The segment of the American population emphasized by the traditional wisdom is the ______ public.

A) elite
B) mass
C) attentive
D) informed

Question 17

______ refers to the attitudes held by Americans generally toward specific issues and topics, expressed primarily through polls and periodically through voting.

A) Public attitudes
B) Public opinion
C) Political socialization
D) Political culture

Question 18

______ represent(s) broader viewpoints held by the public that do not require specific knowledge of the world or current events.

A) Public attitudes
B) Public opinion
C) Political socialization
D) Political culture

Question 19

______ refer(s) to beliefs about the preferred ends and means of society.

A) Public attitudes
B) Political ideology
C) Political socialization
D) Political culture

Question 20

Liberty, equality, representative government, etc. are closely tied to ______.

A) public attitudes
B) public opinion
C) political socialization
D) political ideology

Question 21

Which of the following refers to "self-identity" and how people see themselves and their country relative to the rest of the world?

A) political culture
B) political ideology
C) public attitudes
D) public opinion

Question 22

Which of the following plays the broadest, most subtle, role of all?

A) political ideology
B) public opinion
C) political culture
D) public attitudes

Question 23

______ argued that the United States needed to limit its involvement to those areas of the world where it really has vital interests.

A) Neo-conservatives
B) Semi-internationalists
C) Non-internationalists
D) Cold War internationalists

Question 24

The non-internationalist perspective was most prevalent among the ______ public.

A) attentive
B) mass
C) elite
D) uninformed

Question 25

______ believed that the major global threat to the security of the United States and global order was communism directed by the Soviet Union.

A) Neo-conservatives
B) Semi-internationalists
C) Non-internationalists
D) Conservative-internationalists

Question 26

______ stressed the preeminence and hegemony of the United States as the world's dominant power.

A) Conservative internationalists
B) Non-internationalists
C) Neo-conservatives
D) Liberal internationalists

Question 27

______ saw a conflict-ridden, bipolar world that pitted the Soviet Union and communism against the United States and democracy.

A) Post-Cold War internationalism
B) Cold War internationalism
C) Liberal internationalism
D) Non-internationalism

Question 28

Which of the following views laid the basis for the national security ethos to thrive during the cold war years in which US foreign policy revolved around a strategy of containment of Soviet expansionism?

A) Post-Cold War internationalism
B) Non-internationalism
C) Liberal internationalism
D) Cold War internationalism

Question 29

Studies of American political culture typically portray Americans as ______ people.

A) confident
B) aggressive
C) passive
D) pessimistic

Question 30

______ is consistent with the isolationist sentiments that have played a dominant role in US foreign policy.

A) American benevolence
B) American exceptionalism
C) American innocence
D) American protectionism

Question 31

According to the American ______ view, Americans have not been introspective and concerned with nation building and with serving as a "city on a hill" for other people and countries to emulate.

A) protectionism
B) innocence
C) benevolence
D) exceptionalism

Question 32

The premise of American ______ means that Americans do not become involved in war, for example, solely to defend themselves.

A) protectionism
B) innocence
C) benevolence
D) exceptionalism

Question 33

According to the American ______ view, the United States enters wars in order to rid the world of evil and promote peace and freedom for all.

A) innocence
B) protectionism
C) exceptionalism
D) benevolence

Question 34

Which of the following reflects an American sense of "manifest destiny"?

A) American benevolence
B) American exceptionalism
C) American innocence
D) American protectionism

Question 35

According to the authors, American exceptionalism translates into a powerful sense of ______.

A) effectiveness
B) equity
C) efficacy
D) efficiency

Question 36

Westward expansion is recalled in terms of ______.

A) collectivism
B) free trade
C) frontier spirit
D) democracy

Question 37

______ is often a positive force; it helps promote a strong sense of community among members of society in support of a common effort.

A) Patriotism
B) Nationalism
C) Exceptionalism
D) Protectionism

Question 38

Which of the following terms has become sacrosanct in the American mind and interwoven with the "United States of America"?

A) frontier spirit
B) ruggedness
C) individualism
D) freedom

Question 39

Which of the following is evidence during periods of national emergency and war?

A) tolerance
B) intolerance
C) pessimism
D) optimism

Question 40

Which of the following neither seek public input nor require public support?

A) delegates
B) executors
C) pragmatists
D) guardians

Question 41

The Almond-Lippman consensus view continues to be held by many observers of US foreign policy, as well as part of the general public.

Question 42

Most Americans are a part of the elite or attentive publics.

Question 43

Most Americans are relatively uninformed about national and international affairs.

Question 44

Ideological beliefs do not readily fluctuate; they tend to resist change for they are formed early in life through the process of political socialization.

Question 45

Innocence, benevolence, and exceptionalism are uniquely American beliefs.

Question 46

What did the Almond-Lippman consensus conclude?

Question 47

Identify and discuss the two contradictory consequences of direct and immediate impact on foreign policy.

Question 48

Explain the major patterns in public opinion.

Question 49

Explain how American innocence, benevolence, and exceptionalism contribute to American political culture.

Question 50

Identify and discuss the four categories that president fall into. Choose a president and identify the category that you believe they belong in.