Deck 20: Nation Among Nations

Question 1

Interaction among the nations of the world takes place in a framework of friendship and cooperation.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Foreign policy consists of the goals nations attempt to reach through the use of power.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

American foreign policy is dictated by our ideology, so that we cannot ever act solely in our self interest.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

In regard to the communist nations, American foreign policy has changed from interventionism to internationalism.

Question 5

The United Nations, foreign aid, the military establishment, and propaganda are among the instruments of diplomacy.

Question 6

Henry Kissinger was the initiator of gunboat diplomacy.

Question 7

Realists in political science assert that the central goal of foreign policy is power to obtain more power.

Question 8

The Monroe Doctrine states that the United States will help free people maintain their institutions and national integrity against totalitarianism.

Question 9

The "capacity of a nation to use its resources in such a way as to affect the behavior of other nations," is a definition of power.

Question 10

The coming period in world history will be characterized by a two-power balance.

Question 11

In the perspective of realism, "high politics" is a term that includes issues of war and security, while economic, social, and cultural interactions are referred to as "low politics."

Question 12

Beginning in the 1950s, international relations was increasingly marked by the emergence of idealistic theoretical perspectives.

Question 13

Pluralism, globalism, and neorealism are the current dominant theoretical approaches in international relations.

Question 14

The actors in international relations include diplomacy, coercion, persuasion, and power.

Question 15

During the Middle Ages in Europe, the overarching universal authority was that of the Roman Catholic Church.

Question 16

The so-called North-South Axis refers to the relation of the state to the equator.

Question 17

Actors in the international relations system include IGOs and NGOs.

Question 18

The most important goal of every state is simply its physical survival.

Question 19

The goals of nations are absolute and clearly defined.

Question 20

The first goal of American foreign policy is to protect the economic security of the nation.

Question 21

European nations interfered with the United States repeatedly during the first hundred years of its existence.

Question 22

Containment was the policy of the United States during the first twenty years of this century.

Question 23

The policy of containment following World War II was a response to the Soviet Union, which instituted communist governments in all the nations that surrounded it.

Question 24

During the Cold War, the United States pursued a foreign policy in which its military was strengthened to the point of achieving assured destruction capability.

Question 25

The United Nations was founded following World War I at the instigation of President Woodrow Wilson.

Question 26

In the United Nations, the East-West conflicts which were typical of the Cold War era have been giving way to the North-South struggles between the developed and the developing nations.

Question 27

The USIA is an agency dedicated almost entirely to propaganda.

Question 28

Diplomacy is a creation of Dr. Henry Kissinger who succeeded in establishing relations
with China during the Nixon administration.

Question 29

Psychological attributes of a nation have no relation to the kind of power it wields.

Question 30

Following World War II, the Soviet Union emerged as an economic and military superpower and rival of the United States.

Question 31

"The capacity of a nation to use its resources to affect the behavior of other nations" is a definition of:

A) foreign policy
B) diplomacy
C) power in the context of international relations
D) international law

Question 32

Foreign policy decisions may be categorized into those that are:

A) general
B) administrative
C) crisis
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 33

Among the goals of United States foreign policy are the protection of:

A) our nation's physical and economic security
B) the Warsaw Pact Nations
C) Allies defined by the Treaty of Paris
D) self-determination for former colonies

Question 34

The oldest goal of American foreign policy, articulated by the Monroe Doctrine, was to:

A) develop friendly ties with the Soviet Union
B) keep peace in the Middle East
C) keep foreign powers out of North and South America
D) be the first atomic power

Question 35

The U.S. is involved in the international community by means of;

A) providing foreign aid
B) encouraging arms control
C) cooperating in U.N. peacekeeping efforts
D) isolationism
E) only a, b, and c

Question 36

An ideology, or doctrine, spread through persuasion is:

A) propaganda
B) journalism
C) foreign policy
D) diplomacy

Question 37

Diplomacy today gives diplomats:

A) great discretion in making policy decisions
B) limited roles as messengers
C) charge of summit conferences
D) starring roles as celebrities

Question 38

The United Nations today:

A) supports American foreign policy
B) is pro Western
C) is neutral or anti Western
D) openly supports communist regimes

Question 39

Which perspective looks at the world-wide context and emphasizes economic factors?

A) Realism
B) Neo-realism
C) Globalism
D) Pluralism

Question 40

Which is FALSE regarding nations' perceptions of reality? They are:

A) responsible for many conflicts that arise in the world
B) difficult to change in spite of data and logic
C) based on truth and moral values
D) based on differing ideologies

Question 41

Which statement is wrong regarding diplomacy? It:

A) is a recent addition to international relations
B) has a long history, predating the creation of the nation state
C) and diplomats have been quite radically altered in recent years
D) has little to do with the failure to solve basic problems among nations

Question 42

The type of foreign policy decisions made by the governmental bureaucracy fall into the category of:

A) crisis decisions
B) administrative foreign policy
C) legislative decisions
D) constructive foreign policy

Question 43

The purpose of the Monroe Doctrine was:

A) to warn the Japanese to steer clear of the Caribbean in exchange for U.S. non-intervention in Afghanistan
B) to warn European powers to keep away from the Western Hemisphere in return for U. S. nonintervention in Europe
C) to conquer the Soviet regime and attach Siberia to the United States
D) to let the world know who the superpower is

Question 44

U.S. Soviet competition was the focal conflict for a period of time following World War II which resulted in the doctrine of:

A) detente
B) containment
C) Cold War Internationalism
D) the iron curtain

Question 45

Detente was a foreign policy that came to the fore in the administration of President:

A) Washington
B) Lincoln
C) Carter
D) Nixon

Question 46

The U. S. has come to rely quite heavily on the following instruments of foreign policy:

A) trade agreements entered into in the 19th century
B) drug trafficking control treaties of this decade
C) defense treaties and security arrangements formulated in the late 1940s and 1950s
D) air traffic controllers' treaty regulating air travel

Question 47

In the present, national power is based on:

A) size and resources
B) location and population
C) political ideology and wealth
D) specific combinations of attributes

Question 48

Which perspective assumes that actors other than states are also important and questions whether states are unitary actors?

A) Realism
B) Globalism
C) Pluralism
D) Idealism

Question 49

Political scientist Morgenthau and the realist school believe that foreign policy is based on:

A) morality
B) rights of humanity
C) exercise of power
D) what is best for the people of a nation

Question 50

Switzerland is an example of a nation that:

A) wishes to absorb other nations
B) plans to enlarge its power over other nations
C) displays no self-interest
D) looks out for its own interests only

Question 51

A general aim of the foreign policy of the U. S. for about 50 years after World War II had been:

A) to contain the expansion of the Soviet Union
B) to secure Costa Rica
C) improve relations with Switzerland
D) to reunite West and East Germany

Question 52

The decision to send arms to Iran made by the National Security Council during the Reagan presidency was an example of the following type of foreign policy:

A) general
B) administrative
C) crisis
D) none it was an internal matter

Question 53

When President Kennedy told the Soviet leader to withdraw Russian missiles in Cuba, it was an illustration of one of the following types of foreign policy:

A) administrative
B) crisis
C) general
D) threatening

Question 54

The oldest goal of American foreign policy is the:

A) Monroe Doctrine
B) Truman Doctrine
C) Reagan Doctrine
D) Gunboat doctrine

Question 55

The goal of American foreign policy that has been attained most successfully is:

A) trade policies with Japan
B) the prevention of invasion of the U. S.
C) the absence of communist infiltration in Latin America
D) the fact that the U. S. has won every war it fought

Question 56

Some of the ideals expressed by American foreign policy include:

A) revolutions by the oppressed of the world are good
B) colonialism is wrong
C) only democracies are the proper type of government for all the nations of the world
D) none of the above
E) all of the above

Question 57

When considering the role of morality in foreign policy, analysts observe that:

A) there are no restrictions in reaching agreements with other nations
B) the different nations of the world have the same values when it comes to treaties
C) each nation has different standards as to what is proper behavior and values
D) none of the above

Question 58

The Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, and NATO are characteristic of which period?

A) isolationism
B) interventionism
C) containment
D) internationalism

Question 59

The Vietnam experience:

A) strengthened America's role as a superpower
B) made the American people eager to send troops to Nicaragua
C) made the American people want to keep troops in Lebanon
D) was followed by relative isolationism

Question 60

American foreign aid after World War II:

A) helped the domestic economies of industrial nations
B) boosted international trade
C) prevented revolutionary movements from starting in a number of nations
D) none of the above
E) all of the above

Question 61

The foreign alliances the U. S. has entered into have resulted in:

A) very dependable allies
B) help in the Middle East
C) assurance that allies will back up U. S.
D) the need to build up the U. S. military apparatus

Question 62

American military policy has been built on:

A) assured destruction capability
B) very large number of troops
C) trust in U. S. allies
D) a spirit of peace in the world

Question 63

Which of the following nations can be trusted not to explode atomic bombs on the surface of the earth?

A) China
B) France
C) Russia
D) none of the above

Question 64

Entities such as the U.N. and the European Economic Community (Common Market) are classed as:

A) IGOs
B) LDCs
C) ICUs
D) EECs

Question 65

One conclusion that may be drawn regarding American foreign policy is that:

A) morality will be the foundation of foreign policy
B) Americans do not always act according to their ideology
C) the world operates on generous feelings toward others
D) none of the above

Question 66

The instruments of foreign policy may be defined as:

A) tools with which nations try to manipulate other nations
B) exchanges entered into in the spirit of trust
C) expressions of human solidarity around the world
D) ways of competing for the title of superpower

Question 67

It is most accurate to say that:

A) the global social system closely resembles a societal social system
B) the global social system differs considerably from a societal social system
C) there does not exist a global social system
D) there exists consensus on values on a global level

Question 68

The pivotal institution of government:

A) exists in every nation
B) is lacking in Third-World nations
C) is represented by the U.N. on a global level
D) exists only theoretically, or in a rudimentary form, on the international level

Question 69

Historically, nations are impacted by:

A) change in the distribution of power
B) technological progress
C) climactic changes, from the ice age to global heating
D) BOTH fluctuations in the distribution of power and technological progress

Question 70

In the perspective of realism, "high politics" refers to:

A) cultural interaction
B) issues of war and security
C) social and economic issues
D) diplomatic relations

Question 71

The Treaty of Westphalia established:

A) secure borders between Germany and France
B) the principle that state religions were forbidden
C) King Henry the VIII as the Holy Roman Emperor
D) that the power of the state superseded the power of the Catholic church

Question 72

Which is NOT a common objective of states?

A) Physical survival
B) Territorial integrity
C) Political independence
D) Cultural diversity

Question 73

Foreign aid is an instrument of:

A) foreign policy
B) manipulation
C) propaganda
D) the democratic value system

Question 74

The balance-of-power system in which four or more major powers competed and formed shifting alliances to avoid any one becoming stronger than any other was called the:

A) multipolar system
B) bipolar system
C) assured destruction system
D) unipolar system

Question 75

The end of the Cold War:

A) raised new concerns about nuclear proliferation
B) has shifted American policy toward cooperative internationalism
C) created new possibilities for the world balance of power
D) all of the above

Question 76

Which is not a theoretical perspective on international relations:

A) globalism
B) pluralism
C) scientific democracy
D) neorealism

Question 77

The United Nations:

A) is primarily an instrument of the U. S.
B) openly supports communist and socialist regimes
C) is extremely effective in policing the world
D) none of the above

Question 78

Foreign aid:

A) has been used as an instrument of foreign policy by the U.S.
B) should be abolished until poverty is eliminated in our own society
C) is what ultimately overthrew communism
D) none of the above

Question 79

International relations include:

A) public, but not private diplomacy
B) legal, but not illegal or "black market" trade
C) declared, but not undeclared wars
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 80

The global social system differs from a societal social system in that:

A) nations contain a variety of ethnic and racial groups
B) no global government exists
C) nations do not have common goals
D) all of the above
E) none of the above