Deck 1: Understanding the Politics of US Foreign Policy

Question 1

The scope of involvement abroad and the collection of goals, strategies, and instruments that are selected by governmental policymakers is known as ______.

A) foreign policy
B) international relations
C) comparative politics
D) diplomacy

Answer 1

A

Question 2

According to the text, one needs to recognize ______ in order to understand the foreign policy of a country.

A) who decides and acts
B) who leads
C) who is important
D) who the people respond to

Answer 2

A

Question 3

When the phrase "the United States intervened" is used, it means that ______ acted.

A) civilians
B) government officials
C) public servants
D) business executives

Answer 3

B

Question 4

A ______ is a legal concept that refers to the governmental institutions through which policymakers at in the name of the people of a given territory.

A) landmass
B) nation
C) state
D) country

Question 5

According to the text, what is close to 40% of the world's total military expenditures spent on?

A) construction
B) defense
C) housing
D) operations

Question 6

According to the text, where does one-third of the US gross domestic product come from?

A) exports and imports
B) government spending
C) investment
D) consumption

Question 7

Where does the majority of the oil imported into the United States come from?

A) Canada
B) the Middle East
C) Russia
D) China

Question 8

Policy choices about the scope of involvement abroad and the collection of goals, strategies, and instruments to pursue it are conditioned by which of the following?

A) "how"
B) "what"
C) "when"
D) "why"

Question 9

The process by which choices are made is conditioned by ______.

A) where it is being decided
B) why it is being decided
C) what is being decided
D) who is deciding

Question 10

The ______ refers to the process by which choices are made.

A) "why"
B) "when"
C) "how"
D) "what"

Question 11

Many Americans hold the belief that US foreign policy is made and defined at the top of the hierarchy, especially by ______.

A) the president
B) legislators
C) interest groups
D) the media

Question 12

The policymaking process is considered to be ______.

A) static
B) fixed
C) dynamic
D) steady

Question 13

______ is defined as "who gets what, when, and how."

A) Public opinion
B) Policy
C) Power
D) Politics

Question 14

The competition for power and shared meaning is known as ______.

A) bureaucracy
B) politics
C) public opinion
D) policy

Question 15

The three definitions of politics provided in the chapter illustrate that politics of US foreign policy involves ______.

A) cooperation among motivated individuals and groups
B) subservience throughout government and society
C) both winners and losers
D) absolutely zero symbolism

Question 16

______ is a concept that supposed to represent what is best for the country.

A) National interest
B) Symbolism
C) Power
D) Competition

Question 17

The theme that US foreign policy is process inseparable from politics was emphasized by theorists during which of the following periods?

A) civil rights
B) high cold war
C) reconstruction
D) prohibition

Question 18

Which of the following were considered to be at their apex during the high cold war period of the 1950s and 1960s?

A) presidential power and the cold war consensus
B) legislative power and the cold war consensus
C) judicial power and the cold war consensus
D) public opinion and the cold war consensus

Question 19

Which of the following wars signaled the beginning of an increasingly complex, political, and visible policy process?

A) World War I
B) World War II
C) Korean War
D) Vietnam War

Question 20

According to the text, which of the following presidents have had to contend with rising political polarization?

A) George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump
B) Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Bill Clinton
C) Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush
D) Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, and George H. W. Bush

Question 21

Which of the following was/were identified as factors that have heightened the complexity of US foreign policy?

A) challenges of globalization
B) war on drugs
C) corruption
D) political bipartisanship

Question 22

______ largely disappeared at the end of the cold war, which further increased polarization in foreign policymaking.

A) Antimarxism
B) Anticommunism
C) Antifascism
D) Antisocialism

Question 23

It is common practice to refer to the preeminence of ______ over American foreign policy.

A) diplomats
B) ambassadors
C) presidents
D) legislators

Question 24

The presidential preeminence framework suggests that the ______ is the least dominating in policymaking.

A) president
B) bureaucracy
C) Congress
D) public

Question 25

The Shifting Leadership and Politics framework indicates that the ______ may dominate, but it does not necessarily always dominate.

A) Supreme Court
B) White House
C) Congress
D) Public

Question 26

The role of the president and top aides and advisers stems from the president's position as the ______.

A) commander in chief
B) chief executive
C) chief legislator
D) party chief

Question 27

The ______ expertise and control of information place it in a position to shape the formulation of policy by performing much of the generation and consideration of policy alternative.

A) public's
B) Congress'
C) White House's
D) bureaucracy's

Question 28

Which of the following is considered to be the primary role of the foreign policy bureaucracy?

A) legislating
B) lobbying
C) implementing
D) evaluating

Question 29

Which of the following is considered to be one of the tools of the foreign policy bureaucracy?

A) ability to pass laws
B) power of the purse
C) advise and consent authority
D) control of information

Question 30

Which of the following is considered to be one of the tools of Congress?

A) control of information
B) advise and consent authority
C) expertise
D) ability to implement policies

Question 31

The foreign policy process refers to how governmental decisions and policies get on the agenda, are formulated, and are implemented.

Question 32

US foreign policy can affect societies and lives all around the world.

Question 33

Despite being a very political process, US foreign policy is a very simple process.

Question 34

Presidential leadership in foreign policy is more of a constant than a variable.

Question 35

The foreign policy circle consists of the State Department, Defense Department, Central Intelligence Agency, as well as other economic agencies.

Question 36

What does the phrase "the United States intervened" mean?

Question 37

What areas of foreign policy impact Americans beyond security, war, or economics?

Question 38

Identify the three definitions of politics. Which one is considered to be the broadest of the three? Why?

Question 39

Explain the analytical framework that is used to make sense of the complex politics of US foreign policy.