POLS 130 Chapter 14 Quiz

Afghanistan's opium poppy crop

A major source of revenue for the Taliban was:

China was denied normal trade relations (NTR) status by the U.S., which has hurt their relationship

All of the following are true of relations between China and the United Sates EXCEPT:

with the bombing of the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor

American isolationism ended:

national security policy

Foreign and domestic policy designed to protect the nation's independence and political economic integrity is:

the United Nations

George W. Bush was unable to convince ________ that military action was necessary, so the U.S. took the initiative on its own to begin the second Gulf War, or Iraq War, in 2003.

getting the U.S. to withdraw its troops from countries in the Middle East

Goals of the al Qaeda terrorist network have apparently included:

its power of the purse

If the president orders that a certain action be taken, but Congress blocks the action from being executed by refusing to fund it, Congress is exercising:

North Korea

In 2009, which country, in violation of UN warnings, tested a long-range missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhead?

China

Iran's number-one trading partner is:

as a positive event

Most nations around the world reacted to the killing of Osama bin Laden:

a new interest in the balance of power between Congress and the president on foreign policy questions

One major foreign policy development during the Vietnam War was:

TRUE

Since World War II, executive agreements have accounded for almost 95 percent of the understandings reached between the United States and other nations.

preemptive war

The Bush Docrtine supports the strategy of:

the intelligence community

The government agencies that gather information about the capabilities and intentions of foreign governments are collectively known as:

the Cold War

The ideological, political, and economic confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union following World War II was called:

Israel yields the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the Palestinians in return for security guarantees and Palestinian abandonment of any right of return to Israel proper

The internationally recognized solution to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute is that:

Shiite Arab

The majority of the population of Iraq is:

Europrean nations must not establish new colonies in the western hemisphere or intervene in the affairs of the western hemisphere

The Monroe Doctrine stated that:

The US has always been guided by a mix of moral idealism and political realism

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding foreign policy?

Defense policy

_____ is a subset of national security policy concerning the U.S. armed forces.