POS FINAL EXAM 6 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS..docx

POS FINAL EXAM 6 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.

The old adage "politics stops at the water's edge" means that - ANS >> all Americans will suffer if
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mwe fail to work together to protect our nation's political, economic, and security interests in the
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Which of the following is not a component of American foreign policy? - ANS >> Social Security
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The three main goals of American foreign policy are - ANS >> security, prosperity, and the creation
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When did the Cold War begin? - ANS >> in the 1940s, soon after World War II
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Why did the United States fight wars in Korea and Vietnam? - ANS >> Policy makers believed that
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if we didn't fight, it would embodden the communists.
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All of the following are elements of a nation-state except that - ANS >> it must be a member of
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Which of the following statements about the World Trade Organization is incorrect? - ANS >> The
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United States dropped out of the World Trade Organization over a disagreement about steel
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tariffs.
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The United States withdrew from the Kyoto Protocol because it - ANS >> would be too harmful
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The fact that the United States remains silent in the face of human rights violations by countries
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mlike Saudi Arabia illustrates that - ANS >> promoting human rights is less important to American
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mforeign policy than security concerns and economic interests
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Which of the following is the most important actor in the foreign policy establishment of the
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United Sates? - ANS >> the president
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What is the chief task of the National Security Council? - ANS >> the coordinate the differences
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among the executive's key foreing policy makers.
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According to the text, which of the following is not an influential interest group affecting American
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mforeign policy? - ANS >> diplomats from foreign nations
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, Which ethnic group has the reputation of having the greatest influence on American foreign policy?
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- ANS >> Jewish Americans
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The representation of a governemtn to other foreign government is called - ANS >> diplomacy
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The traditional American distrust of diplomacy has resulted in which situation? - ANS >> Presidents
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moften use military or political leaders outside the State Department during a crisis.
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Currently, the United States has (blank) member states. - ANS >> 192
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Which of the following nations does not have a permanent seat on the UN Security Council? - ANS
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>> Germany
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The International Monetary Fund - ANS >> provides loans and facilitates a short flow of money to
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Foreign aid is an economic
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(blank) ; sanctions are an economic (blank). - ANS >> carrot; stcik
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What was the Marshall Plan? - ANS >> the economic recovery package of aid from the United
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States to western Europe after World War II.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organozation (NATO) is an example of - ANS >> a multilateral treaty
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The best description of the ideal of pluralism is that - ANS >> interests should be free to compete
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mwith each other for governmental influence.
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What contemporary political scientists call an interest group, James Madison called a(n) - ANS >>
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faction
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Which of the following is not a function of interest groups? - ANS >> to get their members elected
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to political office.
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The Teamsters and the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations(AFL-
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CIO) are examples of what kind of interest group? - ANS >> a labor group
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Interest groups are concerned with the (blank) of government, while political parties are concerned
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mwith the (blank) of government - ANS >> policies; personnel
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The Christian Coalition is best described as a(n) (blank) group. - ANS >> ideological
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Which of the following is not a key organizational component of interest groups? - ANS >>
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newsletter and website
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Successful interest groups quickly become - ANS >> bureaucratized
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