1. Chapter Twenty
Global Policy

2. Which of the following factors makes the president the leading actor in foreign policy making?
a. Access to the mass media
b. Congressional grants of authority
c. Control of the military
d. Constitutional powers and control of practical resources
e. contact with other countries’ heads of state
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3. Which of the following factors makes the president the leading actor in foreign policy making?
a. Access to the mass media
b. Congressional grants of authority
c. Control of the military
d. Constitutional powers and control of practical resources (correct)
e. contact with other countries’ heads of state
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4. Which of the following is a congressional power in the area of foreign policy?
a. treaty-making power
b. control over the armed forces
c. directing policy through the Secretary of State
d. selection and appointment of ambassadors
e. the power to declare war
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5. Which of the following is a congressional power in the area of foreign policy?
a. treaty-making power
b. control over the armed forces
c. directing policy through the Secretary of State
d. selection and appointment of ambassadors
e. the power to declare war (correct)
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6. When the U.S. refuses to involve itself in conflicts among other nations, often citing that the conflict is not related to a specific U.S. objective, this is known as
a. pan-Americanism.
b. protectionism.
c. strategic security planning policy.
d. the policy of withdrawal.
e. isolationism.
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7. When the U.S. refuses to involve itself in conflicts among other nations, often citing that the conflict is not related to a specific U.S. objective, this is known as
a. pan-Americanism.
b. protectionism.
c. strategic security planning policy.
d. the policy of withdrawal.
e. isolationism. (correct)
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8. A person who argues that imports threaten American industries and cost American jobs is a(n)
a. free trader.
b. fair trader.
c. protectionist.
d. managed trader.
e. alarmist.
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9. A person who argues that imports threaten American industries and cost American jobs is a(n)
a. free trader.
b. fair trader.
c. protectionist. (correct)
d. managed trader.
e. alarmist.
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10. The public is most likely to support American involvement in which one of the following types of foreign policy issues?
a. Defending human rights
b. Preventing the spread of nuclear weapons
c. Defending our allies’ security
d. Protecting weaker nations from aggression
e. Protecting economic markets at home
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11. The public is most likely to support American involvement in which one of the following types of foreign policy issues?
a. Defending human rights
b. Preventing the spread of nuclear weapons (correct)
c. Defending our allies’ security
d. Protecting weaker nations from aggression
e. Protecting economic markets at home
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