Foreign Policy Review SOL GOVT 12a

American foreign policy consists of the official positions and actions that the national government takes in its relationships with

• other countries

• its citizens

Who has primary responsibility for making foreign policy?

• President

• Secrectary of state

What can the president do to influence foreign policy?

• negotiate and persuade

• apply economic pressure, and threaten military intervention.

• both are correct

Who has the power to declare war and to appropriate funds.

• Congress

• Senate

Who has the power to confirm ambassadors and to ratify treaties.

• The Senate

• Congress

Who has the power to interpret treaties?

• Congress

• Supreme Court

• State Department • National Security Council • Foreign Service • Department of Defense • Central Intelligence Agency

• Foreign Policy

• President's Cabinet Officers

Public opinion, special interests, international organizations, and foreign countries influence

• foreign policy

• national security issues

• Both are corrects

Who is the commender-in-chief of the armed forces?

• Secretary of defense

• The President

Conventional diplomacy, foreign aid, economic sanctions, and military intervention abroad serve to protect American interests and

• promote national security.

• promote world security.