DC GOVT-2305 Fall 19 Final Review

Before the 20th century, United States foreign policy was based on geographic distance of the from other countries. This was known as ...

• idealism

• internationalism

• isolationism

• sovereign dominance

The foreign policy of preemptively striking a nation that might be contemplating hostile actions is called

• diplomacy

• appeasement.

• détente.

• preventive war.

Three main goals of American foreign policy are

• security, prosperity, and the creation of a better world.

• freedom, order, and justice for all.

• liberty, fraternity, and equality.

• democracy, individualism, and isolationism.

Which U.S. President warned Americans to avoid permanent alliances with foreign powers in his farewell address ?

• James Madison

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

Which countries made up the "Axis" alliance during World War II ?

• Germany, Japan, and Italy

• Germany, China, and Russia.

• Russia, China, and Japan.

• the United States, France, and Britain.

What was key to American national security before the 20th century?

• the largest nuclear arsenal in the world

• geographical isolation

• troops stationed on the borders

• the largest naval fleet in the world

When two opponents in an international conflict possess such enormous arsenals of nuclear missiles that each has the ability to destroy the other in the event of war, these powers have adopted a policy of...

• “mutually assured destruction.”

• “simultaneous guaranteed annihilation.”

• “détente.”

• “bilateralism.”

The collapse of the Soviet Union occurred in what year ?

• 1989.

• 1991.

• 1985.

• 1999.

The Bush administration’s policy in pursuing the “global war on terror”, the continuation of war in Iraq, and formulation of the "Bush Doctrine" were expressions of

• appeasement.

• preventive war.

• deterrence

• isolationism

When did the Cold War begin ?

• in the early 1960s, with the Cuban Missile Crisis

• in the late 1950s, with American involvement in Vietnam

• in the early 1950s, with the Korean War

• in the late 1940s, soon after World War II