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What is the role of the International Monetary Fund?


A) It is charged with managing the debt from third-world countries.
B) It is charged with financing projects to assist economic development and poverty reduction.
C) It is charged with lowering or eliminating tariffs on most traded goods.
D) It is charged with monitoring the effects of globalization.
E) It is charged with rectifying and preventing currency collapses.

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Which of the following is a common market formed in order to allow free trade and free population movement among its nations?


A) NAFTA
B) GATT
C) WTO
D) EU
E) NATO

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The president relies on the National Security Council for getting day-to-day foreign policy information and for carrying out diplomatic activity.

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The spread of nuclear weapons is also called


A) nuclear armament.
B) a nuclear freeze.
C) nuclear proliferation.
D) weapons of mass destruction.
E) a hegemon.

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President Bush's aspirations to improve the world by spreading American values, such as democracy and free enterprise, echo the goals of


A) Thomas Jefferson.
B) Woodrow Wilson.
C) Franklin Roosevelt.
D) John F. Kennedy.
E) All of the above

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The Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war.

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________ is also known as the spread of a country's values, ideology, and way of life to other nations.


A) Multilateral power
B) Authoritative power
C) Cultural power
D) Hard power
E) Soft power

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Which of the following was a consequence of the Iraq war?


A) Donald Rumsfeld was replaced by Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense.
B) Republicans took control of Congress in the 2006 midterm elections.
C) President Bush has continued to gain in public support.
D) The public has increasingly supported the war in Iraq.
E) The preemptive theory of foreign policy has proven to be a success.

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The preemptive theory is relatively new doctrine in foreign policy.

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Opening more markets to American agricultural products and services was address during


A) the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
B) the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
C) recent developments of the World Trade Organization.
D) the agricultural readjustment negotiations of the European Union.
E) a free trade negotiation between the United States and Colombia.

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Asymmetric war is


A) Unconventional tactics used by a combatant against an enemy with superior conventional military capabilities.


B) anxiety about the United States' shift toward unilateralism in foreign policy.
C) anti-Americanism in the war on terrorism.
D) used increasingly by U.S. troops in Iraq.
E) an important component to the preemptive theory of foreign policy.

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Many Americans believe companies ought to provide drugs for AIDS and malaria at low prices or allow poor countries to find or produce generic substitutes despite the patent protections of Western pharmaceutical companies.

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The European Union is


A) a military alliance that backs NATO.
B) a common market formed to allow free trade among its members.
C) an example of an international organization that is federalist in its structure.
D) a world trade organization, much like the WTO.
E) incapable of fostering free trade among its members.

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Which president promised a form of foreign aid called Millennium Challenge Accounts


A) Bush
B) Clinton
C) Reagan
D) Carter
E) Nixon

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Which foreign policy concerns disappeared with the end of the Cold War?


A) Communist takeovers of Third World countries
B) Global terrorist attacks
C) Weapons of mass destruction held by rogue states
D) The tinderbox of the Middle East
E) Nuclear proliferation

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Which agency was created in 1947 to coordinate all U.S. intelligence agencies?


A) The Central Intelligence Agency
B) The National Security Agency
C) The Homeland Security Department
D) The National Reconnaissance Office
E) The Joint Chiefs of Staff

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Which foreign policy concerns disappeared with the end of the Cold War?


A) Communist takeovers of Third World countries
B) Global terrorist attacks
C) Weapons of mass destruction held by rogue states
D) The tinderbox of the Middle East
E) Nuclear proliferation

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________ is the belief that the United States should obtain the approval of its historic allies before engaging in military actions.

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President Bush's aspirations to improve the world by spreading American values, such as democracy and free enterprise, echo the goals of


A) Thomas Jefferson.
B) Woodrow Wilson.
C) Franklin Roosevelt.
D) John F. Kennedy.
E) All of the above

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Americans are not powerless in influencing foreign policy.

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