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Your unit test will be 50 multiple-choice questions.  There will be no essay – the editorial section of your project will serve as the essay for the test.  If you can identify all the terms on this review sheet and answer all the questions, you will do well on the test. 

 

Foreign Policy Vocabulary:

·          Bilateral

·          Cold War

·          Collective Security

·          Expansionism

·          Foreign Policy

·          Foreign Relations

·          Global Interdependence

·          Internationalism

·          Intervention

·          Isolationism

·          Multilateral

·          Mutual Defense Alliance

·          National Interest

·          National Security

·          Neutrality

·          Sanctions

·          Unilateral

 

Who Makes Foreign Policy? – Be prepared to explain the role each of the following has in making foreign policy decisions.

·          President

·          Vice President – who is the current vice president?

·          National Security Council

·    Who is the current National Security Advisor?

·          Department of State

·    Who is the current Secretary of State?

·          Department of Defense

·    Who is the current Secretary of Defense?

·          Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

·          Congress

 

Instruments of Foreign Policy – be sure that you can explain and provide examples of each of these instruments:

·          Ideological

·          Humanitarian

·          Economic

·          National Security

 

Developing/Developed Nations:

·          How are the “less developed / developing” nations and the “developed” nations defined?

·          What can developed countries do for less developed countries?

·          How is the U.S. affected by problems in developing nations?

·          What can the U.S. do for developing nations?

 

International Trade:

·          Barriers

·          Tariff

·          Embargo

·          Quota  

·          Non-tariff barriers  (health and safety regulations, licensing requirements, bureaucratic processes, and subsidies)

·          North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

 

Cuban Missile Crisis:

·          Instruments of foreign policy:

·          Blockade

·          Communication between countries

·          Results of the standoff

·          What were the implications of the crisis for future relationships?

·          Increased communication between the nations  (hotline)

 

Vietnam and Iraq:

·          What was the Gulf of Tonkin incident?

·          After the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed, who had the power to wage war?

·          Why was the War Powers Act passed?

·          What limitations/requirements does the Act put on the president?

·          Iraq War Resolution – what does it say?

·          Parallels between Vietnam and Iraq:

·          Intelligence / information failures

·          Public support or lack of support for the president

·          Note:  War Powers Act has not been needed in Iraq due to a willing Congress

 

End of the Cold War:

·          Two superpowers

·          Why was the Cold War called the Cold War?

·          Mikhail Gorbachev

·          Glasnost

·          Perestroika

·          Demokratizatsiia

·          Détente

·          Why did communism fail?

·          Where are there still Communist governments in the world?

 

International Organizations/Alliances (be prepared to explain what the role of each organization/alliance is):

·          United Nations (UN)

·          U.N. Declaration of Human Rights – what rights are included?

·          North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

·          European Union (EU)

·          International Red Cross and Red Crescent

·          International Monetary Fund (IMF)

·          World Bank

·          World Health Organization

·          World Trade Organization

 

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