Question 1

America's trade deficit with China surpasses more than ________ annually.

Accepted Answer

A)  $250 billion
B)  $2 billion
C)  $22 billion
D)  $48 billion
E)  $712 billionF) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 2

Regarding Soviet foreign policy,President Harry Truman believed that the Soviet Union was

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A)  an implacable foe that required direct opposition.
B)  a regional threat.
C)  not a threat to its neighbors,Europe,or the United States.
D)  likely to evolve into a true democracy within a decade.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 3

Which of the following is the measure of success in an unconventional war?

Accepted Answer

A)  winning the support of the people
B)  territory gained
C)  enemy soldiers killed
D)  combat units destroyed
E)  regime changeF) A) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 4

The United States produces about ________ percent of the world's goods and services.

Accepted Answer

A)  5
B)  25
C)  50
D)  66
E)  75F) None of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 5

The United States pursues its economic policy goals through which of the following international organizations?

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A)  World Bank
B)  World Trade Organization (WTO) 
C)  International Monetary Fund (IMF) 
D)  all of these: the World Bank,the World Trade Organization (WTO) ,and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) 
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 6

There are roughly ________ countries in the world.

Accepted Answer

A)  50
B)  100
C)  200
D)  300
E)  500F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 7

The communists took over China in _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  1917
B)  1929
C)  1935
D)  1949
E)  1962F) B) and C)
G) A) and D) D

Question 8

Describe the military-industrial complex and discuss its influence on defense spending.

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Question 9

What has been the U.S.policy toward the World Trade Organization (WTO) ?

Accepted Answer

A)  It has generally tried to convince the WTO to support a more protectionist stance in world trade.
B)  It has neither supported nor attempted to block the work of the WTO.
C)  It has been a member of the WTO but refuses to abide by most WTO rulings.
D)  It has refused to participate in the WTO.
E)  It has attempted to strengthen the WTO.F) B) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 10

The United States

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A)  spends the most on foreign aid in dollar terms,but several countries spend more on a per capita basis.
B)  spends the most on a per capita basis,but several countries spend more in dollar terms.
C)  spends the most on foreign aid both in dollar terms and on a per capita basis.
D)  spends less on foreign aid both in dollar terms and on a per capita basis than several other countries.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 11

The primary ethnic factional groups fighting each other in Iraq after the invasion were

Accepted Answer

A)  Sunnis,Saudis,and Kurds.
B)  Sunnis,Shiites,and Kurds.
C)  Kurds,Al Qaeda,and Saudis.
D)  Arabs,Shiites,and Sunnis.
E)  Kurds,Shiites,and Saudis.F) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 12

Excluding the U.S.,which of the following countries accounts for the highest portion of worldwide military spending?

Accepted Answer

A)  Russia
B)  Britain
C)  China
D)  France
E)  GermanyF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

________ described the Soviet Union as the "evil empire."

Accepted Answer

A)  Richard Nixon
B)  Ronald Reagan
C)  Bill Clinton
D)  Jimmy Carter
E)  Gerald FordF) A) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 14

The idea that major nations should act together in response to problems and crises is called

Accepted Answer

A)  the one-world concept.
B)  détente.
C)  multilateralism.
D)  internationalism.
E)  containment.F) B) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 15

The broad goals of the United States in the global economy include

Accepted Answer

A)  maintaining access to world energy and other vital resources.
B)  sustaining an open system of trade that will promote domestic prosperity.
C)  keeping the widening gap between rich and poor countries from destabilizing the global economy.
D)  all of these: maintaining access to world energy and other vital resources; sustaining an open system of trade that will promote domestic prosperity; and keeping the widening gap between rich and poor countries from destabilizing the global economy.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

________ account for more than half of the economy of the European Union.

Accepted Answer

A)  Scotland,Ireland,and Great Britain
B)  Italy,Spain,and Russia
C)  Sweden,Denmark,and Finland
D)  Great Britain,France,and Germany
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT an economic element of the United States in relation to its position in the world economy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Although it has a trade deficit with most competitors,it exports more goods than it imports.
B)  It has a wide base of natural resources.
C)  It has the most diversified economy among its major competitors.
D)  It is the most economically competitive of its major competitors.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

Question 18

________ took a historic journey to the People's Republic of China in 1972.

Accepted Answer

A)  Lyndon Johnson
B)  Hubert Humphrey
C)  George McGovern
D)  Richard Nixon
E)  Cyrus VanceF) A) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 19

The Dayton Accords

Accepted Answer

A)  brought the deployment of peacekeeping troops to Bosnia.
B)  ended the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
C)  ended the placement of Soviet missiles on Cuban soil.
D)  established the coalition that attacked Iraq in the Persian Gulf War in 1990.
E)  brought a peaceful dissolution of the Soviet Union.F) C) and E)
G) A) and B) A

Question 20

Define the term containment policy.What was the basis for this policy?

Accepted Answer

Containment had its roots in the failed appeasement of Germany's Hitler and a desire not to make the same mistake with the Soviet Union.The United States was locked in a sprawling conflict with the Soviet Union,which had engineered takeovers of Poland,Hungary,Czechoslovakia,and the other Eastern European countries.Thereafter,U.S.security policy was designed to contain Soviet power.President Harry Truman and other American leaders regarded Soviet communism as an implacable foe,a view that led to the formulation of the doctrine of containment-the idea that the Soviet Union could be stopped from achieving its global ambitions only by the forceful use of American power.A first application of containment policy was a massive aid program for Greece,where communists were gaining headway.

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