Exam 1: Sources of American Foreign Policy

Which of the following best describes presidential relations with the bureaucracies involved in implementing foreign policy?

The ________________ assures that there will be a fragmentation of decision-making authority in American policymaking.

_______________ is perhaps the leading external constraint on foreign policy because interdependence dilutes American sovereignty, makes the U.S. increasingly vulnerable to the actions of other countries and makes those countries more vulnerable to U.S. policies.

Which of the following best explains why foreign policymaking tends to be incremental?

Which of the following best defines an international crisis?

Identify two global processes that reflect globalization

Identify one reason why most foreign policymaking in the U.S. is incremental

Which of the following is like to be associated with ethnocentrism?

Against which president did the Supreme Court rule regarding presidential authority to seize private property?

Identify two interests types of interest groups that frequently affect foreign policymaking

Which of the following describes the "military-industrial complex"?

In what sorts of decisions are standard operating procedures most likely to be used?

Which of the following has blurred the distinction between the foreign and domestic policy arenas?

Identify three wars in which the U.S. was involved that were not declared by Congress

Which source of U.S. foreign policy is reflected by the global distribution of power?

John Boehner, the Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, invited ________________________to address Congress about the dangers posed by Iran and Islamic terrorists, issues that Republicans believed Obama did not take sufficiently seriously.

The 2011 earthquake and tsunami in ___________ and the subsequent nuclear crisis that interrupted global supply chains in a variety of transnational industries.

In what kind of cases involving foreign policy is the Supreme Court likely to rule against the president?

What foreign leader was invited by the Speaker of the House of Representatives to speak to the House?

_____________ infer the national interest by examining the distribution of power globally, especially military power, and caution against intervention except where substantial American interests are at stake or where powerful rivals such as China or Russia are likely to profit.