Deck 12: Foreign Policy and Homeland Security

Question 1

The implementation of the ______ helped to ensure a secure and more viable Europe after WWII.

A) USA PATRIOT Act
B) United Nations
C) Salt II Treaty
D) Marshall Plan

Answer 1

D

Question 2

This controversial law provided for an increase in the use of surveillance by the U.S.government to prevent terrorism.

A) The Protect America Act
B) The National Security Act
C) The Protect Our Borders Act
D) The USA PATRIOT Act

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which organization is a global association of governments facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, and social equity?

A) NATO
B) World Trade Organization
C) United Nations
D) Warsaw Pact

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which organization is most likely to raise issues and concerns regarding the potential violations of civil liberties and rights of various antiterrorism policies and surveillance?

A) National Rifle Association
B) Heritage Foundation
C) American Civil Liberties Union
D) The Republican Party

Question 5

The ______ is a cabinet-level department established after the 2001 terrorist attacks that is responsible for transportation security, preventing domestic terrorism, and many other aspects of domestic safety.

A) Department of Defense
B) Department of Homeland Security
C) Department of Intelligence
D) Department of Interior

Question 6

Which organization administers trade agreements among nations to settle conflicts over trade disputes?

A) World Trade Organization
B) United Nations
C) International Monetary Fund
D) World Bank

Question 7

Over the past several decades, increasing ______ has led to a growing emphasis on economic issues in the U.S.foreign policy.

A) terrorism
B) globalization
C) deterrence
D) the Cold War

Question 8

Which country is the top recipient of the U.S.foreign aid?

A) Iraq
B) Israel
C) China
D) India

Question 9

______ have taken on a much greater role than in the recent past to implement national security policies of the United States, including surveillance by the NSA.

A) Private contractors
B) Subsidies
C) Robots
D) American troops

Question 10

All of the following are key presidential advisers on issues of foreign policy except the ______.

A) National Security Adviser
B) Secretary of State
C) Attorney General
D) National Security Council

Question 11

The foreign policy area that refers to actions taken by government officials to conduct military affairs.

A) defense
B) diplomacy
C) foreign aid
D) intelligence

Question 12

Which agency was begun during the Korean War and is the most secretive of the intelligence agencies, working on the cutting edge of intelligence data analysis?

A) Federal Emergency Management Agency
B) Central Intelligence Agency
C) National Security Agency
D) Federal Bureau of Investigation

Question 13

What position did Edward Snowden and his supporters take on the U.S.national security?

A) That the National Security Agency (NSA) needs to do more to prevent terrorism.
B) That privacy of American citizens is less important than preventing terrorism.
C) That the NSA employs excessive and illegal domestic surveillance operations.
D) That the Department of Homeland Security and the CIA are duplicating each other's efforts and greater clarity of mission is needed in collecting data.

Question 14

The ______ coordinates the U.S.intelligence activities, and its work involves the correlation, evaluation, and dissemination of intelligence information.

A) Central Intelligence Agency
B) UN Security Council
C) National Security Agency
D) Federal Bureau of Investigation

Question 15

The policy tool used in foreign policy to reconstruct or otherwise improve conditions in another country in order to promote stability reducing threats to U.S.interests.

A) economic sanctions
B) diplomacy
C) foreign aid
D) trade agreements

Question 16

The ______ is the U.S.government division that distributes and manages the distribution of financial resources directly to other nations.

A) U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
B) National Security Council (NSC)
C) U.S. Programs to Support Security (USPSS)
D) UNICEF

Question 17

The ______, which began after the Korean War and lasted until the 1980s, was a time of confrontation through surrogate nations between the U.S.S.R.and the United States.

A) Marshall War
B) nuclear proliferation phase
C) Cold War
D) NATO Alliance

Question 18

The most recently established cabinet-level department that deals with issues of terrorism and security within the United States is the ______.

A) Department of Cyber-Security
B) Department of Homeland Security
C) Department of National Security
D) Department of Terrorism and Border Defense

Question 19

The ______ analyzed many failures of the FBI, CIA, and other departments and agencies involved in national security, leading to the most sweeping overhaul of the intelligence functions of government.

A) Blueprint for America's Security
B) 9/11 Commission Report
C) Department of Homeland Security
D) Pentagon

Question 20

The most important body of the United Nations, the ______ has a rotating membership of 10 nations that includes five permanent members.

A) Security Council
B) Trade Council
C) World Bank
D) Peace Council

Question 21

Policies to prevent terrorist attacks, such as airline security, must take into account examination of the balance between ______.

A) effectiveness of risk reduction and cost
B) equity and cost
C) equity and risk reduction
D) political acceptability and cost

Question 22

Foreign aid is defined as ______ and represents ______ of the federal budget.

A) economic or military assistance; a tiny fraction
B) participation in the U.N., World Trade Organization, NATO, and the like; approximately half
C) economic or military assistance; approximately one-fourth
D) financial assistance; approximately one-fourth

Question 23

The United States spends ______ on its defense budget compared to the spending by other individual countries.

A) about the same
B) less per capita
C) much more
D) much less

Question 24

Compared to the Bush administration, the Obama administration has placed a greater emphasis on ______ in foreign policy.

A) deterrence
B) military defense actions
C) diplomacy and foreign aid
D) economic trade policies

Question 25

What position was held by whistleblower Edward Snowden in the NSA controversy?

A) National Security Advisor
B) federal government employee
C) private contractor working for a consulting company called Booz Allen
D) customer of the NSA

Question 26

Comparing the 1950s through the 1970s with the present day, the U.S.national security policy has shifted from an emphasis on ______.

A) prevention to enforcement
B) defense and deterrence to surveillance and prevention
C) reconstruction to surveillance
D) the United Nations to the PATRIOT Act

Question 27

Recent estimates show that about ______ million federal employees have security clearance.

A) 2.1
B) 3.1
C) 4.1
D) 5.1

Question 28

Which statement best describes the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?

A) An organization of the United States and other Western European nations that cooperatively pursue their shared security interests.
B) An organization formed to promote free trade in North and South America.
C) An organization of the United States, Germany, Russia, Australia, and India formed to counteract the growing threat of China.
D) An organization of France, China, the Russian Federation (replacing the former Soviet Union), the United Kingdom, and the United States to pursue joint economic interests.

Question 29

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was developed in response to the threat of aggression from whom?

A) Germany
B) Iran
C) China
D) Soviet Union

Question 30

In 2016, the UN consisted of ______ member states.

A)190
B)193
C) 197
D)201

Question 31

The headquarters for the United Nations are in which of the following cities?

A) Los Angeles
B) New York
C) Chicago
D) Miami

Question 32

Which statement describes the branch(es) of the federal government that is/are most heavily involved in foreign policy?

A) all branches of the federal government
B) congress, or the legislative branch
C) executive branch, including cabinet-level departments, councils, and agencies
D) UN, National Security Administration, Departments of State, Defense, and Homeland Security

Question 33

Foreign policy is much different from other policy areas in that ______.

A) it is much more costly than other policy areas
B) it has both domestic and foreign audiences to consider
C) there are numerous levels and units of government involved, causing complexity and delays
D) it is implemented by the Department of Foreign Policy at the federal level

Question 34

The ______ includes a range of U.S.military and government officials who advise the President on issues of foreign policy.

A) Emergency Management Council
B) National Security Council
C) Panel on Homeland Security
D) National Homeland Security Review Commission

Question 35

The World Bank was created at about the same time as the UN, in ______.

A) 1940
B) 1945
C) 1950
D) 1955

Question 36

With regard to homeland security in the United States, there is ongoing tension between greater safety/security and ______.

A) government
B) business/economic interests
C) safeguarding of civil liberties
D) the high investment it requires

Question 37

The National Security Council is chaired by the ______.

A) President
B) Vice President
C) Speaker of the House
D) Secretary of Defense

Question 38

Which statement accurately describes the case of controversy over the National Security Agency that begins Chapter 12?

A) The government has intruded on the privacy of Americans in order to prevent terrorism.
B) The government provided extensive foreign aid to allies of forces opposing Israel.
C) The government has arrested and continues to hold people that are suspected of terrorism without due process.
D) The director of the NSA has violated certain ethical principles regarding conflict of interest in awarding contracts.

Question 39

The major thrust of the U.S.foreign policy between the 1950s and early 1990s could be described as ______.

A) a policy of deterrence through military buildup
B) data mining and surveillance practices
C) using diplomacy to rebuild alliances after the Cold War
D) increase in the capacity to address terrorism

Question 40

Which of the following is NOT a foreign policy tool that the U.S.government utilizes to promote national security along with economic and political goals?

A) trade tariffs and other economic policies
B) defense and military actions
C) aid to other governments for the purpose of rebuilding or addressing problems
D) progressive taxes and fees

Question 41

The National Security Agency (NSA) began operating during which war?

A) Civil War
B) Korean War
C) WWI
D) WWII

Question 42

The ______ was established following World War II to address the growing inter-relationship of all nations through global trade as a way to encourage interaction and communication.

Question 43

The UN General Assembly consists of five permanent members: ______.

Question 44

The United States also placed nuclear weapons in strategic locations throughout Europe in the ______.

A) 1940s/1950s
B) 1950s/1960s
C) 1960s/1970s
D) 1970s/1980s

Question 45

The World Trade Organization (WTO) was established in ______.

A) 1995
B) 1997
C) 1999
D) 2001

Question 46

Why does the United States provide foreign aid? What are the goals and challenges of foreign aid provided by the United States?

Question 47

The National Security Agency (NSA) was created by President ______.

Question 48

______ is defined as the unconventional use of violence for political gain.

Question 49

The United States emerged from the war in 1945 as one of the world's leading ______ and ______ powers.

Question 50

The Patriot Act or the NSA's domestic surveillance are concerned mostly about the erosion of the individual right of ______.

Question 51

The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act was signed in ______.

A) 2000
B) 2004
C) 2008
D) 2012

Question 52

______ refers to a tool of foreign policy that involves sending financial and development assistance to other countries.

Question 53

______ is the spread of nuclear weapons knowledge and technology to new nations such as India and Pakistan.

Question 54

The ______ was named after Secretary of State George Marshall.

Question 55

The U.S.war on ______ began in 2001.

Question 56

The ______ is the federal agency responsible for ensuring the safety of U.S.domestic travel.

Question 57

What were the goals of the Marshall Plan? Was it effective?

Question 58

Created at the same time as the United Nations, the ______ loans money for global development projects and has an enormous impact on worldwide economic development.

Question 59

What were the criticisms of the U.S.intelligence agencies following the 9/11 attacks?

Question 60

______ policy refers to the goals set and the actions taken by government officials directed at the conduct of military affairs.

Question 61

Discuss the core elements of foreign aid as espoused by the Bush administration.

Question 62

Explain the five foreign policy activities emphasized by the U.S.government following World War II.

Question 63

Discuss how U.S.defense spending compares to that of other countries and the historical roots that led to our modern-day situation.Then explore the advantages and disadvantages of this spending policy (in other words, what is sacrificed when money is spent on defense?).Finally, broadly outline the defense approach being taken by President Obama.

Question 64

In broad terms, discuss the changes in focus of the U.S.foreign policy beginning after World War II.What was the major thrust of activities immediately after WWII, in the 1960s through 1980s, in the 1990s through 2001, and in the modern times? How did the focus and priorities of U.S.policies shift?

Question 65

Discuss the challenges the United States faces with regard to homeland security as revealed by significant reports that analyzed the concerns.Identify a common theme that threads among these challenges that relates to the effectiveness and efficiency of the U.S.government.