Question 1

The "intifada" is......

Accepted Answer

A)  a book by Salman Rushdie 
B)  a Moslem religious ceremony 
C)  the Palestinian uprising in the West Bank and Gaza Strip 
D)  a militant faction of the Lebanese Shi'ite militia

Question 2

The failure of the collective security provision to pass the United Nations due to the lack of unanimous agreement by the great powers led to the creation of the ___________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  iron curtain 
B)  Warsaw Pact 
C)  SEATO 
D)  NATO

Question 3

During the Cold War, the guiding principle of U.S. foreign policy regarding the Soviet Union was

Accepted Answer

A)  Collective security 
B)  NATO 
C)  The Nuremburg Principle 
D)  Containment

Question 4

Another name for idealism in foreign policy is

Accepted Answer

A)  Wilsonianism 
B)  Realism 
C)  Institutionalism 
D)  Reaganism

Question 5

The "intifada" refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  uprisings of fundamentalist Moslems in the Middle East. 
B)  the invasion of Arab territory by Israel. 
C)  uprisings of Shi'ite Moslems in Iran. 
D)  the Israeli invasion of the Golan Heights. 
E)  uprisings of Palestinian militants in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Question 6

The United States Cold War strategy of relying on massive nuclear power to deter Soviet encroachment on US interests is called

Accepted Answer

A)  Chicken 
B)  Deterrence 
C)  Detente 
D)  Hegemony

Question 7

American idealists tend to define military conflicts as

Accepted Answer

A)  the pursuit of universal justice. 
B)  nothing short of survival of the country. 
C)  a holy crusade against evil incarnate. 
D)  the last resort.

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT associated with foreign policy regarding Israel?

Accepted Answer

A)  PLO 
B)  intifada 
C)  land for peace perspective 
D)  Contras 
E)  Gaza Strip

Question 9

Foreign policy decisions intended to prevent a potentially hostile power from gaining a preponderance of strength relate to the doctrine of:

Accepted Answer

A)  national strength. 
B)  collective security. 
C)  internationalism. 
D)  balance of power. 
E)  isolationism.

Question 10

The Palestinians migrated into the disputed Palestinian-Israeli territories ________________ the Zionists.

Accepted Answer

A)  long before 
B)  at about the same time 
C)  long after

Question 11

The notion that soldiers and government officials in sovereign nations are obliged to disobey laws and policies that violate universal standards of justice is commonly referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)  The Nuremberg Principle 
B)  The Dresden Principle 
C)  The Tokyo Edict 
D)  None of the Above

Question 12

Which of the following statements is true of classical diplomacy?

Accepted Answer

A)  There is no universal self-evident principle of justice, right or wrong or truth that nations are morally obligated to pursue. 
B)  There is wide-spread public support for the policy of genocide. 
C)  The universal principle of justice is self-evident to all reasonable people. 
D)  It presumes that communism is a bad thing.

Question 13

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are examples of

Accepted Answer

A)  unilateralism 
B)  the principle of collective security 
C)  balance of power 
D)  deterrence

Question 14

Collective security is a system that assumes that the preponderance of states in the world share values of peaceful coexistence and wish to prevent aggression by one state on another.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

_________ consists of random, devastating violence against noncombatant populations to compel another power to change its policies.

Accepted Answer

A)  Terrorism 
B)  Containment 
C)  Deterrence 
D)  Collective security

Question 16

Realism identifies the resources involved in creating the threat of punishment. Those resources include

Accepted Answer

A)  economic power 
B)  the appeal of one's principle 
C)  military might 
D)  all of the above 
E)  (
B)  and (
C)  only

Question 17

The Cold War policy of resisting any further encroachment of governments labeled communist was ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  idealism 
B)  collective security 
C)  Nuremberg principles 
D)  containment 
E)  deterrence

Question 18

Realists are willing to engage in

Accepted Answer

A)  power politics 
B)  sanctions 
C)  limited war for limited objectives 
D)  diplomacy

Question 19

Which of the following factors were important in leading to the end of the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

A)  results of the Vietnam War 
B)  the collapse of communism 
C)  antagonism between Communist China and the Soviet Union 
D)  all of the above 
E)  none of the above

Question 20

The policy of containment was aimed at

Accepted Answer

A)  rolling back communism 
B)  limiting the expansion of communism 
C)  preventing the spread of nuclear weapons 
D)  preventing the spread of oil pollution

Exam 12: Foreign Defense Policy: Security and Interests in a Dangerous World