FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP GOV UNIT 9 EXAM

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP GOV UNIT 9 EXAM

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Question 1: presidential foreign policy obstacles

Answer:

trying to get reelected, other foreign policy makers, media and public opinion

Question 2: 3 basic goals of the U.S

Answer:

defending the homeland (security), encouraging economic growth (economic), supporting democracy in the world (political)

Question 3: governmental (institutional) agenda

Answer:

problems to which public officials feel obliged to devote active and serious attention

Question 4: who makes foreign polic

Answer:

president, executive branch, congress

Question 5: multinat'l corps

Answer:

large companies that d business in multiple countries, wield tremendous economic power, examples: nike, general motors

Question 6: department of state

Answer:

manages foreign affairs, 1st dept established by constitution, 3 main roles: ( maintains diplomatic and unusual posts, send delegates and missions to a variety of internet's org meetings and negotiate treaties and executive agreements)

Question 7: two ways of foreign policy thinking

Answer:

isolationism and interventionism

Question 8: moral statements

Answer:

try and define particular actions as right or wrong

Question 9: who pays (redistributive)

Answer:

middle and upper class taxpayers

Question 10: goal of distributive policy

Answer:

to meet needs of various groups

Question 11: Difficulties in solving public policies

Answer:

• competing ideas about what constitutes a problem
• solution is expensive
• solutions generate new problems
• solutions are complex

Question 12: external influences on foreign policy

Answer:

other countries, intergovermental orgs, nongovermental orgs, multinational corps, miscellaneous other actors

Question 13: containment

Answer:

US Cold War policies of preventing the spread of communism "iron curtain", "evil empire"

Question 14: goal of regulatory policy

Answer:

to protect citizens

Question 15: interventionism

Answer:

view that nations should be involved

Question 16: members of executive branch

Answer:

president, vp, secretary of state, secretary of defense, director nat'l intelligence, chair of the joint chiefs of staff

Question 17: foreign policy

Answer:

country's official positions, practices and procedures for dealing with acts outside its borders

Question 18: internat'l monitory fund (IMF)

Answer:

makes small and short loans to balance flow of currency

Question 19: isolationism

Answer:

view that nations should stay out of internal political alliances

Question 20: central intelligence agency (CIA)

Answer:

org that oversees foreign intelligence gathering and related classified activities

Question 21: types of policy formulation

Answer:

routine formulation, analogous formulation, creative formulation

Question 22: creative formulation

Answer:

involves attempts to develop new or unprecedented proposals that represent a departure from existing practices and that will better resolve a problem

Question 23: incentive techniques

Answer:

encourages people to act in their own best interest by offering payoffs or financial inducements for compliance with public policies

Question 24: internationlism

Answer:

since WWI US has played active role in foreign affairs

benefits: can offer the courses of others in way that is advantageous for US

costs: drains attention and resources from domestic policy; some fell US involvement often creates worse result

Question 25: who benefits (redistributive)

Answer:

disadvantaged citizens

Question 26: free trade

Answer:

countries exchange goods w/ no limitations