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FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CHAPTER
7 SECTION 3 EXAM QUESTIONS
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Question 1: What is a trade sanction?
Answer:
A way to punish a country by imposing trade barriers.
Question 2: Name two international trade groups of which the U.S. is a member.
Answer:
- NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement
- WTO - World Trade Organization
Question 3: Are ambassadors sent to every country in the world?
Answer:
No. The U.S. sends ambassadors only to countries where it recognizes the legal existence of the goverment.
Question 4: What is the primary goal of American foreign policy?
Answer:
National security
Question 5: What was the Marshall Plan?
Answer:
One of the greatest examples of U.S. foreign aid. The Marshall Plan was a program created to help restore Western Europe after World War II.
Question 6: How does someone become a U.S. ambassador?
Answer:
The president appoints the ambassador, then the Senate votes on approval.Question 7: What is one of the most important defense treaties the U.S. has agreed to?
Answer:
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Question 8: What is a bureaucracy?
Answer:
The organizational structure, procedures, protocols and regulations used to manage large organizations and government.Question 9: The president can bypass the Senate's approval of a treaty by doing what?
Answer:
By making an executive agreement - an agreement between the president and the leader of another country.
Question 10: What is a tariff?
Answer:
A tax on imported goods.
Question 11: What is foreign aid?
Answer:
- Money
- Food
- Military Assistance
- Supplies
Question 12: What is meant by foreign policy?
Answer:
A nation's plan for dealing with other nations.
Question 13: What is an ambassador?
Answer:
An official representative of a country's government.
Question 14: Name four components of the U.S. foreign policy bureaucracy.
Answer:
- State Department
- Defense Department
- Central Intelligence Agency
- National Security Council
Question 15: Name three other important goals of U.S. foreign policy.
Answer:
- International trade
- Promoting world peace
- Promoting democracy around the world
Question 16: What is an embargo?
Answer:
An agreement among a group of nations that prohibits them from trading with a target nation.
Question 17: Name five tools or methods used to carry out foreign policy.
Answer:
- Treaties & Executive Agreements
- Appointing Ambassadors
- Foreign Aid
- International Trade
- Military Force
Question 18: How did President George W. Bush use military force as a tool of foreign policy?
Answer:
In order to remove Iraq's dictator, he ordered American armed forces to invade Iraq in 2003.
Question 19: What is a treaty?
Answer:
A formal agreement between two or more countries.Question 20: Why is there sometimes conflict between the president and Congress concerning U.S. foreign policy?
Answer:
Because thought the president is chief diplomat & commander in chief, Congress has the power to declare war, to prohibit certain military actions, & to spend - or withhold - money for defense.
Question 21: The Senate must approve a treaty by what margin?
Answer:
2/3 vote
Question 22: What is national security?
Answer:
The ability to keep the country safe from attack or harm.
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