Question 1

1-Foreign Policy

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Policies that safeguard national interests and to achieve its goals within international relations.

Question 2

2-United Nations

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An international organization that aims to facilitate cooperation in international law and security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace. Founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations.

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3-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

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Organization that constitutes a system of collective defense whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. The alliance includes 28 members in North America and Europe.

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4-European Union

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An economic and political union of 27 member states which are located primarily in Europe. It expanded the European Economic Community, especially in foreign policy, and provided for the creation of a central European bank and the adoption of the euro.

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5-Commander and Chief

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the supreme commander of the armed forces of a nation or, sometimes, of several allied nations. Ex: The president of the U.S. acts as commander-in-chief.

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6-War Powers Act

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Federal law that checks the powers of the president through a joint resolution; meaning the President can send U.S. armed forces into action abroad only by authorization of Congress or in case of a national emergency.

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7-Department of State

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Department of the executive branch; it is responsible for international relations of the United States. It was created in 1789 and was the first executive department established.

Question 8

8-Secretary of State

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Head of the Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. Duties include advising president on foreign matters and negotiating treaties with other nations.

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9-Department of Defense

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federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the United States armed forces. Includes Departments of Army, Navy, and Air Force.

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10-Secretary of Defense

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Head of the Department of Defense. He is the chain of command, subject only to the orders of the President, over all Department of Defense forces (the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps) for both operational and administrative purposes.

Question 11

11-Joint Chiefs of Staff

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Body of senior uniformed leaders in the United States Department of Defense who advise the Secretary of Defense, the Homeland Security Council, the National Security Council and the President on military matters.

Question 12

12-Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

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Executive agency that reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, with responsibility for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior U.S. policymakers. It oversees and engages in covert activities at request of president.

Question 13

13-National Security Agency (NSA)

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Cryptologic intelligence agency of the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence, as well as protecting U.S. government communications and information systems.

Question 14

14-National Security Council

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It advises and assists the president on national security and foreign policies. It also serves as the president's principal arm for coordinating these policies among various government agencies.

Question 15

15-Congress "power of the purse"

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Its ability to set the spending and taxing policies of the nation. It checks the power of the President and gives Congress vast influence over American society, because it has such large control over the federal budget.

Question 16

16-Senate Foreign Relations Committee

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Standing committee of the Senate. It is charged with leading foreign-policy legislation and debate in the Senate. It is generally responsible for overseeing and funding foreign aid programs as well as funding arms sales and training for national allies.

Question 17

17-House Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Standing committee of the House which has jurisdiction over bills and investigations related to the foreign affairs of the United States. It is less powerful than its Senate counterpart.

Question 18

18-Isolationism

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U.S. foreign policy between WWI and WWII, which resulted in teh U.S. staying out of European affairs. Ex: Rejecting League of Nations

Question 19

19-Cold War

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An era of American foreign policy where America urged the containment of communism lasting from the end of WWII to collapse of USSR.

Question 20

20-Containment

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Official foreign policy of U.S. to stop the spread of communism between 1945-1991.

Question 21

21-Arms Race

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Competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War.

Question 22

22-Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD)

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Doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of weapons of mass destruction by two opposing sides would result in the annihilation of both the attacker and the defender, becoming thus a war of complete destruction.

Question 23

23-Vietnam War

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Conflict during the Cold War era characterized by the U.S. government trying to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam as part of their wider strategy of containment. It was a failure for U.S. due to massive casualties and unsuccessful containment.

Question 24

24-Detente

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Nixon and Reagan's foreign policy that resulted in an improvement of relations with the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

Question 25

25-Strategic Defense Initiative or "Star Wars"

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Proposed by President Reagan in 1983 to use ground- and space-based systems to protect the U.S. from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles. It was characterized as unrealistic and unscientific.

Question 26

26-War on Terror

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Struggle against organizations designated as terrorist and regimes that were accused of having a connection to them or providing them with support or were thought to be a threat to U.S. Linked with militant Islamists and al-Qaeda.

Question 27

27-Axis of Evil

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Term initially used by the President George W. Bush in his State of the Union Address in 2002, describing governments that he accused of helping terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction. Bush labeled Iran, Iraq and North Korea as this.

Question 28

28-Afghanistan

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After the 9/11 attacks, American involvement in this country aimed at getting rid of Taliban government and al Qaeda. It provided billions of dollars to reconstruct this country.

Question 29

29-Iraq

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Conflict in this country arose from the U.S.'s fear of nuclear weapons and al Qaeda involvement. U.S. invaded and captured Saddam Hussein. Obama began withdrawing troops during his term.

Question 30

30-Nuclear Proliferation

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Included in the landmark international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament.

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