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Describe the three broad goals of the United States in the global economy.

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On what grounds did President Barack Obama place a 35-percent tariff on the import of Chinese tires in 2009?


A) The tariff was part of the stimulus package designed to save the American auto manufacturing industry.
B) U.S.tiremakers needed the protection because they were forced to buy their raw materials from Chinese exporters.
C) The tariff was in retaliation to Chinese military exercises in the Yellow Sea.
D) U.S.tiremakers were less efficient than Chinese companies and needed government assistance.
E) Chinese tires were being subsidized by the Chinese government.

F) A) and E)
G) None of the above

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The ________ was created to coordinate domestic efforts to protect the United States against terrorist attacks and threats.


A) Department of Homeland Security
B) CIA
C) FBI
D) National Security Council
E) State Department

F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

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All of the following EXCEPT ________ refused to participate in America's war in Iraq in 2003.


A) Great Britain
B) Germany
C) France
D) Belgium
E) Russia

F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

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Regarding assistance to developing nations,which of the following countries ranks lowest in terms of per capita expenditures?


A) Canada
B) Germany
C) France
D) the United States
E) Great Britain

F) A) and C)
G) C) and E)

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Roughly how many American soldiers lost their lives in the Korean War?


A) 1,000
B) 5,000
C) 35,000
D) 155,000
E) 500,000

F) C) and E)
G) None of the above

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How does public opinion exhibit varying levels of importance in defense policy?

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The U.S.public usually supports the judg...

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Which president called for a "new world order"?


A) Bill Clinton
B) Ronald Reagan
C) George H.W.Bush
D) Dwight Eisenhower
E) George W.Bush

F) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

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Defense spending per capita is highest in


A) Japan.
B) the United States.
C) France.
D) Great Britain.
E) Germany.

F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

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The U.S.lesson learned from the Vietnam War was that


A) public opinion could be ignored by leaders during wartime.
B) nuclear weapons had utility in a war of insurgency.
C) there were limits on America's ability to get its own way in the world.
D) the national interest of the United States required a total disengagement from Asian affairs.
E) constant bombing will force the enemy to concede defeat.

F) All of the above
G) A) and D)

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_______,the former president of Yugoslavia,was tried for war crimes.


A) Slobodan Milosevic
B) Mikhail Gorbachev
C) Saddam Hussein
D) Lech Walesa
E) None of these answers is correct.

F) B) and C)
G) All of the above

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Upon assuming the presidency in 2001,George W.Bush


A) declared that he would reduce America's military presence abroad.
B) rejected his father's multilateral approach to world affairs.
C) declared the United States would not participate in the International Criminal Court.
D) declared the United States would not participate in the Kyoto Protocol.
E) All these answers are correct.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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Discuss the relative strengths and weaknesses of the U.S.economy relative to those of leading competitor nations.

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The United States represents one of the ...

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