Tools of Foreign Policy
This tool involves negotiating with other countries to solve problems peacefully.
What is diplomacy?
When countries rely on each other for goods and services, it is called this.
What is global interdependence?
This branch of government leads foreign policy.
What is the executive branch?
This organization helps countries work together to solve global problems.
What is the United Nations?
This term refers to how the United States interacts with other countries.
What is foreign policy?
This tool involves sending money, food, or supplies to another country.
What is foreign aid (humanitarian aid)?
An agreement between countries to defend each other if attacked is called:
What is an alliance?
This group must approve treaties.
What is the Senate?
People who flee their country due to war and seek safety elsewhere:
What are refugees?
This term refers to policy dealing with issues inside the United States.
What is domestic policy?
This tool punishes a country economically without using military force.
What are economic sanctions?
A country produces goods it can make most efficiently and trades for others.
What is comparative advantage?
This type of agreement does NOT require Senate approval.
What is an executive agreement?
During the Cold War, the U.S. competed with this country to prevent the spread of:
What is the Soviet Union and communism?
This person represents the United States in another country and helps maintain relationships.
Who is an ambassador? (or diplomat)
The U.S. gathers secret information about another country’s plans.
What is espionage (or intelligence gathering)?
Two countries place tariffs on each other’s goods, increasing prices.
What is a trade war?
This is how Congress MOST directly influences foreign policy.
What is approving treaties and controlling funding?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
A major criticism of the USA Patriot Act was that it did this.
What is violate Americans’ rights?
This term refers to gathering secret information to protect national security.
What is intelligence (or espionage)?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
A group like the Red Cross provides medical aid and disaster relief in multiple countries without being controlled by any government.
What type of organization is this?
What is a nongovernmental organization (NGO)?
If one member country of this alliance is attacked, other member countries are expected to respond with military support.
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
The United States decided to use military force in Afghanistan in the early 2000s.
Why did the United States take this foreign policy action?
What is to respond to the terrorist attack on 9/11 and protect national security by preventing future attacks?
A country violates human rights, and the U.S. places sanctions on it. The goal is this.
What is to pressure the country to change behavior without war?
This type of organization is made up of governments working together to solve global problems. Provide at least one example.
What is a governmental organization? (UN, WHO, WTO, NATO)