Imperial overstretch is best defined as
a. when a country becomes geographically too big to rule.
b. when a country strikes a balance between being isolationist and highly interventionist.
c. an approach that relies on self-help and independent strategies in foreign policy.
d. when an imperializing country has too many colonies to be able to support.
e. the historic tendency for superpowers to overspend militarily and weaken their economies leaving them vulnerable to rivals.
The ability to influence foreign affairs through factors such as a state's values and institutions rather than through military might is referred to as
a. soft power.
b. unilateralism.
c. the Truman Doctrine.
d. liberalism.
e. containment.
Which two events are commonly accepted as signifying the end of the Cold War?
a. The resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the SALT agreements
b. The Soviet's withdrawal from Afghanistan and the START Treaty
c. The achievement of dtente and rapprochement
d. The fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet Union
e. The rise to power of Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan
American support for anti-communist insurgents in Afghanistan, Angola, and Nicaragua was known as the
a. Nixon Doctrine.
b. Reagan Doctrine.
c. Carter Doctrine.
d. Ford Doctrine.
e. Clinton Doctrine.
The Soviet-Afghan War began in
a. 1976.
b. 1978.
c. 1979.
d. 1981.
e. 1989.
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