The statement that any attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region . . . will be repelled by use of any means necessary, including military force became known as the
a. Truman Doctrine.
b. Eisenhower Doctrine.
c. Nixon Doctrine.
d. Carter Doctrine.
e. Reagan Doctrine.
Which of the following was NOT an American response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan?
a. The American decision to boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
b. The American deployment of missiles to Eastern Europe
c. The American grain embargo
d. The restriction of Soviet fishing privileges in American waters
e. U.S. Senate shelving the ratification of the SALT II treaty
In November 1979, 63 Americans were held hostage in the U.S. Embassy in which country?
a. Afghanistan
b. Iraq
c. Iran
d. Syria
e. Lebanon
During the last year in office, the Carter administration's foreign policy outlook went through a pendulum swing of ideology. What two events precipitated the change of policy directly?
a. The Panama Canal treaty and the Neutrality treaty
b. President Sadat of Egypt visiting Jerusalem and the Camp David Accords
c. The sanctions against Rhodesia and the stance against Apartheid in South Africa
d. American hostage crisis and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
e. Downgrading the centrality of the Soviet-American relationship and prioritizing human rights in international negotiations
By the end of the Carter administration, American foreign policy shifted from _________ to __________ by his last year in office.
a. realism; idealism
b. isolationism; containment
c. multilateralism; unilateralism
d. idealism; realism
e. realism; isolationism
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