16 Foreign Policy

The relations and communications carried out between countries.

• Diplomacy

• Aggression

• Deterrence

An attack or threat of an attack by another country.

• Diplomacy

• Summit Meeting

• Aggression

A policy of keeping a strong defense to discourage aggression by other nations.

• Summit Meeting

• Deterrence

• Aggression

A meeting where the President talks about important issues with heads of other governments.

• Summit Meeting

• Deterrence

• Intelligence

A program of giving military and economic help to other countries.

• Diplomacy

• Foreign Aid

• Intelligence

Getting Information about another country and what its government plans to do.

• Detente

• Summit Meeting

• Intelligence

A policy of not taking sides in wars between other countries

• Detente

• Containment

• Neutrality

A policy of stopping the spread of Communism after World War II.

• Aggression

• Containment

• Foreign Aid

A loosening of tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union, during the 1970's.

• Detente

• Containment

• Peace

What is the chief goal of American Foreign Policy?

• Foreign Aid

• National Security

• Trade