Government Final Study Guide (15-17)

The cost of driving a gas guzzling car also includes the impact of smog and the effects of carbon monoxide emissions, which economics refer to as negative:

Externalities

The government's use of taxing and spending powers to manipulate the economy is called

Fiscal policy

Which of the following is not an example of an international humanitarian policy?

Petroleum agreements

The most important international organization for promoting free trade is the

WTO (world trade organization)

A terrorist group is an example of a

nonstate actor

A voluntary agreement between two or more private persons that governs future conduct is called

A contract

An inefficient allocation of resources is known as

A market failure

The primary entrance of the senate into foreign policy making today is

Approving treaties

Social security is an example of a _________ program

Contributory

Universal compulsory education is an example of government efforts to

Create a labor force

To many Americans, the chief purpose of the nation's foreign policy is

Protecting America's security

Presidential initiative is most important when the policy at issue is

Redistributive

The politics of social policies are very special because these are

Redistributive

Social security is a tax best classified as a _________ tax

Regressive

The first goal of social policies is to

protect against risks that most people face over the course of their lives