| A | B |
|---|
| foreign policy | all the stands and actions the U.S. takes with other nations |
| isolationism | refusal to become generally involved in rest of world |
| Secretary of State | president's key advisor in foreign policy |
| ambassador | official representative of U.S. in another nation |
| passport | legal document allowing privilege of foreign travel |
| visa | permission granted by another government to allow travel |
| diplomatic immunity | ambassadors are not subject to laws of host country |
| Secretary of Defense | President's key advisor for military matters |
| CIA | agency responsible for gathering information of other nations |
| espionage | spying |
| terrorism | use of violence to intimidate a government or society |
| NASA | organized to coordinate space exploration |
| draft | selective service |
| collective security | defensive alliance system; attack on one nation is an attack on all |
| deterrence | maintaining military might to discourage an attack |
| cold war | ideological confrontation between the U.S. and Soviet Union |
| containment | the policy of preventing communism from spreading |
| detente | easing of tensions during the Cold War |
| foreign aid | economic, political or military assistance to another nation |
| NATO | collective security agreement to contain communism in Europe |
| sanction | political, economic or military punishment against another nation |
| United Nations | world organization for member nations to prevent another world war |
| General Assembly | part of U.N. that is the "town meeting of the world" |
| U.N. Security Council | responsible for international sanctions |
