International Relations
Final Exam Study Guide
Countries
Pakistan Saudi Arabia Iran North Korea
Iraq United States Britain Egypt
China Afghanistan Israel India
Terms/People
Realist Idealist Jihad
Abraham Muhammad Jesus
Mecca Medina Jerusalem
Madrasah Islam Christianity
Judaism Osama Bin laden Abu Mousab Zarqawi
Kim Jong Il Saddam Hussein Yasser Arafat
Containment Sharia Pre-Emption
Wahhabi Islam Theocracy Kurds
Sunnis Shiites Koriesh
Apostate Unilateral Multilateral
George Bush Barack Obama
Current US Defense Budget and % of GDP
America’s % of world military expenditure
US National Security Options-
1) US Dominance and Preventive Action (Aggressive)
2) US Power for Deterrence and Containment (Balanced)
3) Cooperative World Order (Cooperative)
GDP of all Islamic countries
Fundamentalist
Fundamentalist beliefs/goals
US Navy Seal Team 6
Essay Choices
Choose 1 of the following
You have recently been elected President of the United States of America. You must choose the direction of American foreign policy and national security. As President, will you continue the aggressive policies of your predecessor, choose a more moderate option, or seek a completely new direction? Explain your answer in detail by including specific facts/examples.
OR
Describe the origins of Islam in detail and explain the crisis of Islam today with specific facts/examples.