Unit8
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WhentheSecondWorldWarended,BritainnolongerwasthelargestmilitarypowerinWesternEurope.(Whenthewarended,BritainwasthelargestmilitarypowerinWesternEurope.)
TheUKwasawardedaseatontheUNSecurityCouncilinrecognitionofitscontributioninsettinguptheUnitedNations.(BritainwasactiveinsettinguptheUnitedNationsand,inrecognitionofitscontinuingimportancetoworldpolitics…)
Accordingtothetext,themostimportantsinglefactorwhichinfluencesBritishpolicy-makersisitshistory.
ThePrimeMinisterandCabinetdecideonthegeneraldirectionofBritain’sforeignpolicy.
ThemaingovernmentdepartmentinvolvedistheForeignanCommonwealthOffice(FCO).
Britainisaparliamentarymonarch.Parliamentarydemocracyandconstitutionalmonarch
Thereareabout60membersoftheCommonwealth.54
TheBritishhostalargeAmericanmilitarypresenceandthereare63AmericanmilitarybasesintheUK.
BritainisnotamemberoftheNATOduetoitsdisagreementwithsomeEuropeancountriesondefensepolicy.(ThekeystoneofBritishdefensepolicyisitsparticipationintheNorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization.)
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TheauthorholdsthatBritainhadabiginfluenceonthepostwarinternationalorderbecause
B.ithadastrongmilitarypowerandprestige.
WhichcountriesarethepermanentmembersoftheUNSecurityCouncil?
C.China,Russia,France,BritainandtheUnitedStates.
HowmuchoftheglobedidBritainruleinitsimperialprime?
C.Athirdoftheglobe.
ThepresentBritishforeignpolicyismainlyinfluencedbysomeofthefollowingfactors.Whichoneisanexception?
D.ItsschizophrenicattitudetoEurope.
WhichofthefollowingisNOTinvolvedinmakingtheBritishforeignpolicy?
A.TheQueenofBritain.
NowadaystheBritishforeignpolicyislargelyshapedbyitsparticipationin______.
C.theUnitedNations,theEU,theNATO,etc
WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?
B.63AmericanmilitarybasesareunderthecommandofBritain.America
WhichofthefollowingcountriesdoesNOThavenuclearweaponscapabilities?
C.Italy
ThreeofthefollowingfactorshavecontributedtoBritain’sspecialrelationshipwiththeUnitedStatestoacertaindegree.Whichoneisanexception?
B.Theyhavecommoninterestsineveryrespect.
WhydoesBritainhaveitsnuclearnavalforce?
B.Becauseit’satraditionalseapower.
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