Question

foreign or domestic? read each example and decide if it is a domestic policy—addresses issues at home—or a foreign policy— addresses issues around the world. label each with a \d\ or and \f.\

1. lead weekly meetings where i ask the leaders of executive branch departments for advice on how to handle the country’s most difficult problems.
2. the government operates national parks in different parts of the country.
3. the united states is allied with countries around the world, which means they are partners and look out for each other’s interests.
4. the united states provides help to other countries when natural disasters, like earthquakes, occur.
5. the countries of the world meet to decide how to handle climate change, and the u.s. plays a role in the talks.
6. the united states is attacked, and the president, in his role as commander in chief, calls on the u.s. military to defend the nation by attacking the other country.
7. the government decides how much money workers in the united states must pay federal taxes.
8. the government makes an agreement with specific countries that none of them attack each other. the government makes an agreement with specific countries none of them will attack each other.
9. the government cleans up land and water areas that are severely polluted.
10. the government enforces federal laws and sends convicted criminals to jail.

Explanation:

To determine if a policy is domestic (D) or foreign (F), we analyze if it addresses issues at home (within the country) or around the world (involving other countries):

1. Lead weekly meetings... handle the country’s most difficult problems.

This focuses on domestic issues (within the country). → D

1. The government operates national parks in different parts of the country.

National parks are within the U.S., so domestic. → D

1. The United States is allied with countries... look out for each other’s interests.

Alliances with other countries are foreign policy. → F

1. The United States provides help to other countries when natural disasters occur.

Helping other countries is a foreign policy action. → F

1. Countries meet to decide how to handle climate change, U.S. plays a role.

International climate talks involve foreign policy. → F

1. The United States is attacked, president calls on U.S. military to defend the nation by attacking the other country.

Responding to an attack on the U.S. and engaging a foreign country is foreign policy. → F

1. The government decides how much money workers in the U.S. must pay federal taxes.

Tax policy for U.S. workers is domestic. → D

1. The government makes an agreement with specific countries that none attack each other.

Agreements with foreign countries are foreign policy. → F

1. The government cleans up land and water areas that are severely polluted.

Environmental cleanup within the U.S. is domestic. → D

1. The government enforces federal laws and sends convicted criminals to jail.

Enforcing laws within the U.S. is domestic. → D

Answer:

1. D
2. D
3. F
4. F
5. F
6. F
7. D
8. F
9. D
10. D