Which policy best describes a stance of staying out of international conflicts and alliances?

• A. Appeasement
• B. Genocide
• C. Isolationism
• D. Holocaust

Answer: (C)

Staying out of international conflicts and alliances describes isolationism, a foreign-policy approach that focuses on domestic concerns and avoids entangling alliances or military interventions abroad. It aims to minimize commitments overseas so a country isn’t pulled into wars or collective security obligations. This differs from appeasement, which seeks to prevent conflict by yielding to an aggressor’s demands and can still draw a country into broader disputes. Genocide and Holocaust refer to mass killings and a specific historical atrocity, not a policy about foreign involvement, so they don’t fit the description.