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Global Conflict Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Bombing against any strategic or tactical target not in direct support of troops
ethnic cleansing
air strike
blockade
stand-by forces
2. Members or guerilla bands or other unofficial lightly armed troops
partisan
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
NATO
guerilla
3. Air landings or drops for the purpose of supply - movement of personnel - evacuation - or recovery
ethnic cleansing
air logistic support
border monitoring
biological warfare
4. Use of toxic chemical compounds - including defoliants and herbicides
the Caucasus
concentration camp
chemical warfare
joint task force
5. Ending of hostilities
Road Map to Middle East Peace
Theater Missle Defense
armistice
joint task force
6. Signed in 1970 - was intended to limit the nuclear states to the five security council permanent members
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
PLO
anti-personnel mines
Demilitarized Zone
7. Capabilities made available to the UN by member states - military - police - specialized personelle or equipment
Theater Missle Defense
rapid deployment force
stand-by forces
observer mission
8. Tenative peace agreement signed in 1999 (widely ignored) stopping the war between Congo - Anglola - Namibia - and Zimbabwe vs. Rwanda and Uganda
Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement
stand-by forces
rapid reaction force
observer mission
9. An international movement for the support of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and later for support of Israel
stand-by forces
rapid reaction force
the Caucasus
Zionism
10. Cease fire signed in 1949 between india and pakistan over the states of Kashmir and Jammu
Sunshine Policy
Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement
Karachi agreement
war crime
11. Members or guerilla bands or other unofficial lightly armed troops
blockade
partisan
NATO
implementation force
12. Main organ in the UN responsible for maintaining peace and security - composed of 5 permanent members and 10 rotating members with 2 year terms elected by the Gen. Assembly
Line of Control in Kashmir
Sunshine Policy
Security Council
PLO
13. War between a government and a faction of the same state - neither clearly recognized as the legitimate government
civil war
Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement
observer mission
Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement
14. (Larkins' definition was 'well - duh?' but i'm taking some liberties here) a war between the United States & capitalism and the USSR & communism - never involving actual - direct violence
atrocities
blockade
guerilla
Cold War
15. Current plan to hand over 'land for peace' agreement between Israelis and the Palestinians
Sunshine Policy
START I and II
civil war
Road Map to Middle East Peace
16. Signed in 1970 - was intended to limit the nuclear states to the five security council permanent members
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Dayton Peace Accords
Demilitarized Zone
air strike
17. Yugoslavia: UN supported NATO forces to keep the peace in bosnia
partisan
implementation force
Karachi agreement
chemical warfare
18. UN sponsored international volunteer rapid response teams to provide humanitarian relief to emergencies
host nation support
Sunshine Policy
white helmets
armistice
19. Name given to NATO led and UN backed rapid deployment forces
Karachi agreement
rapid reaction force
Westphalian Deviance
observer mission
20. 1995 peace agreement ending the war over the former Yugoslavia - between Croatia - Bosnia-Herzegovina - and Serbia
Dayton Peace Accords
air logistic support
blockade
Theater Missle Defense
21. US military concept of combining Navy - Army - airforce - and marine units for a specific mission
rapid deployment force
inter/intra state conflict
inter/intra state conflict
joint task force
22. Current plan to hand over 'land for peace' agreement between Israelis and the Palestinians
implementation force
Road Map to Middle East Peace
biological warfare
buffer zone
23. US military concept of combining Navy - Army - airforce - and marine units for a specific mission
Dayton Peace Accords
joint task force
Line of Control in Kashmir
rapid deployment force
24. Political theory named after the treaty that ended the 30 years war - provided a framework for -an relations for over 2 centuries - idea that soverign states don't get involved with the internal affairs of others
partisan
collective security
implementation force
Westphalian Deviance
25. A crime committed during or in connection with war - genocide - ethnic cleansing - or prisoner mistreatment
air logistic support
atrocities
war crime
Karachi agreement
26. Main organ in the UN responsible for maintaining peace and security - composed of 5 permanent members and 10 rotating members with 2 year terms elected by the Gen. Assembly
joint task force
Security Council
air logistic support
stand-by forces
27. Agreement by a group of nations to defend eachother in case of attack on any member
the Caucasus
implementation force
collective security
Karachi agreement
28. Nickname for a UN peace keeper
NATO
anti-personnel mines
blue helmets
observer mission
29. Name given to NATO led and UN backed rapid deployment forces
concentration camp
rapid reaction force
START I and II
Westphalian Deviance
30. Agreement by a group of nations to defend eachother in case of attack on any member
collective security
PLO
Karachi agreement
concentration camp
31. Kill or injure soldiers - very dangerous to civilians
Karachi agreement
Cold War
the Caucasus
anti-personnel mines
32. Support by a host nation for UN peacekeeping
host nation support
rapid reaction force
interoperability
blue helmets
33. Current policy of active engagement and reconciliation by the government of S. Korea towards N. Korea
rapid deployment force
Sunshine Policy
inter/intra state conflict
Paramilitary
34. A neutral space created by the withdrawal of both hostile parties
buffer zone
rapid deployment force
armistice
rapid reaction force
35. Expulsion - inprisonment - or killing of ethnic minorities by the majority
ethnic cleansing
Cold War
Karachi agreement
rapid reaction force
36. USA backed defensive system designed to protect an area smaller than the entire USA from attack by long range ballistic or nuclear missles
Dayton Peace Accords
Security Council
Sunshine Policy
Theater Missle Defense
37. Use of disease-producing agents on plants - animals - or people
biological warfare
inter/intra state conflict
Demilitarized Zone
PLO
38. Small forces or irregular volunteer troops; usually harass enemy supplies and communications
guerilla
host nation support
blue helmets
air logistic support
39. Use of disease-producing agents on plants - animals - or people
observer mission
PLO
Westphalian Deviance
biological warfare
40. Being similar to a military but unofficial
blockade
Paramilitary
START I and II
air strike
41. Yugoslavia: UN supported NATO forces to keep the peace in bosnia
implementation force
ethnic cleansing
air logistic support
buffer zone
42. A short notice contingency force - formed unilaterally or with partners - to be deployed in situations where its military organization - training - equipment - or communications enable it to cope with a variety of situations; humanitarian - disaster
war crime
rapid deployment force
Dayton Peace Accords
guerilla
43. Internment center for political prisoners and members of minority groups for 'reasons of state security
inter/intra state conflict
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
concentration camp
PLO
44. An international movement for the support of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and later for support of Israel
Zionism
Road Map to Middle East Peace
Dayton Peace Accords
ethnocentrism
45. USA backed defensive system designed to protect an area smaller than the entire USA from attack by long range ballistic or nuclear missles
observer mission
ethnocentrism
genocide
Theater Missle Defense
46. North atlantic treaty organization - formed in 1949 by 12 democratic nations to defend eachother if attacked
Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement
NATO
Dayton Peace Accords
rapid deployment force
47. Small forces or irregular volunteer troops; usually harass enemy supplies and communications
Theater Missle Defense
border monitoring
guerilla
concentration camp
48. Ships preventing goods from reaching a port
Zionism
Paramilitary
blockade
air logistic support
49. The systematic killing of a whole nation of people
air strike
armistice
genocide
anti-personnel mines
50. A volatile region of central Asia - formerly part of the USSR - significant crossroads for world energy from the caspian sea region
partisan
war crime
peacekeeper operation
the Caucasus