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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Air landings or drops for the purpose of supply - movement of personnel - evacuation - or recovery
air logistic support
Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement
START I and II
air strike
2. Cease fire signed in 1949 between india and pakistan over the states of Kashmir and Jammu
inter/intra state conflict
Karachi agreement
armistice
Zionism
3. Conflict within or between nations
Cold War
inter/intra state conflict
Westphalian Deviance
the Caucasus
4. Strategic arms reduction talks - 1993/4 between USA and Russia to reduce rapid deployment of ICBMs
host nation support
joint task force
chemical warfare
START I and II
5. Non-'traditional' or not state sponsored - like terrorism
rapid reaction force
asymmetrical threat
concentration camp
inter/intra state conflict
6. Unarmed military officers to monitor cease fire agreements
genocide
rapid deployment force
Zionism
observer mission
7. An international movement for the support of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and later for support of Israel
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Zionism
armistice
Road Map to Middle East Peace
8. A volatile region of central Asia - formerly part of the USSR - significant crossroads for world energy from the caspian sea region
anti-personnel mines
Road Map to Middle East Peace
rapid deployment force
the Caucasus
9. 1995 peace agreement ending the war over the former Yugoslavia - between Croatia - Bosnia-Herzegovina - and Serbia
Dayton Peace Accords
ethnic cleansing
Cold War
Sunshine Policy
10. Conflict within or between nations
START I and II
inter/intra state conflict
stand-by forces
Westphalian Deviance
11. Expulsion - inprisonment - or killing of ethnic minorities by the majority
interoperability
ethnocentrism
ethnic cleansing
NATO
12. US military concept of combining Navy - Army - airforce - and marine units for a specific mission
observer mission
joint task force
guerilla
Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement
13. Signed in 1970 - was intended to limit the nuclear states to the five security council permanent members
interoperability
observer mission
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
PLO
14. Members or guerilla bands or other unofficial lightly armed troops
Road Map to Middle East Peace
inter/intra state conflict
the Caucasus
partisan
15. Ships preventing goods from reaching a port
implementation force
blockade
anti-personnel mines
Cold War
16. Nickname for a UN peace keeper
Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement
blue helmets
biological warfare
inter/intra state conflict
17. International observers who report on goods and issues between national borders
ethnic cleansing
white helmets
the Caucasus
border monitoring
18. USA backed defensive system designed to protect an area smaller than the entire USA from attack by long range ballistic or nuclear missles
implementation force
partisan
air logistic support
Theater Missle Defense
19. UN sponsored and security council backed operation to create or keep the peace between warring factions
Security Council
peacekeeper operation
stand-by forces
genocide
20. Acts of unusual cruelty
NATO
atrocities
buffer zone
war crime
21. Ships preventing goods from reaching a port
atrocities
blockade
buffer zone
border monitoring
22. Current policy of active engagement and reconciliation by the government of S. Korea towards N. Korea
war crime
NATO
the Caucasus
Sunshine Policy
23. 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
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
civil war
Road Map to Middle East Peace
Westphalian Deviance
24. Belief in the superiority of one's own culture or ethnic group
buffer zone
ethnocentrism
anti-personnel mines
joint task force
25. Small forces or irregular volunteer troops; usually harass enemy supplies and communications
Sunshine Policy
Dayton Peace Accords
atrocities
guerilla
26. A volatile region of central Asia - formerly part of the USSR - significant crossroads for world energy from the caspian sea region
Zionism
the Caucasus
civil war
joint task force
27. Use of disease-producing agents on plants - animals - or people
partisan
Demilitarized Zone
biological warfare
interoperability
28. Use of toxic chemical compounds - including defoliants and herbicides
Line of Control in Kashmir
implementation force
white helmets
chemical warfare
29. Tenative peace agreement signed in 1999 (widely ignored) stopping the war between Congo - Anglola - Namibia - and Zimbabwe vs. Rwanda and Uganda
NATO
Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement
collective security
Road Map to Middle East Peace
30. A crime committed during or in connection with war - genocide - ethnic cleansing - or prisoner mistreatment
genocide
war crime
Road Map to Middle East Peace
START I and II
31. (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
concentration camp
Cold War
Westphalian Deviance
interoperability
32. A neutral space created by the withdrawal of both hostile parties
Zionism
buffer zone
Road Map to Middle East Peace
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
33. Kill or injure soldiers - very dangerous to civilians
air logistic support
concentration camp
anti-personnel mines
air strike
34. North atlantic treaty organization - formed in 1949 by 12 democratic nations to defend eachother if attacked
biological warfare
rapid deployment force
blockade
NATO
35. Support by a host nation for UN peacekeeping
joint task force
PLO
Demilitarized Zone
host nation support
36. Tenative peace agreement signed in 1999 (widely ignored) stopping the war between Congo - Anglola - Namibia - and Zimbabwe vs. Rwanda and Uganda
observer mission
implementation force
Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement
stand-by forces
37. Palestani Liberation Organization; formed in 1964 with the purpose of creating a homeland for Palestinians in Israel
chemical warfare
rapid reaction force
PLO
Demilitarized Zone
38. Current plan to hand over 'land for peace' agreement between Israelis and the Palestinians
genocide
guerilla
biological warfare
Road Map to Middle East Peace
39. (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
Line of Control in Kashmir
air logistic support
observer mission
Cold War
40. Use of toxic chemical compounds - including defoliants and herbicides
war crime
blockade
chemical warfare
white helmets
41. Members or guerilla bands or other unofficial lightly armed troops
chemical warfare
partisan
peacekeeper operation
collective security
42. Small forces or irregular volunteer troops; usually harass enemy supplies and communications
Theater Missle Defense
guerilla
rapid reaction force
collective security
43. Between the forward lines of two hostile parties
peacekeeper operation
Demilitarized Zone
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
host nation support
44. Yugoslavia: UN supported NATO forces to keep the peace in bosnia
implementation force
blockade
rapid deployment force
inter/intra state conflict
45. Current plan to hand over 'land for peace' agreement between Israelis and the Palestinians
anti-personnel mines
Road Map to Middle East Peace
air logistic support
blue helmets
46. 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
chemical warfare
rapid deployment force
inter/intra state conflict
stand-by forces
47. Cease fire signed in 1949 between india and pakistan over the states of Kashmir and Jammu
blue helmets
partisan
genocide
Karachi agreement
48. Nickname for a UN peace keeper
blue helmets
buffer zone
air strike
host nation support
49. Kill or injure soldiers - very dangerous to civilians
Dayton Peace Accords
genocide
Security Council
anti-personnel mines
50. 700 km frontier separating indian and pakistani forces in kashmir
Zionism
Line of Control in Kashmir
civil war
border monitoring