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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. Current plan to hand over 'land for peace' agreement between Israelis and the Palestinians
inter/intra state conflict
Road Map to Middle East Peace
air strike
war crime
2. 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
host nation support
border monitoring
joint task force
Security Council
3. A volatile region of central Asia - formerly part of the USSR - significant crossroads for world energy from the caspian sea region
implementation force
the Caucasus
Dayton Peace Accords
stand-by forces
4. Capabilities made available to the UN by member states - military - police - specialized personelle or equipment
stand-by forces
partisan
Theater Missle Defense
observer mission
5. Between the forward lines of two hostile parties
Security Council
Theater Missle Defense
chemical warfare
Demilitarized Zone
6. War between a government and a faction of the same state - neither clearly recognized as the legitimate government
partisan
observer mission
civil war
border monitoring
7. A crime committed during or in connection with war - genocide - ethnic cleansing - or prisoner mistreatment
biological warfare
Karachi agreement
civil war
war crime
8. Palestani Liberation Organization; formed in 1964 with the purpose of creating a homeland for Palestinians in Israel
PLO
blockade
the Caucasus
blue helmets
9. Kill or injure soldiers - very dangerous to civilians
anti-personnel mines
Road Map to Middle East Peace
PLO
Sunshine Policy
10. Bombing against any strategic or tactical target not in direct support of troops
host nation support
the Caucasus
air strike
Road Map to Middle East Peace
11. Strategic arms reduction talks - 1993/4 between USA and Russia to reduce rapid deployment of ICBMs
blockade
START I and II
joint task force
the Caucasus
12. A neutral space created by the withdrawal of both hostile parties
buffer zone
stand-by forces
guerilla
blockade
13. UN sponsored international volunteer rapid response teams to provide humanitarian relief to emergencies
genocide
civil war
the Caucasus
white helmets
14. Small forces or irregular volunteer troops; usually harass enemy supplies and communications
guerilla
rapid deployment force
war crime
host nation support
15. An international movement for the support of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and later for support of Israel
anti-personnel mines
Zionism
START I and II
stand-by forces
16. 1995 peace agreement ending the war over the former Yugoslavia - between Croatia - Bosnia-Herzegovina - and Serbia
interoperability
Security Council
Dayton Peace Accords
host nation support
17. Current policy of active engagement and reconciliation by the government of S. Korea towards N. Korea
Security Council
ethnic cleansing
Sunshine Policy
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
18. A volatile region of central Asia - formerly part of the USSR - significant crossroads for world energy from the caspian sea region
blockade
the Caucasus
Theater Missle Defense
Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement
19. Air landings or drops for the purpose of supply - movement of personnel - evacuation - or recovery
rapid deployment force
air logistic support
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Zionism
20. Signed in 1970 - was intended to limit the nuclear states to the five security council permanent members
Zionism
armistice
atrocities
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
21. Use of disease-producing agents on plants - animals - or people
rapid reaction force
biological warfare
civil war
joint task force
22. Nickname for a UN peace keeper
border monitoring
concentration camp
blue helmets
implementation force
23. UN sponsored and security council backed operation to create or keep the peace between warring factions
Demilitarized Zone
stand-by forces
peacekeeper operation
blue helmets
24. Between the forward lines of two hostile parties
Demilitarized Zone
guerilla
the Caucasus
Cold War
25. Ending of hostilities
PLO
Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement
START I and II
armistice
26. 1995 peace agreement ending the war over the former Yugoslavia - between Croatia - Bosnia-Herzegovina - and Serbia
Dayton Peace Accords
anti-personnel mines
blue helmets
rapid deployment force
27. 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
Security Council
Sunshine Policy
the Caucasus
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
28. Palestani Liberation Organization; formed in 1964 with the purpose of creating a homeland for Palestinians in Israel
Cold War
PLO
chemical warfare
Line of Control in Kashmir
29. (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
biological warfare
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Cold War
air strike
30. International observers who report on goods and issues between national borders
border monitoring
implementation force
observer mission
implementation force
31. Nickname for a UN peace keeper
interoperability
air logistic support
blue helmets
Road Map to Middle East Peace
32. The systematic killing of a whole nation of people
guerilla
anti-personnel mines
genocide
PLO
33. Internment center for political prisoners and members of minority groups for 'reasons of state security
Karachi agreement
armistice
concentration camp
implementation force
34. Belief in the superiority of one's own culture or ethnic group
asymmetrical threat
implementation force
ethnocentrism
START I and II
35. Signed in 1970 - was intended to limit the nuclear states to the five security council permanent members
partisan
anti-personnel mines
air strike
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
36. 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
buffer zone
Westphalian Deviance
START I and II
joint task force
37. Non-'traditional' or not state sponsored - like terrorism
peacekeeper operation
air logistic support
asymmetrical threat
peacekeeper operation
38. Name given to NATO led and UN backed rapid deployment forces
implementation force
asymmetrical threat
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
rapid reaction force
39. Current policy of active engagement and reconciliation by the government of S. Korea towards N. Korea
Sunshine Policy
PLO
air strike
host nation support
40. Being similar to a military but unofficial
Cold War
anti-personnel mines
PLO
Paramilitary
41. Expulsion - inprisonment - or killing of ethnic minorities by the majority
NATO
joint task force
ethnic cleansing
rapid deployment force
42. Bombing against any strategic or tactical target not in direct support of troops
Sunshine Policy
atrocities
air strike
rapid reaction force
43. Yugoslavia: UN supported NATO forces to keep the peace in bosnia
rapid reaction force
implementation force
Westphalian Deviance
Line of Control in Kashmir
44. Agreement by a group of nations to defend eachother in case of attack on any member
Security Council
asymmetrical threat
collective security
NATO
45. Agreement by a group of nations to defend eachother in case of attack on any member
asymmetrical threat
anti-personnel mines
the Caucasus
collective security
46. Cease fire signed in 1949 between india and pakistan over the states of Kashmir and Jammu
chemical warfare
Karachi agreement
partisan
inter/intra state conflict
47. Yugoslavia: UN supported NATO forces to keep the peace in bosnia
white helmets
civil war
white helmets
implementation force
48. UN sponsored and security council backed operation to create or keep the peace between warring factions
peacekeeper operation
Security Council
inter/intra state conflict
blockade
49. Ending of hostilities
armistice
joint task force
rapid deployment force
interoperability
50. Acts of unusual cruelty
PLO
atrocities
PLO
blue helmets