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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. US military concept of combining Navy - Army - airforce - and marine units for a specific mission
joint task force
host nation support
blue helmets
rapid reaction force
2. A crime committed during or in connection with war - genocide - ethnic cleansing - or prisoner mistreatment
buffer zone
border monitoring
biological warfare
war crime
3. Support by a host nation for UN peacekeeping
NATO
rapid deployment force
border monitoring
host nation support
4. (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
joint task force
observer mission
air logistic support
Cold War
5. Members or guerilla bands or other unofficial lightly armed troops
partisan
Sunshine Policy
Paramilitary
air logistic support
6. Palestani Liberation Organization; formed in 1964 with the purpose of creating a homeland for Palestinians in Israel
the Caucasus
genocide
rapid reaction force
PLO
7. 1995 peace agreement ending the war over the former Yugoslavia - between Croatia - Bosnia-Herzegovina - and Serbia
PLO
border monitoring
Dayton Peace Accords
atrocities
8. 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
ethnocentrism
air strike
Westphalian Deviance
implementation force
9. 700 km frontier separating indian and pakistani forces in kashmir
blue helmets
Zionism
civil war
Line of Control in Kashmir
10. North atlantic treaty organization - formed in 1949 by 12 democratic nations to defend eachother if attacked
NATO
atrocities
concentration camp
joint task force
11. Being similar to a military but unofficial
war crime
peacekeeper operation
asymmetrical threat
Paramilitary
12. Use of disease-producing agents on plants - animals - or people
Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement
biological warfare
war crime
PLO
13. The systematic killing of a whole nation of people
the Caucasus
genocide
collective security
chemical warfare
14. The systematic killing of a whole nation of people
genocide
chemical warfare
observer mission
PLO
15. Ability of military systems - unites and forces to communicate with other civilian and military systems
Sunshine Policy
interoperability
collective security
stand-by forces
16. An international movement for the support of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and later for support of Israel
blue helmets
collective security
Karachi agreement
Zionism
17. Bombing against any strategic or tactical target not in direct support of troops
blockade
inter/intra state conflict
Zionism
air strike
18. Tenative peace agreement signed in 1999 (widely ignored) stopping the war between Congo - Anglola - Namibia - and Zimbabwe vs. Rwanda and Uganda
peacekeeper operation
buffer zone
Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement
Zionism
19. 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
Zionism
blue helmets
armistice
Westphalian Deviance
20. Nickname for a UN peace keeper
blue helmets
guerilla
Dayton Peace Accords
Theater Missle Defense
21. Strategic arms reduction talks - 1993/4 between USA and Russia to reduce rapid deployment of ICBMs
anti-personnel mines
ethnocentrism
START I and II
genocide
22. Ending of hostilities
biological warfare
Dayton Peace Accords
atrocities
armistice
23. An international movement for the support of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and later for support of Israel
joint task force
Zionism
border monitoring
interoperability
24. USA backed defensive system designed to protect an area smaller than the entire USA from attack by long range ballistic or nuclear missles
partisan
Theater Missle Defense
Line of Control in Kashmir
chemical warfare
25. Cease fire signed in 1949 between india and pakistan over the states of Kashmir and Jammu
Karachi agreement
implementation force
host nation support
guerilla
26. Belief in the superiority of one's own culture or ethnic group
joint task force
asymmetrical threat
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
ethnocentrism
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
Dayton Peace Accords
peacekeeper operation
war crime
28. Ending of hostilities
Paramilitary
Theater Missle Defense
armistice
border monitoring
29. Non-'traditional' or not state sponsored - like terrorism
asymmetrical threat
buffer zone
ethnic cleansing
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
30. Acts of unusual cruelty
Sunshine Policy
NATO
Paramilitary
atrocities
31. Being similar to a military but unofficial
chemical warfare
Paramilitary
air strike
Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement
32. Small forces or irregular volunteer troops; usually harass enemy supplies and communications
NATO
guerilla
rapid deployment force
war crime
33. Use of toxic chemical compounds - including defoliants and herbicides
partisan
chemical warfare
stand-by forces
interoperability
34. UN sponsored international volunteer rapid response teams to provide humanitarian relief to emergencies
chemical warfare
Karachi agreement
white helmets
Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement
35. Conflict within or between nations
inter/intra state conflict
observer mission
partisan
implementation force
36. Kill or injure soldiers - very dangerous to civilians
Westphalian Deviance
inter/intra state conflict
joint task force
anti-personnel mines
37. Internment center for political prisoners and members of minority groups for 'reasons of state security
host nation support
joint task force
Line of Control in Kashmir
concentration camp
38. Between the forward lines of two hostile parties
Karachi agreement
Demilitarized Zone
Theater Missle Defense
observer mission
39. Current policy of active engagement and reconciliation by the government of S. Korea towards N. Korea
buffer zone
Theater Missle Defense
host nation support
Sunshine Policy
40. Unarmed military officers to monitor cease fire agreements
observer mission
chemical warfare
ethnic cleansing
rapid deployment force
41. A neutral space created by the withdrawal of both hostile parties
buffer zone
white helmets
NATO
armistice
42. Name given to NATO led and UN backed rapid deployment forces
air logistic support
rapid reaction force
ethnocentrism
war crime
43. A crime committed during or in connection with war - genocide - ethnic cleansing - or prisoner mistreatment
rapid reaction force
war crime
blue helmets
host nation support
44. (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
Zionism
collective security
Cold War
NATO
45. Non-'traditional' or not state sponsored - like terrorism
ethnocentrism
asymmetrical threat
armistice
joint task force
46. Signed in 1970 - was intended to limit the nuclear states to the five security council permanent members
joint task force
collective security
Cold War
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
47. Between the forward lines of two hostile parties
Demilitarized Zone
Sunshine Policy
blue helmets
Westphalian Deviance
48. US military concept of combining Navy - Army - airforce - and marine units for a specific mission
armistice
joint task force
border monitoring
host nation support
49. 700 km frontier separating indian and pakistani forces in kashmir
war crime
Security Council
Line of Control in Kashmir
START I and II
50. 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
rapid deployment force
Westphalian Deviance
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Karachi agreement