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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. 700 km frontier separating indian and pakistani forces in kashmir
Road Map to Middle East Peace
host nation support
Line of Control in Kashmir
Karachi agreement
2. Ships preventing goods from reaching a port
biological warfare
blockade
rapid reaction force
Westphalian Deviance
3. Members or guerilla bands or other unofficial lightly armed troops
partisan
white helmets
START I and II
Line of Control in Kashmir
4. The systematic killing of a whole nation of people
implementation force
chemical warfare
rapid reaction force
genocide
5. 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
ethnocentrism
biological warfare
war crime
6. (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
anti-personnel mines
Cold War
Security Council
ethnocentrism
7. Small forces or irregular volunteer troops; usually harass enemy supplies and communications
guerilla
Karachi agreement
Sunshine Policy
air strike
8. Current plan to hand over 'land for peace' agreement between Israelis and the Palestinians
observer mission
Road Map to Middle East Peace
armistice
ethnocentrism
9. Ending of hostilities
inter/intra state conflict
Zionism
Road Map to Middle East Peace
armistice
10. Small forces or irregular volunteer troops; usually harass enemy supplies and communications
border monitoring
civil war
guerilla
the Caucasus
11. A crime committed during or in connection with war - genocide - ethnic cleansing - or prisoner mistreatment
implementation force
air strike
Paramilitary
war crime
12. Support by a host nation for UN peacekeeping
armistice
rapid deployment force
anti-personnel mines
host nation support
13. Tenative peace agreement signed in 1999 (widely ignored) stopping the war between Congo - Anglola - Namibia - and Zimbabwe vs. Rwanda and Uganda
Demilitarized Zone
rapid reaction force
Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement
war crime
14. 1995 peace agreement ending the war over the former Yugoslavia - between Croatia - Bosnia-Herzegovina - and Serbia
Demilitarized Zone
chemical warfare
Dayton Peace Accords
Paramilitary
15. War between a government and a faction of the same state - neither clearly recognized as the legitimate government
genocide
air strike
Road Map to Middle East Peace
civil war
16. US military concept of combining Navy - Army - airforce - and marine units for a specific mission
joint task force
Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement
anti-personnel mines
Dayton Peace Accords
17. Support by a host nation for UN peacekeeping
partisan
host nation support
biological warfare
Sunshine Policy
18. Non-'traditional' or not state sponsored - like terrorism
border monitoring
START I and II
asymmetrical threat
Karachi agreement
19. Ability of military systems - unites and forces to communicate with other civilian and military systems
chemical warfare
interoperability
air logistic support
biological warfare
20. A volatile region of central Asia - formerly part of the USSR - significant crossroads for world energy from the caspian sea region
joint task force
rapid deployment force
joint task force
the Caucasus
21. Tenative peace agreement signed in 1999 (widely ignored) stopping the war between Congo - Anglola - Namibia - and Zimbabwe vs. Rwanda and Uganda
blue helmets
blockade
Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement
collective security
22. 700 km frontier separating indian and pakistani forces in kashmir
air logistic support
Sunshine Policy
Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement
Line of Control in Kashmir
23. International observers who report on goods and issues between national borders
buffer zone
NATO
border monitoring
Security Council
24. Kill or injure soldiers - very dangerous to civilians
interoperability
the Caucasus
anti-personnel mines
Westphalian Deviance
25. Unarmed military officers to monitor cease fire agreements
ethnic cleansing
war crime
atrocities
observer mission
26. Use of toxic chemical compounds - including defoliants and herbicides
chemical warfare
civil war
Zionism
peacekeeper operation
27. Use of toxic chemical compounds - including defoliants and herbicides
buffer zone
START I and II
Line of Control in Kashmir
chemical warfare
28. Expulsion - inprisonment - or killing of ethnic minorities by the majority
Road Map to Middle East Peace
air logistic support
ethnic cleansing
peacekeeper operation
29. Air landings or drops for the purpose of supply - movement of personnel - evacuation - or recovery
air logistic support
Road Map to Middle East Peace
asymmetrical threat
Sunshine Policy
30. An international movement for the support of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and later for support of Israel
joint task force
Westphalian Deviance
Zionism
Cold War
31. USA backed defensive system designed to protect an area smaller than the entire USA from attack by long range ballistic or nuclear missles
collective security
Theater Missle Defense
ethnic cleansing
buffer zone
32. Cease fire signed in 1949 between india and pakistan over the states of Kashmir and Jammu
blockade
Karachi agreement
ethnocentrism
stand-by forces
33. UN sponsored international volunteer rapid response teams to provide humanitarian relief to emergencies
white helmets
START I and II
Karachi agreement
ethnic cleansing
34. Non-'traditional' or not state sponsored - like terrorism
biological warfare
asymmetrical threat
Karachi agreement
Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement
35. Strategic arms reduction talks - 1993/4 between USA and Russia to reduce rapid deployment of ICBMs
interoperability
START I and II
Line of Control in Kashmir
implementation force
36. Strategic arms reduction talks - 1993/4 between USA and Russia to reduce rapid deployment of ICBMs
biological warfare
START I and II
genocide
border monitoring
37. UN sponsored and security council backed operation to create or keep the peace between warring factions
blue helmets
joint task force
peacekeeper operation
Dayton Peace Accords
38. US military concept of combining Navy - Army - airforce - and marine units for a specific mission
joint task force
Dayton Peace Accords
ethnic cleansing
Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement
39. Yugoslavia: UN supported NATO forces to keep the peace in bosnia
air strike
implementation force
Sunshine Policy
Karachi agreement
40. Being similar to a military but unofficial
Paramilitary
ethnic cleansing
Security Council
Demilitarized Zone
41. Name given to NATO led and UN backed rapid deployment forces
rapid reaction force
interoperability
Sunshine Policy
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
42. Belief in the superiority of one's own culture or ethnic group
joint task force
ethnocentrism
buffer zone
collective security
43. Agreement by a group of nations to defend eachother in case of attack on any member
guerilla
Zionism
collective security
observer mission
44. 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
atrocities
inter/intra state conflict
Security Council
observer mission
45. A neutral space created by the withdrawal of both hostile parties
PLO
white helmets
anti-personnel mines
buffer zone
46. Between the forward lines of two hostile parties
anti-personnel mines
ethnic cleansing
concentration camp
Demilitarized Zone
47. Use of disease-producing agents on plants - animals - or people
Theater Missle Defense
PLO
ethnic cleansing
biological warfare
48. Belief in the superiority of one's own culture or ethnic group
chemical warfare
implementation force
ethnocentrism
Road Map to Middle East Peace
49. Internment center for political prisoners and members of minority groups for 'reasons of state security
armistice
concentration camp
implementation force
asymmetrical threat
50. Current plan to hand over 'land for peace' agreement between Israelis and the Palestinians
ethnic cleansing
Road Map to Middle East Peace
observer mission
guerilla