International Relations During the Cold War
During this confrontation, the Soviet Union agreed to remove its missiles in Cuba and the US publicly agreed not to invade Cuba
What is the Cuban missile crisis
The United Nations officially came into existence in this year
What is 1945
This concept refers to a large group of people who share ancestral, language, cultural, or religious ties and a common identity
What is ethnic group?
This index measures a state’s life expectancy, economic strength, and quality of life
HDI (Human Development Index)
The National Security Council system was created after this major war
What is World War II?
The Berlin wall was built in 1961, symbolizing the division between the United States and the Soviet Union, in this country
A diplomat who seriously violates international expectations on acceptable behavior may be declared a:
What is a persona non grata?
This Italian leader led a Fascist Italy during WWII
Who is Mussolini?
This agreement was designed to reduce trade barriers and enforce international trade agreements
What is The WTO?
A policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering and abstention by governments from interfering in the workings of the free market
What is Laissez-faire?
"An iron curtain has descended across the continent" was stated by this UK Prime Minister after the Soviet Union had taken control over Europe
This military alliance was the first ever that the US had ever joined
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
This fast-growing refugee crisis has displaced people of Rohingya ethnicities from the Rakhine state of Myanmar to this neighboring country
What is Bangladesh?
These two global banking entities are considered necessary source of capital for less developed countries that sink them deeper into debt and dependency on Trans National Corporations and developed nations
What is the International Monetary Fund and World Bank?
This policy is characterized by the nation’s unwillingness to act or participate in international affairs
What is isolationism?