Diplomacy and Government
When a third party helps two sides of a conflict talk things through and come to an agreement.
Mediation.
A vital or valuable asset or natural material including oil, gold or food sources. Sometimes countries fight over these.
The president of Russia
Vladimir Putin
The capital of Taiwan
Taipei
A set of sociopolitical negotiations, agreements and actions that aim to solve a specific armed conflict.
When a third party listens to the two sides of a conflict and then decides how their conflict will be resolved for them.
Arbitration
Name three things that countries fight over (reasons that conflicts come up).
Kyiv
The capital of China
Beijing
To withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
Secede
A form of government where a single individual holds absolute and unchecked authority.
Autocracy
The taking of a piece of land or a country, usually by force or without permission.
Annexation
A peninsula in Southern Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea. It was annexed by Russia in 2014.
Crimea
The idea -- held by the People's Republic of China -- that historically there is only one China, and that Taiwan is a part of it. Used to justify China's attempt to take back Taiwan.
One-China Policy
An international military alliance between 31 countries – 29 European and two North American.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
The total wealth of a nation divided by the population.
GDP/Capita
A sudden and violent overthrow of a government by a small group.
Coup d'etat
An alliance established on May 14, 1955 between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries.
The sea that lies in between China and islands such as Taiwan and the Philippines.
The South China Sea
A refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest, typically in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from their employer.
Strike
Explain the role of the UN Security Council in maintaining peace.
Bonus: How many permanent members does it have, and who are they?
The Security Council is a smaller group within the UN in charge of keeping the peace between countries. Tries to get countries to resolve conflicts through negotiation, mediation, and arbitration. Can also impose sanctions or use force as final measures.
5 PERMANENT members: United States, United Kingdom, Russia, China, France.
Give me a brief explanation of either the Russia-Ukraine or the China-Taiwan conflict.
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An action that is taken or an order that is given to force a country to obey international laws by limiting or stopping trade with that country, or by not allowing economic aid for that country.
Sanctions
A government that ruled over mainland China from 1927-1949, fought against the Chinese Communist Party in the Chinese Civil War, and then fled to Taiwan after the Civil War and ruled over the island from 1949 through the early 2000s.
Explain in your own words what "Trapped By Ice" was about in your Prisoners of Geography.
Hint: it had to do with the geography of Russia.
Russia is a mostly landlocked country and many of their main shipping ports are frozen for much of the year. As a result, warm-water shipping ports on the Black Sea (controlled by Ukraine) are highly valuable to them.