Vocabulary
A government plan to approach a problem (Hint: it can be domestic or foreign)
Policy
True or False: One of the U.S.'s foreign policy goals is to help countries who want to strengthen their democracies.
True
The United States got involved in the Korean War and Vietnam War to stop the spread of this political/economic system.
Communism
True or false: some international organizations allow individuals to donate money to help after a natural disaster
True
The chief diplomat from one country to another
Ambassador
Trying to solve problems by talking them out, negotiating, and reaching compromises
Diplomacy
After the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, the US and the USSR had a tense standoff over nuclear weapons in this crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis
Organization founded after WWII dedicated to maintaining international peace and security
United Nations (UN)
The building where one country does most of its diplomatic work in another country (and sometimes the ambassador lives there)
Embassy
Military troops from a neutral organization (like the U.N.) go to a conflict zone to enforce a truce or keep enemy groups from fighting each other
Peacekeeping operations
Protesters held US diplomats hostage from late 1979 to early 1981 in this country.
Iran
Organization that allows nations to bring charges (legal cases) against other countries accused of breaking international law.
World Court (International Court of Justice)
Term that means providing life-saving aid like food, clean water, medicine, etc.
Humanitarian aid
Using spies and technology to gather intelligence about people or groups that may want to harm Americans
Espionage
Pearl Harbor (Hawai'i)
Alliance between the US and many Western European countries formed in response to the Soviet Union's power during the Cold War
NATO
Term that means "what is best for the nation and its people as a whole."
National interest
Using economic pressue to persuade a country to change a policy (often used when diplomacy has not worked and leaders are trying to avoid war)
Sanctions
This treaty ended World War I, but created a crisis in Germany that led to World War II
Treaty of Versailles
International organization dedicated to improving free trade between countries
World Trade Organization (WTO)