Alliances and Agreements
An alliance of North American and European countries formed to provide mutual defense against external threats.
What is NATO
Common currency in many European countries.
What is the Euro
U.S. policy aimed at economic and military support to countries threatened by communism, aimed at containing its spread during the Cold War.
What is the Truman Doctrine
Political and economic group of European countries that work together on trade, laws, and policies to promote stability and cooperation.
What is the European Union
A metaphorical barrier that separated communist Eastern Europe from democratic Western Europe during the Cold War.
What is the Iron Curtain
An international terrorist network originally formed against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Initially financed by Osama bin Laden.
What is Al-Qaeda
Military alliance of Eastern European countries led by the Soviet Union, created during the Cold War.
What is the Warsaw Pact
The right of a people or nation to choose their own political status and govern themselves.
What is National Self-determination
EU program that eliminated all tariffs on imports from the poorest 49 economies, most of which are in Africa.
What is the General System of Preference
U.S. initiative to provide economic aid to Western European countries to help rebuild after World War II and prevent the spread of communism.
What is the Marshall Plan
Egalitarian states that generally embrace industrial production and market systems but include governmental and social controls and provide generous social benefits.
What is European Social Democracy
A headscarf worn by some Muslim women to cover their hair and neck, outlawed by the French government in 2004.
What is a hijab
Ended the conflict in Northern Ireland by establishing a power-sharing government and promoting cooperation between Ireland and the United Kingdom.
What is the Good Friday Agreement
Emphasizes the importance of promoting and protecting the interests, culture, and identity of one's own country above all else.
What is Nationalism
Militant separatist group in Spain, known for using violence to seek independence for the Basque Country from Spain and France.
What is Basque’s ETA