Policy
This type of policy deals with relationships between the United States and other countries.
What is foreign policy?
This organization was formed after World War II to promote peace and prevent another major war.
What is the United Nations (UN)
This method means countries send representatives to work together to solve problems peacefully.
What is diplomacy?
Terrorists crashed two airplanes into these famous towers in New York City.
What were the World Trade Center (twin) towers?
A person forced to leave a country because of war, violence, or disaster is called this.
What is a refugee?
This type of policy deals with issues inside the country, such as taxes, education, and healthcare.
What is domestic policy?
This alliance says that if one member is attacked, the others must defend it.
What is NATO?
This method uses spies and secret information gathering.
What is espionage?
Another hijacked plane struck this military building near Washington, D.C.
What is the Pentagon?
This means having enough food for an active, healthy life.
What is food security?
This term means the goals and priorities that guide U.S. actions at home and abroad.
What is national interest?
This court, also called the World Court, settles disputes between nations using international law.
What is the International Court of Justice (ICJ)?
These are penalties meant to punish a country until it changes its actions.
What are sanctions?
This department was created in 2002 to help prevent terrorism and respond to disasters.
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
The cutting down of trees from large areas is called this.
What is deforestation?
The top foreign policy goal of the US is protecting this.
What is national security?
This organization works to make trade easier and settle trade disagreements.
What is the World Trade Organization (WTO)?
This type of aid helps people after war or natural disasters.
What is humanitarian aid?
This 2001 law gave the government more power to gather information to fight terrorism.
What is the Patriot Act?
This movement focuses on protecting Earth’s natural environment.
What is environmentalism?
Promoting this among nations helps support the foreign policy goal of keeping the U.S. safe.
What is world peace?
This regional organization created the euro to make trade easier among many European nations.
What is the European Union (EU)?
Eleanor Roosevelt helped draft the UDHR. What does UDHR mean?
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
This terrorist organization, led by Osama bin Laden, was responsible for the attacks on the WTC and Pentagon.
What is Al Qaeda?
This 1963 law was meant to ensure women and men doing the same job received equal pay.
What is the Equal Pay Act?