Cold War
Foreign Policy
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Globalization
Poverty
Current Events
100

This U.S.-led military alliance was created in 1949 to protect Western Europe.

NATO

100

Money, food, or resources given by one country to another.

Foreign aid

100

The physical barrier built by Israel to prevent attacks; it affects both Israeli security and Palestinian movement.

Security Fence / Wall

100

Groups like the UN or WTO that work across countries to address global issues.

International Organizations

100

This measure shows how a country’s government, social systems, and economy fail to protect citizens, often contributing to extreme poverty and instability.

Fragile States Index

100

Netflix announced plans on Friday to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming business for $83 billion. Which media conglomerate is trying to stop Netflix and mount a hostile takeover of Warner Bros.?

Paramount

200

The idea that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would follow was known as this theory.

Domino Theory
200

Economic or trade punishments used to pressure another country without using force.

Sanctions

200

The European powers that played major roles in the Middle East after World War I.

Britain & France

200

A company that operates in multiple countries at once.

Multinational corporations (MNCs)

200

A situation where historical domination of one country over another affects its development today.

Colonialism

200

A C.D.C. advisory panel last week voted to stop recommending which vaccine to most newborns?

Hepatitis B

300

This Cold War event in 1962 brought the world closest to nuclear war.

Cuban Missile Crisis

300

The debate over whether foreign policy should be based on values or national interests.

Realism vs. idealism

300

The Palestinian uprising from 2000–2005 marked by violence and suicide bombings.

The Second Intifada

300

Shipping goods in uniform large metal boxes to make trade cheaper and faster.

Containerization

300

Government payments to farmers that can distort markets and affect global poverty.

Agricultural subsidies

300

What did President Trump call a hoax in a speech this week?

Affordability

400

This doctrine explains why neither the U.S. nor the USSR launched nuclear weapons despite having them.

Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)

400

The long-term impact of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan has helped extremist groups gain power. This unintended negative consequence is called... 

Blowback

400

The conflict where Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Sinai, and Golan Heights.

The War of 1967 / Six-Day War

400

This group determines the price of oil in the world

OPEC

400

An issue in developing countries in which there is a gap between small-scale businesses and large-scale corporations because of under-development for the middle class.

Missing Middle

400

Which country banned social media for children under 16?

Australia

500

The Korean War and Vietnam War are examples of this Cold War strategy in action.

Proxy Wars

500

The idea that countries must prioritize security, economic interests, and power when making decisions.

National interest

500

Israeli communities built in the West Bank, seen as illegal under international law by many.

Settlements

500

The WTO tries to reduce these to make trade fairer among countries.

Barriers to trade

500

These small-scale financial services give poor people loans to start businesses.

Micro-loans/finance

500

Oxford University Press this week announced its 2025 Word of the Year. What is it?

Rage bait

600

This law limited the president’s ability to send U.S. troops into combat without congressional approval.

War Powers Act
600

The "say-do" problem describes when a countries action policy does not matchi which other policy?

Declaratory policy

600

Efforts to acknowledge the other side’s right to exist as a nation-state.

Mutual Recognition

600

This measure shows how evenly or unevenly income is distributed within a country.

Gini Index

600

This fund works globally to stabilize economies but has been criticized for negative effects on poor countries.

IMF

600

The Trump administration announced an operation to arrest Somali immigrants in what state, which is home to the world’s largest Somali diaspora?

Minnesota

700

What were the major two nuclear weapons developments that occurred during and as a result of the Cold War? Actual names, please.

Nuclear Proliferation Treaty (NPT) & Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)

700

This type of foreign policy allows allies to act wtih increasing legitimacy, but may slow action.

Multilaterialism

700

The 1917 statement supporting a homeland for Jews.

The Balfour Declaration

700

This international organization would be concerned with terrorist organizations like Boko Haram growing in Nigeria and Al-Shabaab in Somalia

African Union (AU)

700

African countries rich in minerals often see wealth concentrated abroad, leading to continued poverty.

Resource curse

700

Sri Lanka’s president said his country was facing the “largest and most challenging natural disaster in our history.” What was the disaster?

Typhoon

800

These were the two main purposes of the Marshall Plan following WWII and the beginning of the Cold War. 

1. To rebuild Europe

2. To prevent countries from being influenced by or indebted to Communist USSR. 

800

Modern foreign policy challenges require tradeoffs with no perfect solution because of this.

Wicked problems

800

The 1947 UN Partition Plan is an example of an international attempt to resolve the conflict by using this approach.

Two-State Solution

800

The difference in wealth and resources between the richest and poorest countries.

Global Prosperty Gap

800

In the Women's Crusade article, the authors argue there is connection between lower rates of poverty and fragility and this societal attribute?

Women's literacy / employment / rights

800

Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered the State Department to stop using this font in official documents, and restoring which other font.

Calibri -- Times New Roman