Vocab
Money, resources, or services given by one country to another to help with development or emergencies.
Foreign Aid
A policy where a country avoids alliances, trade, or involvement in global issues.
Isolationism
This agreement, proposed by Canada, bans the use, production, and stockpiling of landmines.
Ottawa Treaty
The main deliberative body of the UN where all member countries have equal representation.
General Assembly
A trade agreement between Canada, the United States, and Mexico that promotes economic cooperation.
Bonus: What is the main difference with the updated version of the agreement?
NAFTA/CUSMA
Bonus: Labor and environmental regulations were added.
The belief in promoting human welfare and helping others, especially during crises.
Humanitarianism
A country makes decisions on its own without consulting others.
Unilateralism
The right of a people or nation to choose their own political future and form their own government.
Self-determination
This branch is responsible for maintaining international peace and security.
Security Council
A military alliance focused on collective defense, where an attack on one member is considered an attack on all.
NATO
An organization that operates independently from governments and often focuses on humanitarian or social issues.
Non-governmental organization (NGO)
The idea that global integration happens under unequal terms dominated by one powerful nation.
Name one key duty peacekeepers must follow while operating in another country.
Remain neutral and not take sides, only use force for self-defense, respect local laws of country
This power allows certain countries to block decisions made by the UN Security Council.
Veto power
An organization that sets rules for global trade and resolves trade disputes between countries.
WTO
A new country that is created when a larger state breaks apart, allowing a group of people to achieve self-determination.
Successor state
Three or more countries working together to address global issues.
Multilateralism
A type of internationalism that supports the belief that cooperation between nations leads to peace and prosperity.
Liberal Internationalism
A UN organization that focuses on education, science, culture, and protecting world heritage sites.
UNESCO
A political and economic union of European countries that shares common laws, policies, and currency.
European Union
The separation of like-minded people into isolated groups that are hostile toward those who hold different values
Voluntary Balkanization
Countries give up some decision making power to a higher organization.
Supranationalism
Canada joined NATO to provide its citizens with which of the four key motivations of nation-states (ES, P+S, H, or SD)?
Two international organizations connected to global health and trade that are branches of the UN.
The World Health Organization and World Trade Organization
Two global financial institutions that provide loans and economic support to countries, often with conditions attached.