History
Geography
Economy
Politics
Miscellaneous
100
What were the main causes of World War I?
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism & Nationalism
100
True or False? Currently, there are global conflicts taking place all over the world.
True
100
Which form of intervention consists of preventing goods from entering a targeted area; weakening and forcing a country to behave in a certain way?
Economic Sanctions
100
Which form of intervention is for helping populations at war lacking food, medicine, etc.?
(Hint: It is not limited to state intervention)
Humanitarian Aid
100
What genocide took place between 1941-1945, resulting in the death of 6 million European Jews?
The Holocaust
200
The Rwanda Genocide and the Kosovo War are examples of post-World War II ___________ conflicts.
Identity
200
Following 9/11, which two wars occurred as a result of the "War on Terror"?
1. War in Afghanistan
2. War in Iraq
200
What are two types of economic sanctions?
Boycotts & Embargoes
200
Which UN institution judges crimes committed in a state that is unable and/or unwilling to judge?
International Criminal Court (ICC)
200
What is an armistice?
An agreement for the cessation of active hostilities between two or more belligerents
300
Who were the two superpowers during The Cold War & what were their ideologies?
1. USA: Democratic, Capitalist
2. USSR: Communist, Totalitarian
300
On this map from World War II, what do the yellow and red signify?
Yellow: The Allied Powers
Red: The Axis Powers
300
Economic sanctions impact sanctioned countries in two ways. What are they?
1. National economies
2. Daily lives of citizens
300
Red Cross, Doctors Beyond Borders, Journalists Beyond Borders, and Amnesty International are all examples of _________.
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
300
What 2 alliances emerged during the Cold War?
1. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
2. The Warsaw Pact (dissolved in 1991)
400
What formal meeting took place in 1919, after the end of World War I, to set the terms for peace?
Paris Peace Conference
400
Which global conflict does this map represent?
The Cold War
400
Industrialized countries are dependent on which resource for their economy?
Petrolium
400
Which form of intervention avoids armed conflict, settle disputes, forges alliances & treaties, etc.?
Diplomatic Intervention
400
What is external intervention?
When a State and/or the International Community (ex. UN) disregards the Sovereignty of a State & intervenes in its internal affairs.
500
The creation of the League of Nations, during WWI, is a suggestion found in which document?
Woodrow Wilson's 14 Point Proposal
500
Name a global conflict that is currently taking place and answer the following questions:
1. Where is it taking place?
2. What type of conflict is it?
Many possible answers.
500
Who did the UN Security Council encourage Embargo against in 1984?
South Africa; to abandon social, economic & political policy of Apartheid.
500
What is used to judge crimes committed during a specific conflict?
International Criminal Tribunals
500
What is a proxy war?
A war in which opposite sides use third parties as substitutes for fighting each other directly.