Types of Organizations
This type of organization is created by multiple sovereign states to promote cooperation on specific issues and address common challenges.
What are Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs)?
This term describes when the world is divided between 2 competing powers.
What is a Bipolar World?
This discipline is the study of human societies, cultures, and development.
What is Anthropology?
This label is given in the presence of lower levels of industrialization, weaker economies, and lower standards of living.
What are developing countries?
This term describes the increasing interconnectedness around the world through economic, political, and cultural change.
What is globalization?
This organization offers economic aid through loans and helps with the reconstruction and development of countries.
What is the World Bank?
This period was characterized by tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II but no direct war was ever fought between these two countries.
What is the Cold War?
This discipline is the study of where and why, and describes Earth and its patterns and activities of people.
What is Geography?
This label is given in the presence of high levels of industrialization, economic stability, and high standards of living.
What are developed countries?
This term describes a global state in which many power centers exist.
What is a Multipolar World?
This organization regulates currency/sets stable exchange rates and bails out bankrupt economies.
What is the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
This term describes when one government works directly with another government.
What is bilateral diplomacy?
Name the discipline of International Studies that is not a social science
What is history?
These entities are nonprofit and operate independently of government influence. They are typically formed to address specific social, environmental, humanitarian, or political issues.
What are NGOs?
This body consists of 15 members, 5 permanent, and 10 others elected every 2 years.
What is the UN Security Council?
This political IGO works to control threats to security.
What is the United Nations?
This group included countries that chose not to formally align with or against any major power.
What is the Non-Aligned Movement?
Name the five disciplines of international studies.
What are history, political science, economics, geography, and anthropology?
This label is given to countries in the former communist bloc. Notably, the term is outdated.
What is the Second World?
This body has 193 members where everyone has one equal vote.
What is the UN General Assembly?
This organization works to lower tariffs and barriers to trade; previously called the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
What is the World Trade Organization (WTO)?
France, Russia, United States, United Kingdom, Israel, China, North Korea, Pakistan, India are all designated as what?
Who are the members in the Nuclear Club?
Post-WWII, many global trends took place; name at least 2.
What is the Soviet Challenge, US leadership, increasing interconnectedness, and end of colonialism?
This coalition of developing countries was established in 1964 to promote and advocate for the economic interests of the Global South, and advocates for developing countries to have more of a voice.
What is the group of 77?
Countries with this status receive the lowest levels of tariffs.
What is ‘most favored nation’ status?