Global Interventions
Vocab
Foreign Policy Approaches/Tools
Domestic Policy
Persian Gulf War
100

The US invaded this country to arrest Manuel Noriega.

Panama

100

The term for a country’s right to govern itself without outside interference.

Sovereignty

100

This "tool" of foreign policy involves using economic penalties like trade bans to persuade other countries to do what we want.

Sanctions

100

This act prohibits discrimination in employment, state/local government services, public accommodations, transportation, and telecommunications. 

(ADA) Americans with Disabilities Act

100

He was the dictator of Iraq during the Persian Gulf War.

Saddam Hussein

200

Operation Restore Hope was the code name for the intervention in this nation.

Somalia

200

This term describes the policy of "openness" introduced in the USSR.

Glasnost

200

This approach involves a nation minding its own business and avoiding all international alliances or conflicts.

Isolationism

200

This man experienced police brutality, and riots ensued in the streets of LA.

Rodney King

200

Iraq invaded this small, oil-rich neighbor in 1990.

Kuwait

300

Operation Just Cause was an intervention in this country. 

Panama

300

This concept involves nations giving up some power to a larger body like the United Nations.

Supranationalism

300

Sending money, food, or medical supplies to a struggling nation like Somalia is an example of this tool. 

Foreign Aid

300

In 1992, this specific public health crisis officially became the number one cause of death for American men between the ages of 25 and 44.

The AIDS/HIV Epidemic

300

This operation was designed to protect Saudi Arabia before the fighting began.

Operation Desert Shield

400

These two halves of a European nation officially became one again in 1990.

East and West Germany 

400

While this term means "love of country," its more aggressive cousin implies superiority over other nations. Name the 2 terms.

Patriotism and Nationalism

400

This foreign policy approach involves spreading democracy and working with other countries as long as the US is leading. 

Idealism

400

Provide President Bush's full name. (No Initials!)

George Herbert Walker Bush 

400

This was the name of the combat phase that successfully liberated Kuwait.

Operation Desert Storm

500

Pro-democracy protests in this Chinese location ended in a massacre in 1989.

Tiananmen Square

500

This is another name for the Berlin Wall, coined by Winston Churchill.

The Iron Curtain

500

This foreign policy tool consists of sending military personnel into "hot zones" where conflict may occur. 

Military Action

500

This act was passed to help the economy survive the 1990s recession. It raised taxes and lowered interest rates.

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990

500

This was the primary reason Iraq gave for invading Kuwait.

Seizing Oil/Historically a part of Iraq/Old Debts