U11 Flashcards SS

VOCAB ONLY.

__________________ refers to increasing worldwide connections between countries, cultures, and economies.

Globalization

The __________________ works to maintain international peace and security.

United Nations

__________________ stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

NATO

A __________________ is a tax placed on imported goods.

Tariff

Issues that occur within a country are known as __________________.

Domestic issues

Remaining neutral during a war is called __________________.

Neutrality

People forced to flee their country because of war or danger are called __________________.

Refugees

Government actions involving other nations are part of a country’s __________________.

Foreign policy

A country ruled heavily by religion is known as a __________________.

Theocracy

The __________________ hears disputes between nations.

International Court of Justice

A ruler with complete power who limits freedoms is called a __________________.

Dictator

Advances in __________________ have greatly increased global trade and communication.

Technology

Countries exchange goods and services through international __________________.

Trade

Characteristics people cannot change about themselves are called __________________ characteristics.

Inherent

A worldwide outbreak of disease is called a __________________.

Pandemic

__________________ can cause billions of dollars in damage to countries around the world.

Natural disasters

The deliberate destruction of a group of people is called __________________.

Genocide

Economic globalization can create jobs and increase world __________________.

Wealth

Goods brought into a country from another country are called __________________.

Imports

NATO was created as a military alliance to help maintain global __________________.

Security

UDHR

30 articles, biased due to western creation fundamental human rights to be universally protected The committee that made it was lead by Eleanor Roosevelt

• Articles 1-3: Equality

• 4-12 Conduct of being in prison

• 12-15 nationality.

15-30- free speech, marriage, nationality, etc.

Location does not matter, though these are not applies sometimes

traits that you cant change

immutable characteristics. Protected characteristics

Security council on the UN

superpowers. This caused disagreements betwe communism, etc.

Members:

• China

• France

• Russia (succeeded the Soviet Union in 1991)

• United Kingdom

• United States

Also elected are: 10 non-permanent members elected for two-year terms.

Battle of Islam Branches in terrorism

Sunni and Shia

The divide between Sunni and Shia

• Sunnis (the global majority, roughly 85-90%) believed the leader should be chosen by consensus among the community.

• Shias (the minority globally, but the majority in Iran and Iraq) believed leadership should stay within Muhammad's direct bloodline

• primarily driven by Saudi Arabia (a Sunni power) and Iran (a Shia power) funding opposing sides in proxy wars across the region.

What are the kurds

The Kurds

The Kurds are an indigenous ethnic group native to a mountainous region spanning parts of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and Iran.

• Religiously, most Kurds are Sunni Muslims, but ethnically and linguistically they are distinct from Arabs, Turks, and Persians.

• Following World War I and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Western powers promised the Kurds an independent state but failed to deliver, leaving them as the world's largest ethnic group without a country of their own.

• The kurds are STATELESS

• Another division of the kurds is in a dispute.

What do most islamic terrorist groups hate

Western influence

What is Al-Queda

Al-Qaeda (Sunni)

al-Qaeda is a transnational Sunni extremist group. Unlike localized groups, its primary strategy has been targeting Western nations (the "far enemy") to force them to withdraw their influence from the Middle East.

ISIS / ISIL

An offshoot of al-Qaeda in Iraq, the Islamic State (ISIS) capitalized on the chaos of the Syrian and Iraqi civil wars to seize massive territor

Hezbollah (Shia Militancy)

Formed in Lebanon in 1982 in response to an Israeli invasion, Hebollah is a powerful Shia militant group and political party. It is heavily funded and directed by Iran, acting as a primary proxy to project Iranian influence and fight anti-Western and anti-Israeli campaigns.

9/11 (:/)

• Led by al-queda

• 8:46 first tower is hit

• Americans did not know if this was terrorism or something else

• people thought it was a small plane

• WTC was previously suspected for a similar attack

• 9:03 Second tower is hit.

• Confirmed terrorism

• Bush was in an elementary school and had to leave.

• First attack from pearl harbor that was from another country (of the same magnitude)

Steps of genocide

. Classification

Dehuminization - making people seem not human

Organization - plans made, people grouped

Exterminiation