| A | B |
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| United Nations Security Council | Goal to keep international peace, uses sanctions and even troops to stop aggression (ex. free Kuwait from S. Huessin) |
| United Nations World Health Organization | Goal to prevent sickness/disease. Action: organized small pox vaccines that have eliminated small pox. Coordinates efforts of nations to treat and contain disease. Ex. swine flu. |
| Reasons for US Policy of Containment. | Stalin was already occupying Eastern Europe and forcing Communist gov'ts on them. 2. Greece and Turkey were fighting communist rebels (backed by the Soviets) that were trying to overtake their gov't. |
| US follows Policy of Containment b/c | by 1949 China had also become communist... the most populated nation on earth. We also feared that the nations in Africa and Asia that were winning independence would choose communism. |
| Two sides of the Cold War?/ 2 Superpowers... | United States (and our allies) v. Soviet Union (and their allies) |
| "weapons" of containment... To stop communist expansion | 1. Military Aid (Truman Doctrine 2. Economic Aid (Marshall Plan) 3. Military Alliance (NATO) |
| Truman Doctrine | Gave military aid ("tanks") to nations fighting armed takeovers (communist) Greece and Turkey were saved by this. |
| Marshall Plan | US gave economic aid to rebuild the economies of Europe (so that they wouldn't choose communism instead) |
| Economic development is hindered by | 1. political instability - nations spend money on weapons and not education and jobs 2. Population growth rates that are high, gov'ts have to spend money for food and shelter for people today and have too little to create jobs for the future (with schools and roads) |
| Iron Curtain | "from Settin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across Europe." Churchill phrase symbolizing the beginning of the division of the Cold War. |
| non alignment | nations, like India, that refused to take sides and be dominated by either superpower during the Cold War. |
| collective security | the purpose of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and the Warsaw Pact. Both were military alliances. |
| Financial Aid given to Turkey, West Germany and Greece | during the Cold War because they were threatened by Communist takeover |
| Soviet Union maintained control of Eastern Europe after World War II | because they had created communist governments (satellite or puppet states) |
| NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), the division of Germany, and the Korea War were an immediate reaction to | communist expansion after WWII |
| nuclear proliferation | the spread of nuclear weapons to other nations. At the end of the Cold War... people were relieved the threat of nuclear war was over, then.... India and Pakistan, North Korea, Iran... |
| European Union, World Bank, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade all represent | movement towards global interpen |
| After WWII | European domination of the world began to end as colonial nationalism and independence movements increased |
| Since 1950 in Africa there has been a | decline in colonialism |
| The highest rates of population growth are in | economically developing nations |
| A main reason developed nations have lower population growth rates is | they have access to family planning/medical care |
| Until recently (since the end of the Cold War) many gov'ts in Latin America tended to be | military dictorships (caudillo) |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina, India and Rwanda all have seen problems creating national unity b/c | religious and ethnic differences |
| "global South" nations | poor, less industrialized, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, more illiteracy, lower life expectancy |
| Hungary (1956) and Czechoslovakia (1967) were invaded by the USSR and Warsaw Pact forces | were to keep Communist governments in power. |
| Global problems of uneven economic development, pollution and hunger reflect the need for | increased international cooperation to solve these problems |
| "an armed attack against one or more shall be considered an armed attack against all"... for collective self-defense....to maintain the security of the area are from the charter creating | NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| an unintentional result of urbanization is the loss of | traditions/culture and extended families |
| liberation theology | movement among the Catholic Clergy to oppose social conditions that lead to poverty in Latin America |
| Imperial powers gave up colonies after WWII | b/c they lacked the will to fight for them |
| lack of investment capital | major reason developing nations have had difficulty industrializing |
| Negative impacts of technology and economic development include | air & water pollution increase |
| Green Revolution goal | use technology to solve chronic food shortages |
| peaceful coexistence | belief that we (US and USSR) must live together and tolerate each other. If we went to war... we would destroy each other and the world. |
| appeasement | to give in to an aggressor's demands in order to keep peace. Such as with Hitler and Mussolini before WWII begins, and the UN in dealing with the ethnic cleansing of the Serbs. |
| Creation of the Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis and the building of the Berlin Wall were all key events of the | Cold War |
| As communism has declined ______ has reemerged | ethnic rivalries and hatreds |
| European Union | goal is to improve the economic prosperity within European nations with free trade and a common currency. |
| European Union... | decreased trade barriers... |
| governments of less developed nations often choose | weapons trade before programs such as education and health care |
