Organizations

Question 1

NATO

Answer 1

North Atlantic treaty organization
-Western Europe and North American alliance
-to protect themselves if the Soviet Union happens to attack by nuclear bomb

Question 2

NORAD

Answer 2

North American Aerospace Defense command
- agreement between Canada and USA(known as the North American Air defense agreement until 198)
-Air defenses

Question 3

DEW line

Answer 3

Distant early warning
-radar stations to detect Soviet activity over North Pole
- set up between 1958-1960
-gives time for the United States to launch an attack

Question 4

UN

Answer 4

United Nations
-organization established in 1945
-to bring peace and security to the world
-replaces League of Nations

Question 5

WHO

Answer 5

World Health Organization
-responsible for providing leadership and global health
-The UNs health organization

Question 6

UNICEF

Answer 6

United Nations children’s fund
- UN organization to protect children’s rights
-makes sure basic needs of children are met
-help children reach full potential
-originally United Nations international children’s emergency fund

Question 7

NAC

Answer 7

National Action Committee status for woman
-pressure groups
- key victory’s are
The incision of caused governing equality of woman in the Canadian charter of rights and freedoms

Question 8

OPEC

Answer 8

Organization is of petroleum exporting countries
- raised oil prices
-international organization for oil rich countries to try to control oil prices

Question 9

FRIA

Answer 9

Foreign investment review agencies
-to operate the establishment of any new foreign companies in canada

Question 10

CIDA

Answer 10

Canadian international development agency
-created in 1968
-to oversee assistance to developing countries

Question 11

SALT

Answer 11

strategic Arms Limitations Talks
-USA and Soviet Union- limit number of certain missiles in possession

Question 12

NAFTA

Answer 12

North American free trade agreement
-Mexico, Canada and the USA
To create free trade between the 3 countries

Question 13

APEC

Answer 13

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.
They try to lower trade barriers so countries can buy and sell goods more easily with one another.
- a group of countries around the Pacific Ocean that work together to make trade easier and help each other’s economies grow.

Question 14

SDI

Answer 14

Strategic Defense Initiative
-American proposal to develop a defense Unbrella to prevent incoming missiles on targets

Question 15

MAD

Answer 15

Mutually assured destruction
-explain one the other side made the first move
-MAD doctrine works best with both sides as a ceased to the same weapons so that one side didn’t have an invented over the other

Question 16

UNEF

Answer 16

United Nations emergency force
-it helps stop finding and avoided war
- where Lester Pearson won the Noble prize for his effort, efforts, and the sues crisis
- 1 UN peacekeeping group