Tensions & Conflicts

Question 1

Internal vs. External

Answer 1

Internal: civil war
External: world war

Question 2

Ideological Conflict

Answer 2

1. Rights & freedoms: deprive citizens of rights
2. Identity & Political autonomy (geopolitical): conflicts over language, religion, ethnicity of territory

Question 3

the republics want secession from the union

Answer 3

the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.

Question 4

Genocide

Answer 4

the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group

Question 5

The government avoided a war by successfully resolving the issues through diplomacy

Answer 5

the art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations

Question 6

The Justice Department said Aman wanted to join ISIS to engage in a holy war, or jihad, in Syria.

Answer 6

a war or violent campaign waged often by religious extremists for what is considered to be a holy purpose

Question 7

Embargo/ Economic Blockade

Answer 7

a legal prohibition on commerce

Question 8

Veto Power

Answer 8

a power of one department or branch of a government to forbid or prohibit finally or provisionally the carrying out of projects attempted by another department

Question 9

Guerrilla Warfare

Answer 9

irregular military actions (such as harassment and sabotage) carried out by usually weak forces against a strong enemy in an asymmetric conflict.

Question 10

Ratification

Answer 10

formal confirmation or sanction of a treaty or amendment

Question 11

Weapons of mass destruction (WMDs)

Answer 11

WMD include nuclear, chemical and biological weapons

Question 12

Armed conflict

Answer 12

a conflict in which each side uses forces to achieve its goals

Question 13

Hard power

Answer 13

use of military or economic power on other countries (e.g. armed conflict, terrrorism, economic sanctions)

Question 14

Soft power

Answer 14

Involve less human and financial cost than hard power (e.g. co-option, public diplomacy, government diplomacy)

Question 15

Asymmetric warfare

Answer 15

The weaker side fights with whatever weapons are at hand often car bombs, suicide bombers, and TEDs.

Question 16

Peacebuilding

Answer 16

Long-term process for prevention of conflict that promotes the development of stability within nation

Question 17

Peace dividend

Answer 17

Reduction in military spending

Question 18

Opportunity cost

Answer 18

Money that is spent to create one good or services cannot be spent on another (so the costs and benefits need to be weighed)