Unit 2 vocab

Question 1

genocide

Answer 1

deliberate elimination of a religious, ethnic or racial group

Question 2

crimes against

Answer 2

serious large scale attacks against civilians

Question 3

war crimes

Answer 3

violations of laws and costumes of war

Question 4

Holocaust

Answer 4

destruction or slaughter on a mass scale

Question 5

ethnic cleansing

Answer 5

mass killing of an unwanted ethnic group

Question 6

decolonization

Answer 6

colonies become independent from the colonization, withdrawal

Question 7

successor state

Answer 7

a new sovereign state that emerges after the previous state is dissolved, similar to decolonization

Question 8

national interest

Answer 8

Topics that are of political, economic and social interests of the nation.

Question 9

peacekeepeers

Answer 9

avoiding conflicts and promoting peace without violence only defence, maintaining international peace and protecting civilians

Question 10

peacemaking

Answer 10

resolving conflicts, sometimes with military force

Question 11

policy

Answer 11

principle of action adopted by the government that guides decisions

Question 12

domestic policy

Answer 12

strategies implemented within the country

Question 13

foreign policy

Answer 13

government strategies when dealing with other nations

Question 14

gross domestic product

Answer 14

measure of total market value of all final goods and services produced within a country’s borders. (GDP)

Question 15

ultranationalism

Answer 15

extreme nationalism, hegemony, supremacy, sometimes control over other countries

Question 16

propaganda

Answer 16

biased or misleading political information