The UN's Role in Nation-Building

What does "to violate" mean?

• avoid responsibilities

• supervize

• break or fail to comply with (a rule or formal agreement)

• negotiate

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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CCSS.RI.8.4

"Wary" is

• intimidating

• adjacent

• daunting

• cautious

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

"Proxy war" is ...

• a war fought between groups or smaller countries using unconventional methods and tactics.

• a war fought between groups or smaller countries that each represent the interests of other larger powers, and may have help and support from these.

• another name for attrition warfare.

• another name for maneuver warfare.

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"To broker a peace accord" means to ...

• arrange and negotiate a peace accord.

• halt the process of peace negotiations.

• interrupt the process of peace negotiations.

• postpone the process of peace negotiations.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The term "to resolve outstanding differences" means ...

• to have different points of view.

• to discuss commonalities.

• to settle issues which have not been solved or discussed yet.

• to disengage from a conflict.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"To precede" means to

• come before somebody/something in time or space.

• come after somebody/something in time or space.

• live up to somebody's expectations.

• oversee something.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

"Expeditious" means

• expandable

• quick

• adventurous

• willing

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Demarcation" means

• covering and surrounding something with a material or substance in order to stop heat, sound, or electricity from escaping or entering.

• support, especially money, that someone gives to a person or plan.

• the process of making sure that people obey something such as a law or rule.

• a border or a rule that shows the limits of something or how things are divided.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Interim" is

• permanent

• intangible

• temporary

• intractable

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

If the member countries would act in concert, the problem might be solved more easily.

• In concert means "together".

• In concert means "separately".

• In concert means "efficiently".

• In concert means "conscipiously".

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4