Foreign Conflicts

Which are the two main countries that fought against America in World War II?

• Iran and Iraq
• Germany and Japan
• Soviet Union and Cuba
• North Korea and China

What was the result of the conflict known as the Korean War?

• North Korea became a democracy
• both countries remained independent
• South Korea became communist
• South Korea took over North Korea

a 444-day period during which the new government of Iran after the Iranian Revolution held hostage 66 diplomats and U.S. citizens, beginning on November 4, 1979 and ending on January 20, 1981

• Bay of Pigs

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• Gulf War I

• Gulf War II

a permanent panel of fifteen judges appointed by the UN to nine-year terms to hear cases; cases argued before the court focus on disputes between nations who agree to accept its decisions

• World Court

• United Nations Court

• European Union

• Supreme Court

the federal department in the U. S. that sets and maintains foreign policies; part of the executive branch of the federal

government

• U.S. Department of Defense

• U.S. Department of Homeland Security

• U.S. Department of Foreign Policy

• U.S. State Department

a military conflict in 1991 between Iraq and a coalition force of 34 nations mandated by the United Nations and led by the U.S., also known as the Persian Gulf War

• Vietnam War

• Gulf War II

• UN Conflict

• Gulf War I

the 2003 military conflict Iraq, also called the Iraq War or "Operation Iraqi Freedom", began March 20, 2003, initiated by the U.S., the United Kingdom and other nations

• Gulf War I

• Operation Desert Storm

• Gulf War II

• Korean War

the use of extreme fear as a means of achieving a goal

• coercion

• ambush

• terrorism

• propaganda

a conflict between two different nations or groups

• bilateral conflict

• national conflict

• civil war

• international conflict

the work of keeping up relations between the governments of different countries

• humanitarian efforts

• artfulness

• statecraft

• diplomacy