I&S Unit #3 Vocabulary

a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.

• arms race

• alliance

• diplomacy

• peacekeeping

a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons, especially between the US and the former Soviet Union during the Cold War.

• peacekeeping

• treaty

• alliance

• arms race

the profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations, typically by a country's representatives abroad.

• ideologies

• alliance

• diplomacy

• peacemaking

a system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.

• ideologies

• diplomacy

• alliance

• peacemaking

the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.

• peacekeeping

• arms race

• militarism

• alliance

the active maintenance of a truce between nations or communities, especially by an international military force.

• peacemaking

• treaty

• arms race

• peacekeeping

the process of bringing about peace, especially by reconciling adversaries.

• peacemaking

• peacekeeping

• treaty

• alliance

a formally concluded and ratified agreement between countries

• peacemaking

• alliance

• treaty

• peacekeeping

Global competition for resources can be a cause of conflict and peacemaking is dependent on global cooperation and justice.

This is what for Unit #3?

What were the key events that led to the outbreak of the First and Second World Wars and what were the challenges to making a lasting peace?

• Factual Question

• Debatable Question

• Conceptual Question