International Organizations

What is the purpose of International Organizations?

• to keep the world a safe and stable place to live
• to ensure that countries remain isolated from one another
• to only ensure that people are healthy 

When was the U.N. created?

• After WWI
• After WWII
• During the Great Depression
• During WWII

What is the primary purpose of the U.N.?

• keep peace in the world
• foster global growth and economic stability
• help reduce poverty

What does NAFTA stand for?

• North American Free Trade Agreement
• North African Free Trade Agreement
• No American Functioning Traditional Alliances

What does OPEC stand for?

• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• Oil of Political Economic Countries
• Oil People Economically Consume

Why was the European Union formed? 

• to unite Europe economically 
• to control how farmers and other primary workers get paid
• to give workers equal wages

Which of the following could be a function of an international organization?

• The United States passing a law on highway spending
• The European Union making trade agreements with its member countries
• _{North Korea launching a rocket}

NAFTA is an agreement among the U.S., Canada, and Mexico primarily intended to promote

• environmental protection
• military defense
• free trade

What is the purpose of OPEC?

• set the price of petroleum
• encourage the use of oil throughout the Middle East
• Develop new ways to extract oil from the Earth

What effect did the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949 have on United States diplomatic history?

• It committed the US to a peacetime military alliance
• It strengthened US influence in oil-producing nations
• It created new patterns of international trade