Q4 Civics Vocab (pt2)

The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea

• Korean War

• Word War I (WWI)

• Cold War

• Vietnam War

A prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam (supported by China) and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam (supported by the US)

• Vietnam War

• Korean War

• World War II (WWII)

• Asian War

a group of Iranians overran the American embassy in Iran's capital of Tehran and took 52 hostages

• Middle East Hostage Crisis

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• Tehran Hostage Crisis

• 1978 Hostage Crisis

War in 1991 when the US came to Kuwait's rescue after Iraq invaded in 1990; War that lasted from 2003-2011, was based on the belief that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.

• Gulf Wars (Persian & Iraq)

• Middle East War

• War on Terror

• Bush's Wars

Objectives were to end the safe haven for Al Qaeda terrorists and to end the Taliban's reign

• War on Terror/Afghanistan

• Cold War

• Gulf Wars (Persian & Iraq)

• World War III (WWIII)

any non-profit, voluntary citizens' group which is organized on a local, national or international level

• Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
• United Nations (UN)

• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

a group of 32 countries (including the USA) that has agreed to protect each other in case of attack; founded in 1949

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• United Nations (UN)

• Warsaw Pact

• Red Cross/Crescent

An international organization dedicated to the medical care of the sick or wounded in wars and natural disasters

• Red Cross/Crescent

• United Nations (UN)

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• World Health Organization (WHO)

an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security

• World Trade Organization (WTO)

• World Health Organization (WHO)

• United Nations (UN)

• Red Cross/Crescent

An agency of the United Nations whose primary function is to provide aid to improve the lives of the world's children

• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

• United Nations (UN)

• World Health Organization (WHO)

• World Children's Fund (WCF)