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)

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

When one person sues another, usually for money

An economic system based on private ownership of property (capital)

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

The 1962 confrontation between US and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba.

Plans for dealing with national problems

a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries

an international body that enforces agreements that reduce barriers to international trade

A group within the United Nations responsible for human health, including combating the spread of infectious diseases and health issues related to natural disasters.

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

(1939 - 1945) A war fought in Europe, Africa and Asia between the Allied Powers of Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States against the Axis Powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan.

a system of law concerned with the punishment of those who commit crimes.

a government's strategy in dealing with other nations

The practice of conducting negotiations between countries

the position of the head of the State Department; president's top foreign official/advisor

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

an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France, Canada, Western European countries

an official representative of a country

a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership

1961 failed invasion of Cuba by a CIA-led force of Cuban exiles

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

restrictions intended to enforce international law

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

law that deals with people who are under the age of 18

the power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II

(1914 - 1918) European war in which an alliance including Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and the United States defeated the alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria.

a political theory advocating state ownership of industry

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