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Lesson 43 Flashcards

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Diplomacy

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Activities concerning the relationships between governments

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A last resort

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Something you do when everything else has failed

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Sanctions

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Official orders, such as the stopping of trade, taken against a country to make it obey international law

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Weaponry

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Weapons in general / of different types

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Civilian casualties

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People injured or killed who are not members of the military or the police

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Intervention

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Intentionally becoming involved in a difficult situation to improve it or stop it from getting worse

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Regime change

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Changing the government or leader of a country, especially by force

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Tyrannical

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Using power in a cruel way over people in a country or group

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Overthrow

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Remove somebody from power using force

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Civil war

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War between groups who live in the same country

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Unrest

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Disagreement or fighting between groups

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Clashes

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Fights or arguments

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Rival

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Who compete against one another

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Ethnic

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National or racial

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Escalate

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Become greater or more serious

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All-out

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Complete and total

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Brutal suppression

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Violent and cruel ending of the right or freedom to do something

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Ethnic cleansing

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Organized attempt by one racial or politicL group to completely remove from a country or area anyone who belongs to another particular racial group, using violence to achieve this

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Massacres

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The killing of large numbers of people

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Conflict resolution

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Finding a way to end conflict and the negative feelings between groups

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Mistrust

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Lack or absence of trust

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Hatred

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Feeling of intense dislike

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Waged war on

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Fought a war against

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Hostilities

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Acts of war

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Besieged

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Attacked by surrounding it for a period of time

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Ambushed

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Attacked unexpectedly from secret positions

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Truce

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Agreement during a war to stop fighting fro a time

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Ceasefire

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Agreement between two armies or groups to stop fighting

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Peacekeeping force

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Neutral soldiers who keep the peace in a divide society

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International observers

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Outside, neutral people or body

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Campaign

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Planned group of military activities

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Rebellion

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People fighting against their government

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Suicide bomber

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Person who lets off explosives, deliberately killing themselves in the process

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Fleet

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A fleet normally consists of a large number of ships

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