Lesson 43

Question 1

Diplomacy

Answer 1

Activities concerning the relationships between governments

Question 2

Sanctions

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Weaponry

Answer 3

Weapons in general / of different types

Question 4

Civilian casualties

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Intervention

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Regime change

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Tyrannical

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Overthrow

Answer 8

Remove somebody from power using force

Question 9

Civil war

Answer 9

War between groups who live in the same country

Question 10

Unrest

Answer 10

Disagreement or fighting between groups

Question 11

Clashes

Answer 11

Fights or arguments

Question 12

Rival

Answer 12

Who compete against one another

Question 13

Ethnic

Answer 13

National or racial

Question 14

Escalate

Answer 14

Become greater or more serious

Question 15

All-out

Answer 15

Complete and total

Question 16

Brutal suppression

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Ethnic cleansing

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Massacres

Answer 18

The killing of large numbers of people

Question 19

Conflict resolution

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Mistrust

Answer 20

Lack or absence of trust

Question 21

Hatred

Answer 21

Feeling of intense dislike

Question 22

Waged war on

Answer 22

Fought a war against

Question 23

Hostilities

Answer 23

Acts of war

Question 24

Besieged

Answer 24

Attacked by surrounding it for a period of time

Question 25

Ambushed

Answer 25

Attacked unexpectedly from secret positions

Question 26

Truce

Answer 26

Agreement during a war to stop fighting fro a time

Question 27

Ceasefire

Answer 27

Agreement between two armies or groups to stop fighting

Question 28

Peacekeeping force

Answer 28

Neutral soldiers who keep the peace in a divide society

Question 29

International observers

Answer 29

Outside, neutral people or body

Question 30

Campaign

Answer 30

Planned group of military activities

Question 31

Rebellion

Answer 31

People fighting against their government

Question 32

Suicide bomber

Answer 32

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

Question 33

Fleet

Answer 33

A fleet normally consists of a large number of ships

Question 34

A last resort

Answer 34

Something you do when everything else has failed