PEACE AND CONFLICT Flashcards
ANTIWAR
War is wrong and should be protested against.
CIVIL WAR
Armed conflict between factions within same country
CONFLICT
Dispute between sides, individuals , nations.
CONVENTIONAL WARFARE:
War fought using ordinary weapons sanctioned by the Geneva conventions
FORGIVENESS:
letting go of blame against a person for wrongs they did
GENOCIDE
killing groups of people from a specific ethnic group, targeted them for their ethnicity
GUERRILLA WARFARE
form of warfare which a small group fights in a non regular manner against a government
HOLY WAR
War sanctioned by God , in Islam
HUMANITARIAN ORGANISATION
Red cross/ Red crescent organisation works to alleviate suffering of victims of war or natural disaster
JUSTICE
fairness
JUST WAR
Set of rules for fighting war in a way acceptable to God , used in christianity and Sikhism.
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Weapon of mass destruction , war fought using indiscriminate damage causing weapons
PACIFISM
all violence is wrong .
PEACE
opposition of war , harmony
PROTEST
Making known one’s disagreement over something