Unit 3 Flashcards

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Wants

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Things that people desire regardless of whether that object contributed to their survival

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Needs

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The Basic elements that humans need for survival

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Isolationism

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A policy whereby a country completely opts out of participating in international social, economic, political, & military affairs

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Unilateralism

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The policy of a country responding to events on its own without agreements with, or support from, other countries

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Bilateralism

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Agreements between two countries to work towards resolving issues that concern both countries

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Multilateralism

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A policy that involves several countries working together to meet challenges and solve problems

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Supranationalism

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A policy by which countries agree to abide by the decisions of an international organization made up of independent officials or representatives elected by member states

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Internationalism

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The doctrine that all members of the global community accept collective responsibility for the challenges that face the world and that the motives of nations and nation states must be respected in the search for solutions

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Economic sanctions

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The action of cutting off trade with a country to try to force it to follow a particular course of action

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Collective security

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The cultural inheritance from the past that all people share and that is preserved in world heritage sites, traditional skills, and the arts

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Gross national income

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Total value of the goods and services produced by a country in a year, whether inside or outside the country’s borders

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Tied aid

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Help given with strings attached

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Voluntary Balkanization

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Separation of like minded people into isolated groups that are hostile to people whose values differ from their own. This separation may result in a loss of shared experience

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Responsibility to protect

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A doctrine that says the United Nations must protect people within a state when that state violates or fails to uphold the rights and welfare of its own citizens

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Common human heritage

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The cultural inheritance from the past that all people share and that is preserved in world heritage sites, traditional skills and knowledge, and the arts

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Trickle down effect

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The theory that when people in developed countries have more money to spend, they will buy goods and services from less developed countries and that this spending will eventually help strengthen economies in the developing world

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Absolute poverty

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A condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs

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Odious debt

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A debt that is caused by a tyrannical government, not to meet the needs of the people of the country, but to strengthen the despotic regime