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City where charter for United Nations was drawn up |
San Francisco |
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Branch where decisions are recommendations and don't have to be obeyed |
General Assembly |
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Branch has 15 members and 5 permanent |
Security Council |
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Person who oversees the work of the United Nations |
Secretary General |
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United Nation troops fought in this war |
Korean War |
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Branch where all nations are represented |
General Assembly |
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Branch responsible for keeping peace |
Security Council |
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Helps other branches with their duties |
Secretariet |
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Branch that works with human rights and raising peoples standards of living |
Economic and Social Council |
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Branch settles disputes between nations such as fishing rights |
International Court of Justice |
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United Nations headquarters is located in... |
New York |
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United Nations wants to prevent what |
War |
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Organization was replaced by the United Nations because it could not keep peace |
League of Nations |
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UNICEF stands for... |
United Nations Children's Fund |
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Statue takes his hammer to shape his sword into what |
plow |
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When was the UN organized |
1945- End of WW2 |
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How money countries belong to the UN today |
over 100 |
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Is the UN responsible for increasing trade |
NO |
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Does the UN encourage respect for Human Right |
YES |
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Organization that deal with health matters and provide emergency food aid |
World Health Organizations and Food and agriculture organizations |
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Propaganda |
ideas spread to support its own side and criticize the other. |
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Free world |
Made up of countries with non- communist governments |
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satellites |
countries that got control of the soviet union after WW2 |
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Radio Free Europe |
broadcasts that support democratic principles |
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detente |
Time of improvement between the United States and Soviet Union |
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Aimed at preventing the spread of communism in the middle east |
Eisenhower Doctrine |
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soviet Union Tried to establish a missile base where |
Cuba |
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Shot down over soviet union causing more tension |
U-2 Spy plane |
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Statement that an "iron curtain" had descended around eastern europe |
Winston Churchill |
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US supported this country in the middle east during a 6 day war |
Isreal |
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How did the Soviet Union Start the war |
They refused to pull troops from eastern europe |
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Policy US used during the late 1940's to prevent the spread of communism |
Truman Doctrine and Marshall plan |
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What war did the UN forces fight against North Korea and China Forces |
Korean War |
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What alliance was formed by 12 countries |
North Atlantic Treaty Organzation |
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war that Southeast Asia lost many servicemen |
Vietnam war |
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wall built to divide communist sector and the democratic sector |
Berlin Wall |
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Civil war fought in what country |
China |
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Event broke the soviet blockade |
Berlin Air lift |
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What country started the space race ans launched "Sputnik l" |
Soviet Union |
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SALT |
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alliance in 1954 to oppose communist expansion in the far east |
SATO |
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president during Cuban Missile Crisis |
John Kennedy |
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Country first to land a man on the moon |
United States |
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Policy helped countries rebuild factories and etc. |
Marshall plan |
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When did the cold war begin |
End of WW2 |