US Government 17 Word Scramble
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ambassador | An official representative of the United States appointed by the President to represent the nation in matters of diplomacy. |
cold war | A period of more than 40 years during which relations between the two super powers were at least tense, and often hostile. A time of threats and military build up. |
containment | A policy based in the belief that if communism could be kept within its existing boundaries, it would collapse under the weight of its internal weaknesses. |
collective security | The keeping of international peace and order. |
domestic affairs | All matters not directly connected to the realm of foreign affairs. |
diplomatic immunity | When an ambassador is not subject to the laws of the state to which they are accredited. |
draft | Conscription, or compulsory military service. |
deterrrence | The policy of making America and its allies so militarily strong that their very strength will discourage, or prevent, any attack. |
detente | A relaxation of tensions |
espionage | Spying. |
foreign affairs | A nation's relationships with other countries |
foreign policy | A group of polices made up of all the stands and actions that a nation takes in every aspect of its relationships with other countries; everything a nation's government says and does in world affairs. |
foreign aid | Economic and military aid to other countries. |
isolationism | A purposeful refusal to become generally involved in the affairs of the rest of the world. |
regional security alliance | Treaties in which the US and other countries involved have agreed to take collective action to meet aggression in a particular part of the world |
right of legation | The right to send and receive diplomatic representatives. |
terrorism | The use of violence to intimidate a government or society. |
UN Security Council | a 15-member panel which bears the UN's major responsibility of keeping international peace. |
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