Key Terms: The U.S. Invasion of Iraq
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Weapons of Mass Destruction | weapons that kill or injure civilians as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons) |
| Terrorism | the calculated use of violence (or threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature |
| International community | term used to describe the interaction of states and how they cooperate together |
| Civilizations | Highly developed societies |
| Diplomatic | able to take a broad view of negotiations between states |
| Combatants | people engaged in a fight |
| Minority groups | subordinate groups in a social-political hierarchy, with inferior power |
| Muslim | a believer or follower of Islam |
| Sunni | one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam |
| Shi'i, Shi'a, Shi'ism | the division of Islam dominant in Iraq and Iran, originating as a result of an early dispute over leadership |
| Elites | A group or class of persons or a member of such a group or class, enjoying superior intellectual, social, or economic status. |
| Mandates | Terms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants. |
| Occupation | the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power |
| Oil interests | Economic interest in another country because of their oil resources |
| Pan-Arab movement | Pan-Arabism is an ideology espousing the unification of the peoples and countries of the Arab World |
| Nationalists | members of a political group advocating or fighting for national independence, a strong national government, etc. |
| Bureaucrats | the appointed officials who operate government agencies from day to day |
| Coup | a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force |
| Social welfare | governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need |
| Universal education | Schooling for everyone, making education happen all over the world |
| Neutral | one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute |
| Economic Sanctions | Boycotts, embargoes, and other economic measures that one country uses to pressure another country into changing its policies. |
| Destabilized | Upset the stability of; cause unrest in. |
| Relief supplies | Food and other necessities that are supplied to people in need |
| Containment | a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully |
| No-fly zone | area over which Iraqi aircraft were not permitted to fly after the Persian Gulf War |
| Sanctions | official permission or approval |
| Infrastructure | the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization. |
| Liberation | the attempt to achieve equal rights or status |
| Neoconservatism | an approach to politics or theology that represents a return to a traditional point of view |
| Western values | ideas, customs, practices, or characteristics of the U.S. or western europe |
| Capitalism | an economic system based on private ownership of capital |
| Doctrine | a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group |
| Deterrence | the act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear or doubt or anxiety |
| Unilateral | involving only one part or side |
| Preemptive/Preventive | designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence |
| Patriotism | love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it |
| Democratize | introduce democratic reforms |
| Intelligence | the operation of gathering information about an enemy |
| Demonstration | a show of military force or preparedness |
| Coalition | the union of diverse things into one body or form or group |
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