Chapter 10 Check My Learning Quiz

Humanitarian Efforts

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Which is NOT a biological agent that causes infectious disease?

HIV stands for

Nearly _____ people have died from AIDS.

The Tutsi and Hutu fought a civil war in which country?

The American Relief Administration gave help to

About __ percent of the world population lived below the global poverty line in 2018.

Based in the liberal perspective, R2P stands for

During the Cold War, humanitarian actions

In The Wretched of the Earth, Frantz Fanon ____ European humanism as a model for the Third World.

Which of the following was widespread during the conflicts in Armenia, India, Latin America, and Africa?

Which secretary general of the United Nations became an advocate of R2P after observing the genocide in Rwanda?

British prime minister Tony Blair supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq primarily for ________ reasons.

In the latter part of the 1990s, President Clinton advocated military intervention in __________ primarily for humanitarian reasons.

By recent estimates, humanitarian aid is now close to ____each year.

Bono, a member of the band U2, is MOST closely associated with

Incidents or continuing problems threatening the well-being of many human beings are called

Which of the following is NOT based on the three fundamental principles of humanitarian policy?

Which of the following does NOT characterize humanitarian interventions?

Humanitarian sovereignty is the right to _______humanitarian interventions on their territories.

A high concentration of people within a region that threatens the minimum conditions to sustain a reasonable quality of life is called

A rapid concentration of people can often lead to the following, except

Violence and hardship can displace people within or across state borders in search of asylum. This phenomenon is called

Migrants fleeing from one country to another because of civil unrest or natural disasters are BEST termed

IDP stands for

In 2019 there were 16 peacekeeping missions worldwide. None of them took place in

After the dismaying experience of Biafra, a French physician started

In which of the following countries has the one-child policy been practiced?

How does the Grameen Bank operate without solid financial guarantees?

For realists, _____ has/have the primary responsibility for resolving humanitarian crises.

Humanitarianism, the principle that human beings, regardless of their origin and social status, are morally responsible to help those who suffer, is associated MOST closely with

Humanitarian missions will be MOST likely to fail in ____________ because the region is plagued by weak and corrupt governments and an inadequate infrastructure.

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