The Nation in a New World (CH 30)
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- refugee
- person who flees his or her homeland to seek safety elsewhere.
- global warming
- the slow but steady rise in the world's average temperature.
- American Indian Religious Freedom Act
- a 1978 law that directed federal agencies not to interfere with Native Americans religious practices.
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Agency federal government agency that works to reduce pollution.
- Dayton Accord
- 1995 peace agreement negotiated among Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia
- apartheid
- strict separation of races practiced in South Africa
- Immigration Reform and Control Act
- law that allowed people who arrived illegally in the United States before 1982 to apply for citizenship.
- Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
- Palestinian-Arab organization founded in 1964 to destroy Israel, mainly through the use of armed force
- Reaganomics
- President Reagan's economic program that cut taxes, cut federal spending on social programs, and increased military spending
- Contract with America
- legislative package drawn up by House Republicans in 1994 that included trimming social welfare programs and slashing taxes
- OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)
- multinational organization that sets a common policy for the sale of petroleum
- Camp David Accords
- 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt in which Israel agreed to return the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt and Egypt agreed to recognize Israel
- e- commerce
- business and trade over the internet.
- surplus
- extra; condition that exists when income exceeds spending
- illegal alien
- immigrant who enters a country without permission.
- Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)
- a 1991 treaty signed by the United States and Soviet Union to reduce nuclear weapons
- downsizing
- reducing a workforce
- deregulation
- reduction of restrictions on businesses
- environmentalist
- person who works to reduce pollution and protect the natural environment.
- balanced budget
- condition that exists when the government spends only as much as it takes in
- trade deficit
- condition that exists when a nation buys more goods and services from foreign countries than it sells to them.
- mainstreaming
- placing children with special needs in regular classes.
- Sanctions
- measures designed to make a country change its policy
- Moral Majority
- religious organization that backed conservative political causes in the 1980s
- renewable resource
- resource that can be quickly replaced by nature.
- Internet
- series of interconnected computers that allow users to access and exchange computerized information.
- American Association of Retired Persons
- organization that monitors issues of concern to older Americans.
- Persian Gulf War
- a 1991 war in which the United States and its UN allies drove invading Iraqi forces out of neighboring Kuwait
- recession
- economic slump that is milder than a depression
- Mediator
- agent who helps conflicting parties iron out their differences
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
- treaty among the United States, Canada, and Mexico to gradually remove tariffs and other trade barriers.
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- law passed in 1990 that prohibits discriminations in hiring people with physical or mental impairments.
- Terrorism
- deliberate use of violence to spread fear and achieve political goals