Social Studies Vocab-Casey
vocab for mr.caseys class
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- Disarmament
- a limit or reduction in armed forces or weapons
- Heresy
- thoughts and ideas that are contrary to the teachings of the Christian faith
- Diplomacy
- the art and practice or conducting negotiations between nations without arousing hostility
- Secular
- a viewpoint void of religious though or considerations
- Appeasment
- satisfying the demands of dissatisfied powers in an effort to maintain peace and stability
- Subversion
- A systematic attempt to overthrow a government by using persons working secretly from within
- Autonomous
- self-governing
- Bureaucracy
- government administrators
- Nullification
- the failure or refusal of a U.S. state to aid in the enforcement of federal laws within its state limits
- Amnesty
- the act of granting pardon to a large group of people
- Totalitarian
- a government that aims to control the political, economic, social, intellectual, and cultural lives of its citizens
- Ideology
- a set of basic beliefs about life, culture, government, and society
- Dissident
- a person who speaks out against the regime in power
- Marginal Utility
- the extra usefulness gained from consuming one more unit of a product
- Dentente
- relaxation of tensions between the U.S and its two major Communist rivals, The Soviet Union and China
- Flexible Response
- the buildup of conventional tropps and weapons to allow a nation to fight a limited war without using nuclear weapons
- Sovereignty
- the supreme and absolute authority within territorial boundaries