Current Issues Vocab (100)
Casey's vocab for current world problems/issues
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- Fascism
- a political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and has no tolerance for opposition
- Internationalism
- a national policy of actively trading will foreign contries to foster peace and prosperity
- Imperialism
- the actions used by one nation to exercise political or economic control over smaller or weaker nations
- Isolationism
- the avoidance of involvement in world affairs
- Liberal
- a person who generally believes the government should take an active role in the economy and in social programs but that the government should not dictate social behavior
- Multinational Corporation
- large corporation with overseas investments
- Conservative
- a person who believes government power, particularly in the economy, should be limited in order to mazimixe individual freedom
- Ethnic Cleansing
- the expulsion, imprisonment, or killing of ethnic minorities by a dominant majority group
- Bilingualism
- the practice of teaching immigrant students in their own language
- Confederacy
- a loose union of independent states; name of government used by the southern states that seceded during the Civil War
- Nullification
- the failure or refusal of a U.S. state to aid in the enforcement of federal laws within its state limits
- Brinkmanship
- the willingness to go to the brink of war to force an opponent to back down
- Impeachment
- a formal accusation of misconduct of misconduct in office against a public official
- Containment
- the policy designed to keep the Soviet Union from expanding its power
- Corporation
- an organization that is authorized by law to carry on an activity but treated as though it were a single person
- Insurrection
- an act of rebellion against the established government
- Nuclear Proliferation
- the spread of nuclear weapons to new nations
- Detente
- relaxation of tensions between the US and its two major Communist rivals, the Soviet Union and China
- Downsizing
- reducing a company in size by laying off workers and managers to become more efficient
- Flexible Response
- the buildup of conventional troops and weapons to allow a nation to fight a limited war without using nuclear weapons
- Amnesty
- the act of granting pardon to a large group of people