Social Studies Vocab Set Three
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- amnesty
- the act of granting pardon to a large group of people
- bilingualism
- the practice of teaching immigrant students in their own language
- brinkmanship
- the willingness to go to the brink of war to force an opponent to back down
- conservative
- a person who believes government power, particularly in the economy, should be limited in order to maximize individual freedom
- corporation
- an organization that is authorized by law to carry on an activity but treated as though it were a single person
- detente
- relaxation of tensions between the United States 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
- ethnic cleansing
- the expulsion, imprisonment, or killing of ethnic minorities by a dominant majority group
- fascism
- a political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition
- flexible response
- the buildup of conventional troops and weapons to allow a nation to fight a limited war without using nuclear weapons
- imperialism
- the actions used by one nation to exercise political or economic control over smaller or weaker nation
- insurrection
- an act of rebellion against the established government
- internationalism
- a national policy of actively trading with foreign countries to foster peace and prosperity
- 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 corporations with overseas investments
- political machine
- an organization linked to a political party that often controlled local government
- proliferation
- nuclear ______; the spread of nuclear weapons to new nations
- segregation
- the separation or isolation of a race, class, or group
- segregation
- the separation or isolation of a race, class, or group
- self-determination
- belief that people in a territory should have the ability to choose their own government
- state sponsered
- ______ terrorism; violent acts against civilians that are secretly suported by a government in order to attack other nations without going to war
- subversion
- a systematic attempt to overthrow a government by using persons working secretly from within
- terrorism
- the use of violence by non-governmental groups against civilians to achieve a political goal by instilling fear and frightening governments into changing policies
- cognitive restructuring
- Changing the thoughts one has in a particular situation
- culture-bound syndrome
- Cluster of symptoms that define or describe an illness in a cultural context
- elaborative rehearsal
- Method of remembering information by relating it to information already known
- independent variable
- Factor in an experiment that researchers manipulate so that they can determine its effect
- latent learning
- The form of learning that keeps knowledge hidden until it is needed is called ____________________ ____________________.
- maintenance rehearsal
- Method of repeating information over and over to keep from forgetting it
- negative correlation
- Stress and health are thought to have a(n) ____________________ ____________________ since stress goes up as health deteriorates, or goes down.
- observational learning
- The type of learning that occurs when a person observes and imitates others is called ____________________ ____________________.
- operant conditioning
- Form of learning based on the consequences of actions
- post-traumatic stress disorder
- Intense, persistent feelings of anxiety caused by traumatic experience