Global Warming- The gradual increase in heat that permanently effects

Earth’s overall temperature.Ex: glaciers melting, greenhouse gas rising

Civilian- A person who is not in any military forces or police force.

Ex: lawyer, students, dollar store employees

Military Coup- Soldiers in a country acting to overthrow and replace its

government

Outsourcing- Obtain (good or a service) from an outside or foreign

supplier especially in places of an internal source.

Ex: accounting, tax preparation, computer programming

Censorship- Officially examining and suppressing unacceptable parts from movies, books TV shows, etc.

Ex: Inappropriate language

Communism- A political theory leading to a society in which property is

publicly owned and each person works and is paid to their needs and abilities. Derived from Karl Marx.Ex: China and Cuba

Cap and Trade- A regulatory system that is used to reduce certain types of

emissions.Ex: acid rain program, regional NOx Budget Trading Program, and

the Clean Air Interstate rule

Cyber Warfare- An internet based conflict involving politically motivated

attacks on information and information systems.Ex: The Tulip Revolution II, the Russia-Georgia War, The Jasmine

Revolution

Human Rights- the rights that belong to all people regardless of age,

religion, ethnicity, etc.Ex: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

Intelligent Design-The theory that life, or the universe, cannot have arisen

by chance and was designed and created by some intelligent entity.

Ex: A God, space aliens, people from the future

A program put into effect to avoid discrimination in the workplace. Affirmative action is targeted to minorities.

Affirmative Action

Universal health care (sometimes referred to as universal health coverage, universal coverage, or universal care) usually refers to a health care system which provides health care and financial protection to all citizens of a particular country.

Ex affordable health care act

Universal Healthcare

Something which can be used to provide power for light, heat, machine etc…

Ex: Oil, coal, or the sun

Energy Sources

any practice that is put forward as having the healing effects of medicine, but is not founded on evidence gathered using the scientific method. It consists of a wide range of health care practices, products and therapies.

EX: acupuncture, crystal healing

Alternative Medicine

The production and discharge of something

Ex: gas, radiation

Emissions

domestic ownership, use of energy sources

ex: wind energy in the USA

Energy Independence

Any government system that provides financial assistance to people with insufficient or no income (retired, disabled)

For example: The federal insurance program that assists people who are retired or unable to work.

Social Security

government sponsored payment of private school tuition for parents whose children attend a failing public school

School Vouchers

A policy used to let gays, lesbians, and bisexuals into the U.S. military. The policy would not allow openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual individuals serve. It was repealed in December of 2010.

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

International treaty to avert the spread of nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons technology and to advocate cooperation in the use of nuclear energy.

Countries agree not to receive, manufacture, acquire, or seek assistance to manufacture nuclear weapons.

Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty

• Privatization• To transfer from or government control or ownership to private

enterprise. • To make exclusive; delimit or appropriate.

• Ex: leasing toll roads, bridges, and tunnels

• Rogue Leaders• A person of influence who causes others to follow them away

from the originally agreed ideal; usually supports or participates in international terrorism• Ex: Matthew Weaver, who worker at the Veteran’s Administration, started

to challenge the VA’s protocol. He was called a rouge leader for doing this.

• Gross Domestic Product (GDP)• The total amount of money in a country, excluding payments on

foreign investments. • A measure of economic output (health) in a country.

• Ex: in 2014, the Gross Domestic Output in the United States was $17.419 trillion dollars.

• Developing vs. Developed Countries• Developing: high birth rate, high death rate, low living

standards, poor economy• Developed: low birth rate, low death rate, growing

economy, advanced technology

• Civil Liberties• A right that cannot be taken away or interfered by the

government; guaranteed by law• Ex: the United Sates Bill of Rights

• Two-Party vs. One-Party System• Two-Party: A form of government where parties compete and

give voters a wider range of choices.• One-Party: Voters only have one choice!

• Ex: USA- highly developed democratic and republic systems where citizens vote for personal interest. Cuba- Communist party of Cuba in 1959 exists with a Demi-presidential system, and only one party exists for voters.

• Apartheid• A policy or system of segregation or discrimination on the grounds of race.

• Ex: Society where the white race is considered superior and people of other races are mistreated. Segregation and the discrimination of African Americans throughout history.

• Immigrant vs. Migrant• A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.

• Immigrant enters into a country, migrant moves out of a country

• Stem Cell Research• research of cells in the body that can adapt and change into diverse cells

• Ex: Altering genes to make the resistant to disease then inserting them into a person with the disease. Injecting modified stem cells into the brain after a stroke, or into the eyes to restore vision after an injury.

• Kyoto Protocol• UN convention on climate change that commits states to reduce greenhouse gas

emissions.

Theocracy vs. Democracy

Theocracy vs. Democracy: The argument about whether a government by the people and for the people (democracy) or a government ruled by leaders with religious authority (theocracy) is better.

EX: Iran is a theocracy. USA is a democracy.

Jihad

A struggle in devotion to Islam or against non-believers of IslamHoly war to spread Islam (extreme definition practiced by ISIS, Al-

Qaeda)

Declared Vs. undeclared nuclear power

Declared vs Undeclared Nuclear Powers:Declared Nuclear Power- when people say they have nuclear powers or

weaponsExample: China, France, Russia, UK and the U.S. all have formally

declared they are nuclear weapon states.Undeclared Nuclear Powers- when people deny having nuclear powers or

weaponsExample: Israel is thought to have nuclear weapons but denies this

Oppression Oppression: a cruel way of power; prolonged cruel or unjust

treatment or control.Example: slavery, apartheid

Economic sanctionEconomic Sanction- domestic penalties (usually on trade) applied by one

country on another country used to advance a range of foreign-policy goals, including counter-terrorism, counter narcotics, non-proliferation, democracy and human rights, and cyber security

Underemployment

Underemployment: worked employed in a job beneath his/her qualificationsExample: Graduate with a Master’s degree in engineering working in

McDonald’sUnemployment: the state of having no job

Dictatorship

Dictatorship: a form of government in which one person is in total control of everythingExample: North Korean government

Totalitarianism

Totalitarianism: a political system where the state has total control of the society and wants to control their public and private life Example: the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin

Nationalism

Nationalism: the strongest feeling of your nation (usually a group that is part of a country) being the best and having extreme pride in your nation; having the desire for your nation to have political independence Example: Hitler’s unity of the Germans through various techniques in

order to achieve his agendaPuerto Rican day parade

Patriotism

Patriotism: the love and pride in a country and the willingness to risk things for it Example: displaying flags representing your country

Small Business

• Privately owned and operated business with a small number of employees and small sales numbers

• Examples: The downtown Sarasota Alliance, Autoxotic

WHO: World Health Organization• worldwide agency that is specialized in the care of he public’s

health.

AU: African Union• an organization in Africa that supports the growth of the

continent’s economics and politics in the continent.

EU: European Union• an organization in Europe that aims to exceed in the economics

and politics in the continent.

UN: United Nation• an international organization created to promote peace with other

nations throughout the world.

The DREAM Act (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minor)• A legislative proposal for undocumented immigrants in the U.S. that

would grant conditional residency, then permanent residency if they met further qualifications.

• Example: an illegal high school student

One Child Policy

• The People’s Republic of China created the one child policy to aid in population control.

• Example: If a baby is born in a household with one child the baby will go up for adoption or the family might face fines

Diplomacy

• The ability to deal with people professionally and responsibly through international relations• a diplomat represents his/her country when visiting another

Infrastructure

• The underlying system.

• Ex. The government of Florida is the part of the infrastructure of the whole United States Government.

Humanitarianism

• promotion of human welfare

• Examples: Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity

Market Economy

• A capitalistic economic system in which there is free competition and prices are determined by the interaction of supply and demand.

• Examples: USA

No Child Left Behind Act (2001, NCLB)

• NCLB act requires public schools in the United States to give ALLL students equal learning opportunities.• Gives the government total control of public education (testing,

funding, etc.)

• Example: Students who are minority, in poverty, receiving special education services and those who speak/understand little or no English.

Domino Theory

• The theory that political events happening in one country will trigger effects in the countries nearby.

• Example: The Cold War (causing was after war)