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T-EPF M2L5 Key Terms
Traditional EPF Module 2 Lesson 5 Key Terms
Term | Definition |
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Sanctions | Punishment, such as the stopping of trade, that is taken against a country in order to make it stop violating international law. |
Refugee | A person who leaves their home country to escape war, hunger, or another disaster. |
United Nations | International peacekeeping organization created after World War II. |
Globalization | Countries around the world working together for common economic goals. |
Human Rights | Fundamental freedoms that individuals have. |
Genocide | Mass murder of people because of their ethnicity, race, or culture. |
Apartheid | Laws that separated racial and ethnic groups and limited rights of blacks in South Africa. |
World Trade Organization | Deals with the global rules of trade between nations. |
International Monetary Fund | International organization of countries working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, and reduce poverty around the world. |
Declaration of Human Rights | Document written in 1948 that sets out fundamental human rights to be universally protected. |
World Bank | Part of the United Nations designed to eliminate poverty around the world. |