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SS Terms 86-114
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Presidential Democracy | a system of government characterized by a separation of powers between independent and coequal executive and legislative branches, such as in the United States. |
| Productive resources | the resources used to make goods and services; for example, natural resources, human resources, and capital goods. |
| Propaganda | the spreading of ideas to promote a certain cause or to damage an opposing cause. |
| Protectionism | efforts to restrict imports in order to protect domestic industries. |
| Quotas | the maximum number of people or products that may be admitted to an institution or country |
| Recession | a downturn in the business cycle during which the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) does not grow for at least 6 months. |
| Reform | an effort to improve a situation of condition. |
| Regions | an area with one or more common characteristics or features, which give it a measure of homogeneity and make it different from surrounding areas. |
| Regulation | the act of controlling or directing according to rule, principle, or law. |
| Reparations | payment for was damages. |
| Slander | false and malicious use of spoken words that damage a person's reputation. |
| Socialism | and economy in which the government controls the major means of production; a mixed economy. |
| Source | a person or document that provides information. |
| Specialization | the concentration of production on fewer kinds of good and services that are consumed. |
| Standard of living | a person's or group's level of material well-being, as measured by education, housing, health care, and nutrition. |
| Stereotype | an oversimplified conception, opinion, or image. |
| Subculture | a minority group within the larger culture. |
| Suburbanization | the movement of people from the cities to communities surrounding the cities. |
| Suffrage | the right to vote |
| Supreme Court decisions | legal determinations made by the highest court in the United States, sometimes determining the constitutionality of laws. |
| Tariffs | taxes imposed on imported goods. |
| Terrorism | the use of violence to achieve political goals. |
| Theocracy | a system of government headed by one or more religious leasers who claim to rule by divine authority. |
| Thesis | a proposition that is supported by an argument |
| Topic | the subject of a speech or research paper. |
| Topography | graphic representation of the surface features of a place or region on a map. |
| Traditional Economy | an economy in which decisions on production and consumption are based upon customs, beliefs, rituals, and habits. |
| Unstated assumptions | supporting ideas that are not explicitly presented in a source. |
| Urbanization | the movement of people from rural areas to cities, usually associated with industrialization. |
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