Flashcards
Unit 8 Terms
Flashcards do conjunto (11)
- 1when a nation buys more goods and services from a country, than it sells to them.Trade Deficit
- 2Mostly Arab and Muslim countries who used the sale of their oil as an economic weapon against the U.S in 1973, protesting the U.S's support of Israel during the 1973 war between the Israelite and the ArabsOPEC
- 3The area between a city and the countrySuburbs
- 4a federal agency set up by the government to protect the environmentEPA
- 5The political scandal that led to Nixon's resignationWatergate
- 6actions such as boycotts, taken against a country in hopes of bringing about a changeEconomic Sanctions
- 71986 space shuttle exploded ninety seconds after taking off.Challenger Explosion
- 8Many people wanted a law passed that would limit government spendingBalanced Budget Amendment
- 9Many people wanted a law to limit how many times a Senator or Congressman could be electedTerm Limits
- 10designed to slowly do away with trade barriers between the US, Canada, and MexicoNAFTA
- 11Kuwait liberated, Iraq subjected to inspections for chemical and biological weaponsResults of the Persian Gulf War