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PRAXIS mis
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| global warming | increase in world temperatues and change in climate associated with increasing levels of carbon dioxide and other gases resulting from human activities such as deforestation and fossil-fuel burning. |
| globalization | increasing interconnectedness of the world through common processes of economic, enviormental, political and cultural change. |
| greenhouse effect | trapping of heat with in the atmosphere by water vapor and gases, such as carbon dioxide, resulting in the warming of the atmosphere and surface. |
| imperialism | extention of the power of a nation through direct or indirect control of the economic and political life of other territories |
| mercantilism | economic policy in which government controls economic trade. |
| apartheid | south africa's policy of racial separaton that prior ro 1994 structured space and society to keep separate black white and colored populations. |
| berlin conference | meeting convened by german chancellor bismark in 1884085 to divide africa among european colonial powers. |
| imperialism | is the economic domination of one country by another |
| McDonalization | is a from of rationalization. It refers too the spread of the principles of fast-food restaurants, such as efficiency, predictability, and calculability, to all spheres of life |
| Liberal | Stronger, more active government, deficit spending when necessary, public welfare, national healthcare, tolerant of lifestyle choices, freedom of choice. members- women, higher education, blacks, Hispanics |
| Conservative | limited government, strong military, private sector handles things, traditional family, traditional Christian views. members- men, lower education, whites, Cubans |
| Political Parties | pick candidates, help people decide how to vote, coordinate campaigns, advocate for policy, coordinate among branches |
| Closed Primaries | only people registered with that party can vote |
| Open primaries | voters decide on election day which they want to participate in |
| blanket primaries | voters vote for all parties |
| Why we have a two party system | we have a winner take all system which makes people want to join one of the 2 larger parties |
| prejudice | a rigid and unfair generalization about an entire category of people |
| stereotype | a simplified description applied to every person in some category |
| racism the belief that one racial category is innately superior or inferior to another | |
| pluralism | a state in which people of all races and ethnicities are distinct but have equal social standing |
| assimilation | the process by which minorities gradually adopt patterns of the dominant culture |
| capitalism | an economic system in which natural resources and the means of producing goods and services are privately owned |
| socialism | an economic system in which natural resources and the means of producing goods and services are collectively owned |
| monopoly | the domination of a market by a single producer |
| oligopoly | the domination of a market by a few producers |
| pluralist model | an analysis of politics that sees power as spread among many competing interest groups |
| social stratification | a system by which society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy |
| social mobility | a change in position within the social hierarchy |
| caste system | social stratification based on ascription, or birth |
| class system | social stratification based on both birth and individual achievement |
| blue-collar | occupations lower-prestige jobs that involve mostly manual labor |
| white-collar | occupations higher-prestige jobs that involve mostly mental activity |
| socioeconomic status (SES) | a composite ranking based in various dimensions of social inequality |
| global stratification | patterns of social inequality in the world as a whole |
| Marbury v. Madison | was the 1803 Court decision that gave the Supreme Court the right to determine whether a law violates the Constitution. It set up the principle of judicial review. |
| Dred Scott v. Sanford | was the Supreme Court decision that said slaves were property and not citizens. |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | was that public facilities may be "separate but equal" for blacks and whites. |
| Brown v. Board of Education | said that racial segregation in public schools is in conflict with the Constitution and therefore illegal. |
| Miranda v. Arizona | said that defendants or suspects must be informed of their Constitutional Rights before questioning. |
| Worcester v. Georgia | Supreme Court decided that state of Georgia did not have the authority to move Cherokee Indians off their land. |
| Doctrine of nullification | ideas that states had the right to reject any law passed Congress. |
| Due process of law | everyone is entitled to be treated equally by law. |
| Electoral college | a group of voters chosen be each state to elect the President and Vic-Pres. |
| Embargo | prevents ships from entering or leaving ports. |
| Erie Canal (1825) | waterway connected Great Lakes to New York City |
| Freedman’s Bureau | federal agency set up to help former slaves in the south. |
| Free enterprise system | an economic system that has few government restrictions. |
| Free-Soil Party | political party formed in 1846 to stop the spread of slavery. |
| French and Indian War | (1754-1763) world-wide war between France and England |
| 6indentured servant | someone who agreed to work for an employer in exchanger for passage to the New World. |
| Manifest Destiny | idea that Americans had a right to all of the land between the east and west coasts. |
| Mercantilism | economic system in which England controlled the trade of the countries. |
| Mexican session | land in the Southwest given up by Mexico in 1848 after the Mexican War. |
| Mexican War war | between U.S. and Mexico 1846-1848. |
| Middle passage | journey of captured Africans to the New World to be sold as saleves |
| Reconstruction | process of re-admitting southern states into the Union |
| Wilmot Proviso | (1846) proposal that would have banned slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico |
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