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= CHAPTER 30 VOCABULARY =


 * Section 1 (The Conservative Revolt) **


 * Moral Majority **-religious organization that back conservative political causes in the 1980's.


 * Reaganomics **-the new president's first priority was his economic program


 * deregulation **:reduction of restrictions on buisness


 * balanced budget **-it requires the goverment to spend only as much as it takes in.
 * downsizing** -reducing their workforces


 * recession **-is an economic slump that is milder than a depression.


 * surplus **-in which income exceeded spending.


 * Section 2:(American Leadership in a New World)

mediator ** - is an agent that helps.


 * apartheid **-or strict seperation of races


 * Sanctions **-are measures designed to make a country change it policy.


 * Coprehensive Test Ban Treaty -**it was drafted to help end further testing of nuclear weapons.

**Sectio n 3:(The Spread of Regional Conflict) **

**OPEC(Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)-** multinational organization that sets a common policy for the sale of petroleum.   **PLO(Palestine Liberation organization ** )-  Palestine-Arab organization founded in 1964 to destroy Isarel.

** Terrorism- ** the deliberate use of viloence to spread fear and to achieve political goals.


 * Section 4:(A Global Economy) **

**trade deficit**- occurs when a nation buys more goods and services from foreign countries than sells to them.

**environmentalists-** calls attention to environmental dangers.
 * EPA(Environmental Protection Agency)-** was created in 1970 by the Nixon administration.


 * renewable resource **-is one that can be quickly replaced by nature.


 * Earth Summit- **a conference was to discuss key environmental issues.