Vocabulary
What does apathy mean?
Lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern
What are the two major parties?
The republicans and the democrats.
Cuban missile crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis of 1962, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union initiated by the American discovery of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba.
What is propaganda?
Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund is an international organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of "189 countries working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability.
What is libel?
A published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation.
The democratic party
The Democratic Party tends to support poorer people by wanting to spend more money on education, health, and welfare. The party started about the time of Thomas Jefferson in the 1870s, when it was called the Democratic Republican Party.
The Korean war
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border. As a product of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States, Korea had been split into two sovereign states in 1948.
Bandwagon
A bandwagon is a trend that is so cool everyone wants to get in on it.
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body. UNCTAD is the part of the United Nations Secretariat dealing with trade, investment, and development issues.
A platform
Plank. each individual part of a political party's platform. Platform. a series of statements expressing the party's principles, beliefs, and position on election issues.
The republican party
The Republican Party is one of the two main political parties in the United States. It is more right-wing or conservative than the Democratic Party.
WW2
World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's countries—including all the great powers—eventually formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis.
Name calling
The use of offensive names especially to win an argument or to induce rejection or condemnation (as of a person or project) without objective consideration of the facts.
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific is one of the five regional commissions under the jurisdiction of the United Nations Economic and Social Council.