| A | B |
| trade deficit | when the value of a country's imports exceeds its exports |
| underemployment | to work at a job where you are overqualified |
| human rights | rights such as freedom from unlawful imprisonment, torture, execution |
| shuttle diplomacy | to negotiate between nations by traveling back and forth between them |
| detente | policy which attempts to ease tensions between nations |
| balance of power | distribution of power among nations/one can't dominate |
| revenue sharing | money raised from federal taxes- then given to states to use |
| affirmative action | improve educational and employment opportunities for minorities and women |
| apartheid | policy of racial separation/as in South Africa |
| impeachment | formally charge a public official with misconduct (Clinton) |
| amnesty | to pardon lage numbers for an illegal act (draft dodgers) |
| deficit | a shortag/spending is greater than income |
| stagflation | combination of rising prices and sluggish economy (stagnant and inflation) |
| Fundamentalist | belief in the literal meaning of religious texts |
| embargo | an order to prohibit trade with another country |