| A | B |
| Policy of reducing tensions between nations | Detente |
| An economy with rising prices and low employment | Stagflation |
| An active effort to improve opportunities for women and minority groups | Affirmative Action |
| When no single nation is powerful enough to threaten the others | Balance of Power |
| When federal tax money is shared with the states | Revenue Sharing |
| An order prohibiting trade with another nation | Embargo |
| Negotiations between nations carried out by someone who travels back and forth between them | Shuttle Diplomacy |
| The shortage that occurs when you spend more money than you take in | Deficit |
| Belies in the literal interpretation of religious texts and in following religious laws | Fundamentalist |
| When people work jobs that they are overqualified for and don't use their skills | Underemployment |
| When a nations imports (purchases) are more than its exports (sales) | Trade Deficit |
| Protection from prosecution for an illegal act | Amnesty |
| Rights that all humans share | Human Rights |
| Charging an official with misconduct in office | Impeachment |
| South African policy of racial segregation | Apartheid |