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Chapter 8 Lessons 3 and 4 Vocabulary, pages 238 - 249

Chapter 8 Lessons 3 and 4 Vocabulary, pages 238 - 249. Foreign Policy: a nation’s overall plan for dealing with other nations National Security: the ability to keep the country safe from attack or harm Treaty: a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries

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Chapter 8 Lessons 3 and 4 Vocabulary, pages 238 - 249

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  1. Chapter 8 Lessons 3 and 4 Vocabulary, pages 238 - 249 Foreign Policy: a nation’s overall plan for dealing with other nations National Security: the ability to keep the country safe from attack or harm Treaty: a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries Executive Agreement: an agreement between the president and the leader of another country Trade Sanction: an effort to punish another nation by imposing trade barriers Embargo: an agreement among a group of nations that prohibits them all from trading with a target nation

  2. Chapter 8 Lessons 3 and 4 Vocabulary, cont. • Cabinet: a group of advisors to the president that includes the heads of 15 top-level executive departments • Federal Bureaucracy: agencies and the employees of the executive branch of government • Executive Agency: independent agency that deals with certain specific areas within the government

  3. Chapter 8 Lessons 3 and 4 Vocabulary, cont. • Government Corporation: a business owned and operated by the federal gov’t • Regulatory Commission: independent agency created by Congress that can make rules concerning certain activities and bring violators to court • Political Appointee: a person appointed to a federal position by the president

  4. Chapter 8 Lessons 3 and 4 Vocabulary, cont. • Civil Service System: the practice of hiring gov’t workers on the basis of open, competitive examinations and merit • Spoils System: rewarding people with government jobs on the basis of their political support • Merit System: hiring people into gov’t jobs on the basis of their qualifications

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