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| Question | Answer |
| when a nation buys more goods and services from a country, than it sells to them. | Trade Deficit |
| Mostly Arab and Muslim countries who used the sale of their oil as an economic weapon against the U.S in 1973, protesting the U.S's support of Israel during the 1973 war between the Israelite and the Arabs | OPEC |
| The area between a city and the country | Suburbs |
| a federal agency set up by the government to protect the environment | EPA |
| The political scandal that led to Nixon's resignation | Watergate |
| actions such as boycotts, taken against a country in hopes of bringing about a change | Economic Sanctions |
| 1986 space shuttle exploded ninety seconds after taking off. | Challenger Explosion |
| Many people wanted a law passed that would limit government spending | Balanced Budget Amendment |
| Many people wanted a law to limit how many times a Senator or Congressman could be elected | Term Limits |
| designed to slowly do away with trade barriers between the US, Canada, and Mexico | NAFTA |
| Kuwait liberated, Iraq subjected to inspections for chemical and biological weapons | Results of the Persian Gulf War |
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