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Goal 5Kelea B
Terms
• Appeal• Bail• Bill• Bailiffs• Briefs
• Civil courts• Criminal courts• Court docket• Cloture• subpoena
Appeal
• Defendants may ask for the case to be looked at again.
Bail
• Money paid so the defendant does not have to stay in jail until his/her trail.
Bailiffs
• Law enforcement in the court
Briefs
• A request from an attorney saying why the should have some evidence on the trail
Civil Court
• Where less serious crimes are heard
Criminal Court
• Where federal crimes are heard
Court Docket
• A schedule of a court’s events
Cloture
• 3/5th of a vote from the senates saying to close a debate, then the filibuster is ended and a vote can take place
Subpoena
• A written legal order telling a witness or requiring them to come to court
Goal 6
Terms
• Chamber Of Commerce
• Civil Laws• Code of Hammurabi• Constitutional Laws• Death Penalty• Deterrence
• Family Law• Franking Privilege• Federal
Communications Commissions
• Incarceration• Public Law• Retribution
Chamber Of Commerce
• Voluntary work to help promote economical growth
Civil Laws
• Laws between people and businesses
Code of Hammurabi
• Code of law based on laws from the past that a Babylon's king, Hammurabi, expanded and revised
Constitutional Laws
• Laws that interpreted the US Constiution
Death Penalty
• Capital punishment is when an individual is sentenced to death because of their crime(s)
Deterrence
• To refrain from future crimes
Family Laws
• Laws dealing with family matters like child costody, divorces, child support.
Franking Privileges
• Privilege of sending mail for free
Federal Communications Commissions
• Enforces federal regulations with television and radio broadcast
Incarceration
• Spending time in a place with no time free for a crime
Public Law
• Dealing with the direct relationship of people and businesses
Retribution
• The feelings dealt with the punishment of convicted people
Goal 7
Terms(10)
• Assembly Line• Capital• Capital Goods• Capital Investments• Deficit Spending
• Free Enterprise• Human Capital• Incentives• “Invisible Hand”• Recycling
Assembly Line
• When a product or good is moved down a line and a worker adds something to it.
Capital
• Things that are used to make a product or good.
Capital Goods
• Good used to make another good or product
Capital Investment
• When someone invest in a capital good or human good to produce something.
Deficit Spending
• When the government spends more money than they have in revenue
Free Enterprise
• Freedom to buy or sell whatever they want.
Human Capital
• What makes workers/laborers more productive.
Incentives
• Something that motivates workers.
“Invisible Hand”
• Unseen force directing the market
Recycling
• Is when something is remade and reused
Goal 8
Terms
• Anti-trust Laws• Arbitration• Barter System• Bonds• Commercial Banks
• Credit Union• Currency• Fiscal Policy• Franchise• Sole proprietorship
Anti-trust Laws
• Laws that prohibit monopolies ( late 1800s)
Arbitration
• The third party is legally binding each side
Barter System
• When people trade goods for what they wanted or needed.
Bonds
• Loaned money
Commercial Banks
• Banks that are owned by stockholders. These banks are to receive deposits of money, extend credit, and provide loans.
Credit Union
• Banks that are nonprofit, benefit off of their members. The usually have higher interests rates.
Currency
• Coin money and paper money
Fiscal Policy
• A policy that tells how the executive and legislative branch spends money and imposes taxes.
Franchise
• When a sole proprietors and partnerships buy rights with trademark corporations.
Sole Proprietorship
• A business owned by one person or a family
Goal 9
Terms
• Bear Market• Bull Market• Child Labor• Comparative
Advantage• Developed Countries
• Deregulation• Discount Rate• Exchange Rate• Revenue• Tariffs
Bear Market
• When prices fall and less money is being invested in the economy
Bull Market
• Stock market has a constant rise in prices.
Child Labor
• When a minor (someone under the age of 18) is obligated to work.
Comparative Advantage
• When business have more efficient production.
Developed Countries
• Countries that have great wealth and citizens have a better level of wealth
Deregulation
• When industries decline it’s regulation
Discount Rate
• Money that banks pay the federal so they can continue to borrow money.
Exchange Rate
• When money is given to another nation
Revenue
• Money that the government takes through taxes
Tariffs
• Taxes placed on goods from other countries.
Goal 10
Terms
• Acid Rain• Baby Boomers• Citizen Apathy• Civic Responsibilities• Disability
• Disease• Economic Choices• Fiscal Responsibilities• Sexism• Voting
Acid Rain
• When chemicals are released and they evaporate into the atmosphere and into the clouds where droplets of water are produced.
Baby Boomers
• The generation of citizens born after WWII
Citizen Apathy
• Lack of concern from citizens
Civic Responsibilities
• Taking an active role in the community
Disability
• Physical and mental condition
Disease
• Cancers and AIDS are only two types of diseases. There are many more. Diseases can effect the thought process and being a citizen you have to think properly and make the right choices.
Economic Choices
• Where citizens choose to spend their money other than they have to spend it on taxes.
Fiscal Responsibilities
• Responsibilities dealing with money
Sexism
• Discrimination based on the gender of a person
Voting
• Electing the best candidate of one’s choice or signing a petition