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