America's Choice - Words to Know

requiring people to obey rules or laws and restricting freedoms

• economic

• authoritarian

• libertarian

• democratic

a personal opinion that influences someone’s work, actions, or thoughts (n)

• ideology

• support

• bias

• calipy

(n) a proposed law

• frank

• bill

• steve

• harvey

(n) the release of carbon dioxide (a gas) into the air by the burning of certain fuels (such as by cars, planes, and factories)

• carbon emissions

• litterbug

• unleaded gasoline

• inflow

(n) protections allowing freedom and equal treatment under the law

• autocracy

• denial

• freedom servitude

• civil rights

(n) a long-term change in Earth’s typical weather conditions, including warmer average global temperatures, rising sea levels, and more extreme weather events

• weather adjustment

• geographic mayhem

• greenhouse gas

• climate change

(adj) favoring tradition and stability over social and political reforms

• conservative

• liberal

• forgiveness

• franklinism

(n) police, courts, and other groups that investigate crimes and work to arrest and punish criminals

• law and order SVU

• criminal justice system

• Supreme Court

• county clerk

(adj) relating to a person who belongs to or supports the Democratic Party, one of the two main political parties in the United States. Democratic leaders tend to support social and political reforms.

• Democrat

• Republican

• Tea Party Candidate

• Anarchist

(n) a system for making, buying, selling, and distributing products and services within a country, a region, or an industry

• bank theory

• money organization

• business

• economy