Use of violence, especially murder and bombing, in order to achieve political aims or to force a government to do something

All the money that the government of the country has borrowed and still owes

A large company that has branches or owns companies in many different countries

A hike in housing prices fueled by demand, speculation, and exuberant spending to the point of collapse

The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country

1994 agreement made by the U.S., Canada, and Mexico for the gradual elimination of tariffs and import quotas so as to remove barriers to free trade among those countries

A period when the economy of a country is doing badly, for example because industry is producing less and more people are becoming unemployed

A political party organized to compete against the two major parties in a two-party system

A U.S. law enacted in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, which gave law-enforcement officials greater ability to tap telephones and track Internet users

A person who organizes and manages a business undertaking, assuming the risk for the sake of the profit

An amendment to the United Nations international treaty on global warming in which participating nations commit to reducing their emissions of carbon dioxide, negotiated in Japan, in 1997

Used to refer to the events that took place in the United States on September 11, 2001, when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon

A government program that guarantees certain benefits to a particular group or segment of the population

A package of economic measures a government uses to stimulate a struggling economy. The objective: to reinvigorate the economy and prevent a recession by boosting employment and spending