1 Define the following words from the text book
Domestic Policy
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Gross domestic Product [GDP]
Medicare
Medicaid
Recession
Unemployment
Inflation
Fiscal Policy
Monetary Policy
Foreign Policy
Diplomacy
Economic Aid
Technical Assistance
Terrorism
Cold War
Normal Trade Relations [NTR] Status
Monroe Doctrine
Soviet Bloc
Detente
Chapter 13
2 List three domestic issues and define and give a possible solution
3 Define the following terms via the text book
Medicare
Medicaid
Medical [not in book]
From the internet, find the total number of Americans who are covered and the percentage.
What percentage of these covered Americans verses the Nation as a whole
Medical is a California medical insurance - find the total number of Californian's covered under this coverage and the percentage.
Chapter 14
4 The New Hot Spots in the World
List 5 countries and give a brief location and explain the challenges towards America
Define these foreign policy themes
The Cold War - The United States verses the Soviet Union.
Containment Policy and proxy wars
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaties
The Recognition of China
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
The Dissolution of the Soviet Union
The rise of the Islamic states and 911
The crisis of Isis
5 Read the power point presentation "electoral college"
Nancy Pelosi [D-CA] Minority House Leader wants to ban the Electoral College because of the defeat of Hilary Clinton. Can she do it - yes or no? How can the change be made?
Chapter 13 + Chapter 14
6 Back in the day, the common thoughts of Political Science were that domestic and foreign policy ran independently from each other.
Today is this true or not? Answer the following questions
With our trillion dollars debt [domestic] can we negotiate "good" deals with other countries?
America does not have a comprehensive energy policy. What would you include in your energy policy? How would the oil embargo by OPEC influence your policy?
Domestically America has spent billions of dollars in education and yet our education policy is failing. In the LACCD we are offering more and more remedial classes and yet our graduation rate [obtaining an AA, transfer to four year school or obtaining a certificate] is decreasing.
What proposals would you make to prepare your generation for the global workforce?