Chapter20

Question 1

Socialism

Answer 1

theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.

Question 2

Utopia

Answer 2

an imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More’s Utopia (1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics, etc.

Question 3

Robert Owen

Answer 3

Robert, 1771–1858, Welsh social reformer in Great Britain and the U.S.

Question 4

Communism

Answer 4

1.
a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.

Question 5

Proletariat

Answer 5

the class of wage earners, especially those who earn their living by manual labor or who are dependent for support on daily or casual employment; the working class.

Question 6

Democratic

Answer 6

pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
2.
pertaining to or characterized by the principle of political or social equality for all:
democratic treatment.

Question 7

Socialism

Answer 7

1.
a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.