Glossary

Question 1

Agrarian

Answer 1

Relating to farming or agriculture

Question 2

Allied powers

Answer 2

Alliance of France, Britain, Russia, and Japan during World War I

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Anarchist

Answer 3

A person who rebels against or works to disrupt an established authority, usually a government or an economic system

Question 4

Appeasement

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Practice of meeting someone’s demands in order to avoid trouble, especially when one does not agree with them

Question 5

Assembly Plant

Answer 5

Factory in which cars,machines, or other products are put together

Question 6

Atheist

Answer 6

Person doesn’t believe in god

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Attrition

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The act of wearing down by inflicting continuous losses

Question 8

Bootlegger

Answer 8

Someone who supplies illegal alcoholic beverage

Question 9

Capitalist

Answer 9

Economic system in which resources and businesses are privately owned and prices are not controlled by the government

Question 10

Celluloid film

Answer 10

Strip of transparent plastic used for recording images that can be projected on a screen

Question 11

Census

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Count of the number of people living a certain area

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Central powers

Answer 12

Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria during World War l

Question 13

Communist

Answer 13

Someone who believes in establishing an economic system based on community ownership of property and industry

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Community organizer

Answer 14

Person who works to organize members of the community to work together

Question 15

Discrimination

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Unfair treatment of a person or a group because of beliefs about that group of people

Question 16

Discriminatory practices

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Usual actions that are prejudiced against a group

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Draft

Answer 17

System that requires individuals to serve in the military

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Economy

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The way a country manages its money and resources to produce, buy, and sell good and services

Question 19

Entrepreneur

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Person who starts a business

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Free enterprise

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Freedom of business to operate without government interference

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Gangster

Answer 21

Member of a criminal organization

Question 22

GDP ( gross domestic product )

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The value of all goods and services produced in one country during a specific period, usually a year

Question 23

Immigration

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Coming to live permanently in a new country

Question 24

Imperialism

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Practice of gaining power as a country by taking over areas of the world

Question 25

Industrialization

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Shift to the widespread use of machines and factories to produce goods

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Inflation

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Rise in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money

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Injunction

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Court order that specifies an action a person or group must or must not take

Question 28

Invalidate

Answer 28

Prove incorrect or illegal

Question 29

League of Nations

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An organization formed by members of the allied powers immediately after World War I

Question 30

Malnutrition

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State of poor health due to not having enough healthy food

Question 31

Mobilization

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Process of preparing to fight a war or take other collective action

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Modernity

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State of being modern or up-to-date

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Moving assembly line

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Mechanical system in which a product moves through stages and workers each add a different part to it

Question 34

National debt

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Amount of money that the government of a country owes to leaders such as banks, companies, or other countries

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Nationalist

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Feeling of pride in one’s nation

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Pacifist

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Someone who opposes war and violence and refuses to participate

Question 37

Pesticide

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Chemical or other substance used to kill pests

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Political economy

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Combination or interaction of economy and government

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Populism

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Political movement in the 1890’s that claimed to represent ordinary people

Question 40

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Answer 40

Psychological response to a highly upsetting and stressful event or series of events, such as natural disaster, combat in war or violence