MWH Finals Vocab

Question 1

Militarism

Answer 1

Strengthening a country’s military for war

Question 2

Conscription

Answer 2

Forcing people by law to join the military

Question 3

Mobilization

Answer 3

To prepare a country’s military for war

Question 4

Propaganda

Answer 4

Ideas that are spread to influence public opinion

Question 5

Stalemate

Answer 5

A deadlock in which neither side can defeat the other

Question 6

Ethnic group

Answer 6

A community or population made of people who share a common background

Question 7

shrapnel

Answer 7

A hollow projectile designed to explode before reaching the target; sets free a shower of missiles

Question 8

Genocide

Answer 8

The deliberate killing of a large number of people from a specific ethnic group

Question 9

Food rationing

Answer 9

To have a fixed allowance of food do to scarcity

Question 10

armistice

Answer 10

A temporary truce

Question 11

Self-determination

Answer 11

The freedom to live life as one chooses

Question 12

Armaments

Answer 12

The equipment which a military unit is suplied with

Question 13

Revenue

Answer 13

the income of a government

Question 14

Autocrat

Answer 14

An absolute ruler who holds the power of the government

Question 15

Ratify

Answer 15

To show approval for something

Question 16

Inflation

Answer 16

A rise of prices due to the loss of value in money

Question 17

Finance

Answer 17

The management of large amounts of money done by the government

Question 18

Authoritarian

Answer 18

enforcing strict obedience to authority

Question 19

Persecution

Answer 19

The act of harassing a person based on their religion or beliefs

Question 20

Anti-Semitism

Answer 20

The discrimination or hostility against Jews

Question 21

Prohibit

Answer 21

To prevent or hinder an event ahead of time

Question 22

Abstract

Answer 22

Existing as a thought but not having a physical existence

Question 23

Surreal

Answer 23

Having the disorienting, hallucinating, quality of a dream

Question 24

Decree

Answer 24

A formal and authoritative order

Question 25

Public works

Answer 25

Structures like roads and post offices paid by the government funds for public use

Question 26

Demilitarized

Answer 26

To be placed under civil control instead of the control of armed forces

Question 27

Appeasement

Answer 27

The policy of attending to the demands of a hostile nation to keep the peace

Question 28

Sanctions

Answer 28

Penalties given for breaking the law

Question 29

Blitzkrieg

Answer 29

A military campaign intended to bring a swift victory

Question 30

Acclaim

Answer 30

To welcome someone with shouts of joy and appeal

Question 31

Incident

Answer 31

An individual occurrence or event

Question 32

Notorius

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Widely and/or unfavorably known

Question 33

Perceived

Answer 33

Taken in by the human senses

Question 34

Incendiary

Answer 34

Able to be set aflame

Question 35

Blitz

Answer 35

The event where the Germans bombed London in Great Britain

Question 36

Elite

Answer 36

People of the highest class

Question 37

Chastise

Answer 37

To criticize and discipline severely

Question 38

Disposition

Answer 38

Personal qualities of a person

Question 39

Feasible

Answer 39

capable of being done

Question 40

Instill

Answer 40

To gradually establish a habit into another

Question 41

Pivotal

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Of vital or critical importance

Question 42

Profound

Answer 42

Of deep meaning and significance

Question 43

Interject

Answer 43

To innterupt

Question 44

Impeccable

Answer 44

flawless

Question 45

Containment

Answer 45

A US policy used to prevent the spread of communism after WWII

Question 46

Detente

Answer 46

A relaxing of tension between nations through negotiations and agreements

Question 47

Shah

Answer 47

A king from Iran

Question 48

Zionism

Answer 48

A Jewish movement that resulted in the establishment and development of the state of Israel

Question 49

Intfada

Answer 49

A revolt begun in Dec. 1987 by Palestinian Arabs to protest Israel's occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

Question 50

Mujahideen

Answer 50

Muslim fighters, usually in Afghanistan and Iran

Question 51

Civil disobedience

Answer 51

The refusal to obey certain laws or demands for the purpose of influencing government policy

Question 52

Pan-Africanism

Answer 52

The idea of a political alliance of all the African nations (South Africa)

Question 53

Apartheid

Answer 53

A system or practice that separates people according to ethnicity

Question 54

Coup detat

Answer 54

A sudden action in politics resulting in the change of government

Question 55

Oligarchy

Answer 55

A form of government where all the power goes to the dominant class

Question 56

Lucrative

Answer 56

Extremely profitable

Question 57

Presume

Answer 57

To take for granted

Question 58

Shirk

Answer 58

To avoid responsibility

Question 59

Irate

Answer 59

Angry

Question 60

Antagonize

Answer 60

To make hostile or unfriendly