Vocabulary Flashcards
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influenzab pandemic
Pandemic Influenza definition and the World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic phases: A pandemic is a global disease outbreak. A flu pandemic occurs when a new influenza virus emerges for which people have little or no immunity and for which there is no vaccine.
surrealism
a 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images.
cubism
an early 20th-century style and movement in art, especially painting, in which perspective with a single viewpoint was abandoned and use was made of simple geometric shapes, interlocking planes, and, later, collage.
jazz
a type of music of black American origin characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful rhythm, emerging at the beginning of the 20th century. Brass and woodwind instruments and piano are particularly associated with jazz, although guitar and occasionally violin are also used; styles include Dixieland, swing, bebop, and free jazz.
functionlism
in the arts) the doctrine that the design of an object should be determined solely by its function, rather than by aesthetic considerations, and that anything practically designed will be inherently beautiful.
prohibition era
n the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment. Synonyms: prohibition Type of: period, period of time, time period. an amount of time.
black tuesday
October 29, 1929. On this date, share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed, becoming a pivotal factor in the emergence of the Great Depression.
great depressiom
the financial and industrial slump of 1929 and subsequent years.
the new deal
New Deal definition. A group of government programs and policies established under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s; the New Deal was designed to improve conditions for persons suffering in the Great Depression.
FDR
FDR definition, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
maginot line
Definition of Maginot Line. 1 : a line of defensive fortifications built before World War II to protect the eastern border of France but easily outflanked by German invaders. 2 : a defensive barrier or strategy that inspires a false sense of security.
Ramsey Mcdonald
James Ramsay MacDonald, FRS was a British statesman who was the first Labour Party Prime .
Irish republican
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is any of several armed movements in Ireland in the 20th and 21st centuries dedicated to Irish republicanism, the belief that all of Ireland should be an independent republic. It was also characterised by the belief that political violence was necessary to achieve that goal.
the Easter rising
Easter Rising. noun. an armed insurrection in Dublin in 1916 against British rule in Ireland: the insurgents proclaimed the establishment of an independent Irish republic before surrendering, 16 of the leaders later being executed.
the weimar republic
The Weimar Republic was the democratic government founded in Germany following Kaiser Wilhelm II’s abdication near the end of War World I. It continued in name until 1945, but actually ended with Hitler’s seizure of dictatorial powers in 1933.
mohandas gandi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
igbo womens war of 1929
The “riots” or the war, led by women in the provinces of Calabar and Owerri in southeastern Nigeria in November and December of 1929, became known as the “Aba Women’s Riots of 1929” in British colonial history, or as the “Women’s War” in Igbo history.
kenya
an equatorial country in East Africa, on the Indian Ocean… Meaning, pronunciation, example sentences, and more from Oxford Dictionaries.
pan africanism
the principle or advocacy of the political union of all the indigenous inhabitants of Africa.
civil disobedience
the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest.
indian national congress
Congress party definition. A political party in India, formally the Indian National Congress, established in the late nineteenth century. It was the party of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. After India achieved independence from Britain in 1947, the Congress party dominated India’s politics for two decades.
mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922 to 1943.
stalian
an uncastrated adult male horse.
the black shirts
Definition of Blackshirt. : a member of a fascist organization having a black shirt as a distinctive part of its uniform; especially : a member of the Italian Fascist party.
