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KS History Key Terms
Chapter 8, Lessons 1 - 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| to examine materials (letters, books, movies, etc) and remove any content that is harmful, dangerous, secret, or immoral | censor |
| a financial arrangement that allows a consumer or business owner to pay for a good or service over an extended period of time | credit |
| something performed with little or no preparation | improvisation |
| smaller payments over a period of time | installments |
| the fee that must be paid for borrowing money or buying on credit | interest |
| a style of music with lively, sometimes offbeat rhythms and melodies that musicians often make up as they play | jazz |
| hatred or intolerance of others because of their race | racism |
| unable to pay debts; without financial resources | bankrupt |
| to plow or plant crops around hills | contour farming |
| an organization or company owned and managed collectively by a group of people with mutual economic interests | cooperative |
| a broad decrease in the prices of goods and wages in an economy | deflation |
| something that prevents or discourages action | disincentive |
| to use up all the nutrients in the soil | exhaust |
| the person currently holding office | incumbent |
| to cut a flat piece of land into a hill or mountain for farming | terracing |
| to officially reserve money for a specific purpose | appropriate |
| a person who refuses to use weapons against others for religious or moral reasons | conscientious objector |
| required enrollment in the armed forces | conscription |
| a ruler who has absolute, or unrestricted, control in a government | dictator |
| a political system where a dictator runs the government and economy and citizens are not allowed to disagree | fascism |
| the mass slaughter of European Jews in Nazi concentration camps during World War II | Holocaust |
| the belief that a country should stay out of other countries' conflicts | isolationism |
| per person, or per unit of population | per capita |
| information designed to persuade | propaganda |