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W. History Vocab
vocab for exam 6/07
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| pacifism | opposition to all war |
| militarism | glorification of the military |
| entente | nonbinding agreement to follow common policies |
| ultimatum | final set of demands |
| mobilize | prepare military forces for war |
| neutrality | policy of supporting neither side in a war |
| stalemate | deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other |
| "no man's land" | empty tract of land where everything has been destroyed by war |
| zeppelins | large gas filled balloons used to drop bombs in WWI |
| U-boats | submarines used by the Germans in WWI |
| convoys | groups of merchant ships protected by warships |
| total war | channeling an entire nation's resources into a war effort |
| conscription | the draft |
| propaganda | the spreading of ideas to promote or damage a cause |
| atrocities | horrible acts against innocent people |
| self-determination | the right of people to choose their own form of government |
| armistice | agreement to end fighting |
| pandemic | the spread of a disease across an entire country, continent, or the world |
| reparations | payments for war damage/imprisonment during WWII |
| collective security | system in which a group of nations acts as one to preserve the peace of all |
| mandates | territories administered by western powers |
| nationalization | government takeover |
| economic nationalism | emphasis on domestic control of the economy |
| cultural nationalism | pride in one's own culture |
| apartheid | system of strict racial segregation in South Africa |
| polygamy | the custom allowing men to have more than one wife |
| ahimsa | ancient doctrine encouraging nonviolence and reverence for all life |
| civil disobedience | the refusal to obey unjust laws |
| guomindang | nationalist party in China |
| marxism | communism |
| diet | japanese parliament |
| ultranationalists | extreme nationalists |
| disarmament | the reduction of armed forces and weapons |
| overproduction | a condition in which the production of goods exceeds the demand for them |
| margin buying | paying part of the cost and borrowing the rest from brokers |
| general strike | strike by many workers in many different industries at the same time |
| psychoanalysis | the method of studying how the mind works and treating mental disorders |
| abstract | composed of lines, colors, and shapes with no recognizable subject matter |
| surrealism | movement attempting to portray the workings of the unconscious mind |
| stream of consciousness | technique in which writers appear to probe a character's random thoughts and feelings without imposing any logic or order |
| flapper | rebellious liberated young women during the Jazz Age |
| chancellor | prime minister of Germany |
| repudiated | rejected |
| concentration camps | detention centers for civilians considered enemies of the state |
| sanction | penalties |
| appeasement | giving in to the demands of an aggressor to keep the peace |
| Anschluss | the union of Germany and Austria |
| blitzkrieg | "lighting war" |
| radar | device used to detect airplanes |
| sonar | device used to detect submarines |
| genocide | deliberate murder of an entire religious or ethnic group |
| collaborator | person who cooperated with an enemy |
| "island hopping" | US recapturing some Japanese-held islands while bypassing others |
| kamikaze | pilots who undertook suicide missions |
| containment | limiting communism to areas already under Soviet control |
| satellites | dependent states |
| modernization | building stable governments and deveolping countries economically |
| superpowers | nations strong enough to influence the acts and policies of other nations |
| nonaligned | not allied to either side |
| ideology | system of thought or belief |
| interdependence | the dependence of countries on goods, resources, and knowledge from other parts of the world |
| summits | conferences of leaders and experts from around the world |
| human rights | basic rights given to all humans |
| terrorism | the willful use of violence especially against civilians to achieve political goals |
| multinational corporation | corporation with branches in many countries |
| privatization | selling off state-owned industries to private investors |
| environmentalist | one who raises the alarm about threats to the planet's fragile environment |
| acid rain | form of pollution in which toxic chemicals in the air fall to earth as rain, snow, or hail |
| global warming | worldwide temperature increase |
| shantytown | slums on the outskirts of cities |
| fundamentalists | reformers that stress what they see as the basic values of their faiths |
| liberation theology | urging the church to take a more active role in opposing the social conditions that contributed to poverty |
| feminist movement | movement seeking greater access for women to jobs/promotins/equal pay/end to sexual harrassment on the job |
| e-commerce | buying and selling on the internet |
| genetic engineering | altering the chemical code carried by living things |
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