Terms, Concepts from spring '08 OGT
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| Suffrage | the right to vote in public elections
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| Monarchs (constitutional & absolute) | kings or queens who rule for life and acquire the throne by inheriting it
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| Command economy | an economy in which business activity and resources are government controlled
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| Market economy | an economy where prices and wages are determined by supply and demand, not the government
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| Mixed economy | an economy in which some industries are government owned or regulated and some are privately owned.
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| Conscientious objector | someone who for religious reasons refuses to serve in the military.
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| Containment | a U.S. government policy intended to stop the spread of communism.
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| War reparations | money a country is forced to pay after losing a war supposedly for the wrongs they committed.
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| Theocracy | government run by religious officials and governed according to principles of a
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| The Enlightenment | an 18th century movement believing that human reason could combat ignorance, superstition and monarchs. It’s primary targets were religion and monarchies.
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| Bias | an unfair preference or dislike of something.
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| Segregation | the practice of keeping specific groups separate; racial, religious, ethnic, gender, etc. groups.
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| Credible source | a source of information that is worthy of trust and confidence.
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| Panama Canal | a narrow waterway cut through the country of Panama connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans completed in 1914 by the U.S.
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| Imperialism | the political, economic or military domination of one country over another.
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| Prohibition | the period from 1919 - 1933 in the U.S. where the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages was forbidden
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