AP Study Notes and Pearson Vocabulary
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| adverse | preventing success or development; harmful; unfavorable
🗑
|
||||
| insurrection | a violent uprising against an authority or government
🗑
|
||||
| suppress | to forcibly put an end to, or to prevent the dissemination of information
🗑
|
||||
| volatile | liable to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse
🗑
|
||||
| confiscate | to take or seize (someone's property) with authority; to take a possession as a penalty
🗑
|
||||
| entrenched | (of an attitude, habit, or belief) firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change; ingrained
🗑
|
||||
| fledgling | a person or organization that is immature, inexperienced, or/and is still developing
🗑
|
||||
| upheaval | a violent or sudden change or disruption to something
🗑
|
||||
| impressment | the act of forcing (someone) to serve in an army or navy
🗑
|
||||
| bolster | to support or strenghthen
🗑
|
||||
| perilous | full of danger or risk
🗑
|
||||
| advocate | a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy or a person who pleads on someone else's behalf
🗑
|
||||
| sanctity | ultimate importance and inviolability
🗑
|
||||
| subversive | seeking or intended to undermine the power and/or the authority of an established system, government or institution
🗑
|
||||
| perpetual | never ending or changing; occurring repeatedly; so frequent as to seem endless and uninterrupted
🗑
|
||||
| caucus | a conference of members of a legislative body who belong to a particular party or faction (to discuss strategy or tactics)
🗑
|
||||
| requisition | demand the use or supply of, especially by official order and for military or public use
🗑
|
||||
| quorum | the minimum number of members of an assembly or society that must be present at any of its meetings to make the proceedings of that meeting valid
🗑
|
||||
| anarchy | a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority; lawlessness or anti-governmental disorder
🗑
|
||||
| cabinet | the body of official advisers to the head of a government
🗑
|
||||
| fiscal | relating to government revenue, especially taxes; concerning public finances
🗑
|
||||
| excise | a tax levied on certain goods and commodities produced or sold within a country and on licenses granted for certain activities
🗑
|
||||
| despotism | the exercise of absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way; arbitrary or tyrannical rule
🗑
|
||||
| nullification | ONLY in American politics, the belief that a state may legally invalidate a federal act which deems inconsistent with its sovereignty
🗑
|
||||
| writ | a form of written command in the name of a court or other legal authority to act, or abstain from acting, in some way
🗑
|
||||
| cede | to give up power or territory often under pressure or upon request
🗑
|
||||
| precedent | an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances
🗑
|
||||
| embargo | an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country
🗑
|
||||
| demogogue | a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument
🗑
|
||||
| constituents | voting members of a community or organization and having the power to appoint, elect and/or make change to a political constitution
🗑
|
||||
| usurpation | the act of taking a position of power or importance illegally or by force; encroaching or infringing upon someone's rights
🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
Ms. Marshall
Popular U.S. History sets