Animal Farm Flashcards
An Ancient Greek fabulist or story teller credited with a number of fables
Aesop
An extended comparison in which events or characters represent other things
Allegory
Nations bound by treaties to help each other in time of war
Allies
Often applied to a type of ruling power
Authoritarian
A system of government in which supreme power is concentrated in the hands of one person
Autocratic
The radical right wing of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Party
Bolsheviks
An affluent and often extravagant layer of the middle class who stood opposite the proletariat class
Bourgeoisie
Everything is owned by certain people working with the goal of making profit, but not sharing it equally with the workers
Capitalism
A way of grouping people according to birth, income or education
Class system
Describing the state of the military and political stand-off that existed between East and West after the end of the Second World War
Cold War
