Ch. 11 End of a Century

Question 1

a ruler with absolute power

Answer 1

dictator

Question 2

higher in social position

Answer 2

superior

Question 3

lower in social position

Answer 3

inferior

Question 4

a camp where prisoners were kept, tortured, and killed

Answer 4

concentration camp

Question 5

a place where people in the navy live and work

Answer 5

naval base

Question 6

to force into military service

Answer 6

draft

Question 7

made by chemicals rather than nature

Answer 7

synthetic

Question 8

a road a person has to pay to use

Answer 8

toll road

Question 9

money paid to attend school

Answer 9

tuition

Question 10

a tax placed on a person’s salary or wage

Answer 10

income tax

Question 11

a way to raise money in which tickets are sold and a drawing is held to find the winner of a very large amount of money

Answer 11

lottery

Question 12

to separate by race

Answer 12

segregate

Question 13

the rights that belong to every citizen

Answer 13

civil rights

Question 14

a time in which women fought for equal rights

Answer 14

women’s movement

Question 15

a person who rights for the newspaper or magazine

Answer 15

journalist

Question 16

a form of government where people cannot own property or choose where they will travel or where they will live

Answer 16

communism

Question 17

people who move from place to place to find work

Answer 17

migrant workers

Question 18

acids that pollute water; materials used in soap and fertilizer

Answer 18

phosphates