definitions

Question 1

communism

Answer 1

political ideology that was created by Friedrich Engles and Karl Marx in 1848. It focuses on the working class, the means of production and land being owned by the community as a whole. In this system, private property does not exist. Everyone is equal and wealth is shared equally

Question 2

Bolsheviks

Answer 2

member of a wing of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers’ Party

Question 3

what does golden age mean

Answer 3

time of prosperity, wealth and happiness flourishes

Question 4

what does Gilded age mean

Answer 4

when something appears to be a golden age on the surface until it is explored further

Question 5

white supremacy

Answer 5

he belief that white people constitute a superior race and should therefore dominate society, typically to the exclusion or detriment of other racial and ethnic groups, in particular black or Jewish people.

Question 6

consumer goods

Answer 6

goods bought and used by consumers, rather than by manufacturers for producing other goods.

Question 7

commemorate

Answer 7

to mark or celebrate ( an event or person ) by doing or producing something

Question 8

allied forces

Answer 8

armies from different countries who are fighting on the same side in a war

Question 9

soviet union

Answer 9

Russia from 1922 - 1991

Question 10

Liberate

Answer 10

set ( someone ) free from imprisonment ,slavery, or oppression

Question 11

geopolitical

Answer 11

relating to politics especially international relations, as influenced by geographical factors

Question 12

cultural memory

Answer 12

how history has been constructed and been passed on through text, statues, memorials or oral history

Question 13

rationing

Answer 13

controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, services, or an artificial restriction of demand

Question 14

anti semitism

Answer 14

hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people.

Question 15

latent

Answer 15

not now showing signs of activity or existence

Question 16

fascism `

Answer 16

is a political ideology which is usually led by a dictator which focuses on extreme nationalism, oppression of minority groups and democracy is condemned

Question 17

genocide

Answer 17

Genocide is the intentional destruction of a people — usually defined as an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group — in whole or in part

Question 18

capitalism

Answer 18

an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

Question 19

propaganda

Answer 19

information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.

Question 20

segregation

Answer 20

Racial segregation is the systematic separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life.

Question 21

Serfs

Answer 21

Medieval serfs (akavilleins) wereunfree labourers who worked the land of a landowner (or tenant) in return for physical and legal protection and the right to work a separate piece of land for their own basic needs.

Question 22

Mob

Answer 22

a large crowd of people, especially one that is disorderly and intent on causing trouble or violence.