final review

Question 1

industrial revolution

Answer 1

the rapid development of the industry in the 18th and 19th centuries that occurred in Britain, it brought about the introduction of machinery. it included the use of steam power, the growth of factories and the growth of mass production.

Question 2

totalitarianism

Answer 2

of or relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience.

Question 3

democracy

Answer 3

a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elections

Question 4

Thomas More

Answer 4

He was a social philosopher who wrote Utopia

Question 5

Communist Manifesto

Answer 5

1848 pamphlet written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engles. It argued that capitalism would eventually self destruct.

Question 6

Conditioning Centre

Answer 6

This is the factory that produces human beings and conditions then for their predetermined jobs in the World State in Brave New World

Question 7

Henry Ford

Answer 7

He was an American industrialist. He sponsored the assembly line and mass production

Question 8

Panem

Answer 8

Formally known as North America, in the Hunger Games it is a country divided into 14 districts.

Question 9

censorship

Answer 9

the practice of officially examining books, movies, etc. and suppressing the unallowable. (The Republic)

Question 10

Renaissance

Answer 10

A cultural rebirth in Europe based on the rediscovery of the literature from Greece and Rome.

Question 11

Hatchery

Answer 11

The place where the act of reproduction is artificially controlled for commercial purposes ( Brave New World)

Question 12

progress

Answer 12

forward or onward movement towards a destination.

Question 13

Big Government

Answer 13

A government that is perceived as excessively interventionist and intruding into all aspects of its citizens lives.

Question 14

Bourgeoisie

Answer 14

the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventionalistic attitudes.

In Marx’s context the capitalist class owns most of societies wealth and means of production

Question 15

propaganda

Answer 15

information off of a biased or misleading nature, used to publicize a certain view

Question 16

soma

Answer 16

the ideal pleasure drug in Brave New World

Question 17

Dystopia

Answer 17

an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant

Question 18

Reaping

Answer 18

the reaping is an annual event in which the the tributes are picked from each district before the start of the Hunger Games

Question 19

communism

Answer 19

a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society where all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their needs and abilities

Question 20

Allegory of the Cave

Answer 20

The fundamental idea of the composition was inspired by Plato’s philosophic metaphor The Allegory of the Cave:
Human beings sit in a cave, in chains, their backs to the entrance. The shadows of things moving outside are projected by the light onto an inner wall of the cave. [The Republic]

Question 21

President Snow

Answer 21

tyrannical president of Panem. [The
Hunger Games]

Question 22

john the savage

Answer 22

The only person in the brave new world born naturally of a mother, John represents a unique human being in the novel, with an identity and a family relationship unlike any other character. [Brave New World]

Question 23

Big Business

Answer 23

large-scale or important financial or commercial activity.

Question 24

monopoly

Answer 24

the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service.

Question 25

Bernard Marx

Answer 25

Bernard’s flaw - his short stature - marks him for ridicule. The rumored cause, alcohol in his blood surrogate, links him chemically to the lower castes and undercuts his Alpha Plus status. Bernard himself is painfully aware of others’ responses to his un-Alpha-like shortness, and his lack of confidence stems from anxiety about rejection. [Brave New World†

Question 26

Scientific Revolution

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concept used to explain the emergence of modern science during the early modern period, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology (including human anatomy) and chemistry transformed the views of society about nature.

Question 27

Beta

Answer 27

higher ranking castes [Brave New World]

Question 28

Age of Enlightenment

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an intellectual and scientific movement of 78th century Europe which was characterized by a rational and scientific approach to religious, social, political, and economic issues.

Question 29

Katniss Everdeen

Answer 29

protagonist of the Hunger Games

Question 30

The Capitol

Answer 30

is a tyrannical dictatorship, led by President Snow (before his death), and holds total political and economic dominance over Panem, enforcing its rule through an army of Peacekeepers, capital punishment, propaganda, and the Hunger Games. [The Hunger Games]

Question 31

Surveillance

Answer 31

close observation, especially of a suspected spy or criminal.

Question 32

Traveling Symphony

Answer 32

a theater troupe that travels among the small post-collapse settlements of the Great Lakes area and performs music and
Shakespeare plays
motto: “survival is insufficient.”

Question 33

Station Eleven

Answer 33

Emily St. John Mandel, about the last few people on earth after pandemic sweeps across the world and kills almost everyone

Question 34

The Time Machine

Answer 34

Short Novel by H.G. Wells; dystopian and utopian

Question 35

District 12

Answer 35

Katniss and Peeta’s district; primary industry- coal mining