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Agrarian

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Relating to farming or agriculture

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Allied powers

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Alliance of France, Britain, Russia, and Japan during World War I

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Anarchist

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A person who rebels against or works to disrupt an established authority, usually a government or an economic system

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Appeasement

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Practice of meeting someone’s demands in order to avoid trouble, especially when one does not agree with them

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Assembly Plant

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Factory in which cars,machines, or other products are put together

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Atheist

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Person doesn’t believe in god

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Attrition

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The act of wearing down by inflicting continuous losses

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Bootlegger

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Someone who supplies illegal alcoholic beverage

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Capitalist

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Economic system in which resources and businesses are privately owned and prices are not controlled by the government

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Celluloid film

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Strip of transparent plastic used for recording images that can be projected on a screen

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Census

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Count of the number of people living a certain area

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Central powers

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Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria during World War l

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Communist

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Someone who believes in establishing an economic system based on community ownership of property and industry

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Community organizer

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Person who works to organize members of the community to work together

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Discrimination

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Unfair treatment of a person or a group because of beliefs about that group of people

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Discriminatory practices

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Usual actions that are prejudiced against a group

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Draft

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System that requires individuals to serve in the military

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Economy

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The way a country manages its money and resources to produce, buy, and sell good and services

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Entrepreneur

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Person who starts a business

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Free enterprise

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Freedom of business to operate without government interference

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Gangster

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Member of a criminal organization

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GDP ( gross domestic product )

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The value of all goods and services produced in one country during a specific period, usually a year

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Immigration

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Coming to live permanently in a new country

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Imperialism

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Practice of gaining power as a country by taking over areas of the world

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Industrialization

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Shift to the widespread use of machines and factories to produce goods

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Inflation

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Rise in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money

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Injunction

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Court order that specifies an action a person or group must or must not take

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Invalidate

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Prove incorrect or illegal

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League of Nations

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An organization formed by members of the allied powers immediately after World War I

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Malnutrition

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State of poor health due to not having enough healthy food

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Mobilization

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Process of preparing to fight a war or take other collective action

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Modernity

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State of being modern or up-to-date

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Moving assembly line

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Mechanical system in which a product moves through stages and workers each add a different part to it

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National debt

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Amount of money that the government of a country owes to leaders such as banks, companies, or other countries

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Nationalist

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Feeling of pride in one’s nation

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Pacifist

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Someone who opposes war and violence and refuses to participate

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Pesticide

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Chemical or other substance used to kill pests

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Political economy

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Combination or interaction of economy and government

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Populism

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Political movement in the 1890’s that claimed to represent ordinary people

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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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Psychological response to a highly upsetting and stressful event or series of events, such as natural disaster, combat in war or violence

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