History Vocabulary Words (Grade 7)

Question 1

Anarchists

Answer 1

people who want to abolish all forms of government

Question 2

Communists

Answer 2

those who believed in an economic and social system where property is owned by everyone and the needs of the whole are more important than those of the individual

Question 3

Prohibition

Answer 3

the forbidding by law of the manufacture, transportation, sale, and possession of alcoholic beverages.

Question 4

Trench

Answer 4

a long, narrow ditch

Question 5

Inflation

Answer 5

a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money

Question 6

The Great Depression

Answer 6

an economic recession that began on October 29,1929, following the crash of the U.S. stock market

Question 7

Nationalism

Answer 7

pride for one’s country and readiness to fight to defend her

Question 8

The League of Nations

Answer 8

an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations

Question 9

Conscription

Answer 9

compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces

Question 10

Propaganda

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Blitzkrieg

Answer 11

a new method of warfare used by Germans when they attacked Poland. “Blitzkrieg” means “lightning war” this was a quick attack on the enemy causing confusion and shock, resulting in a fast victory.

Question 12

The Nazi Party

Answer 12

a political group that ruled Germany between 1933 and 1945. “Nazi” is a short form of the official name. In English the official name is the National Socialist German Workers’ Party. Under Adolf Hitler’s leadership, the Nazis started World War II.

Question 13

Communism

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Anti-semitism

Answer 14

prejudice against, hatred or discrimination against Jews as a ethnics, religion and race.

Question 15

United Nations

Answer 15

an international organization formed in 1945 to increase political and economic cooperation among member countries. The organization works on economic and social development programs, improving human rights and reducing global conflicts.

Question 16

Resistance

Answer 16

a refusal to give in or to something that slows down or prevents something.

Question 17

B.R.A.T.

Answer 17

were the main points of the Treaty of Versailles (Blame, Reparations, Army, Territory)

Question 18

M.A.I.N.

Answer 18

were the main causes of the first world war. (Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism)

Question 19

Triple Alliance

Answer 19

Germany and Austria- Hungary made an alliance with Italy to stop Italy from taking sides with Russia

Question 20

Triple Entente (no separate peace)

Answer 20

Britain, Russia and France agreed not to sign for peace separately

Question 21

The Axis

Answer 21

an alliance between Hitler’s Germany with Mussolini’s Italy and Tojo’s Japan followed afterwards

Question 22

Militarism

Answer 22

building up armed forces and getting ready for war

Question 23

Allies

Answer 23

agreements or promises to defend and help another country

Question 24

Imperialism

Answer 24

trying to build up an empire

Question 25

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 25

was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Question 26

Harlem Renaissance

Answer 26

an African-American cultural movement of the 1920s and 1930s, centered in Harlem, that celebrated black traditions, the black voice, and black ways of life.

Question 27

Black Tuesday

Answer 27

refers to October 29, 1929, when panicked sellers traded nearly 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange (four times the normal volume at the time), and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -12%.Black Tuesday is often cited as the beginning of the Great Depression.

Question 28

Authoritative government

Answer 28

relating to a governmental or political system, principle, or practice in which individual freedom is held as completely subordinate to the power or authority of the state, centered either in one person or a small group that is not constitutionally accountable to the people.

Question 29

Red Scare

Answer 29

The rounding up and deportation of several hundred immigrants of radical political views by the federal government in 1919 and 1920. This “scare” was caused by fears of subversion by communists in the United States after the Russian Revolution.

Question 30

Instalment Plan

Answer 30

a type of payment where credit is paid over a period of time

Question 31

Trench Warfare

Answer 31

a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.