Keywords E-F

Question 1

Embargo

Answer 1

An official ban on trade or commercial activity.

Question 2

Entrepreneur

Answer 2

A person who sets up a business or business, taking on financial risks in the hope of making profits.

Question 3

Espionage

Answer 3

Spying.

Question 4

Expansionist

Answer 4

Following a policy of territorial expansion.

Question 5

Federal Reserve Board

Answer 5

A centralised system that allowed banks to run their own affairs with only limited government interference.

Question 6

Federal system of government

Answer 6

There is a central system of government and also state governments. Each state has its own powers that are not subject to interference from central government.

Question 7

Fenians

Answer 7

An Irish republican organisation set up in the USA in 1858, fighting for Irish independence from Britain.

Question 8

Free trade

Answer 8

International trade that is left to run its course according to market forces and is not subject to duties or taxes.