Lesson 33- History And Government

Question 0

Hegemony

Answer 0

Leadership

Question 1

Canon

Answer 1

A basis for judgement

Question 2

Oligarchy

Answer 2

Form of government in which the ruling power lies in the hands of a select few.

Question 3

Peonage

Answer 3

The condition of being an unskilled day laborer

Question 4

Plebiscite

Answer 4

A direct vote of the qualified electors of a state in regard to some important public question

Question 5

Plenary

Answer 5

Full

Question 6

Plenipotentiary

Answer 6

Invested with or conferring full power

Question 7

Proxy

Answer 7

An agent or substitute

Question 8

Recession

Answer 8

Temporary decline in economic activity that occurs during a period of otherwise increasing prosperity

Question 9

Regicide

Answer 9

The killing of a king

Question 10

Renascent

Answer 10

Coming into being again

Question 11

Reprisal

Answer 11

The practice of using political or military force without actually resorting to war

Question 12

Subversion

Answer 12

Corruption

Question 13

Surrogate

Answer 13

A substitute

Question 14

Votary

Answer 14

A person fervently devoted to a religion, activity, leader, or ideal