lesson 9 vocab history

Question 1

alliance

Answer 1

an agreement between two nations

Question 2

authorized

Answer 2

power; the right to command others

Question 3

great depression

Answer 3

period from 1929 through the 1930s when the US, and much of the world, suffered great economic slowdown

Question 4

internationalism

Answer 4

a policy of establishing relations with other countries

Question 5

isolationist

Answer 5

avoiding political and economic involvement with other countries

Question 6

league of nations

Answer 6

an international organisation formed after ww1 to keep peace in the world

Question 7

neutrality

Answer 7

a policy of not taking sides in political disagreements

Question 8

propaganda

Answer 8

spreading ideas in order to convince people to feel or think a certain way

Question 9

prosperity

Answer 9

a time when the economy is doing well and people have enough money and goods

Question 10

treaty of versailles

Answer 10

the 1919 treaty that officially ended ww1

Question 11

united nations

Answer 11

an international organisation founded in 1945 to keep peace in the world