Vocab words Season 3

Question 1

Administrator

Answer 1

A person who manages, especially business or public affairs

Question 2

Boycott

Answer 2

The refusal to purchase certain types of goods, refusal to engage in commercial relations with a particular entity

Question 3

Bureaucracy

Answer 3

An organized group of hired officials, especially governmental

Question 4

colonialism

Answer 4

the practice of a foreign government exercising political or economic control of another community

Question 5

color line

Answer 5

the role race and racism had in American society after the abolition of slavery

Question 6

customs

Answer 6

the governmental office that administers trade and collects taxes on imports and exports

Question 7

dual consciousness

Answer 7

the state of feeling as though you have two identities housed in one person or mind

Question 8

exploitative

Answer 8

making unfair use of a situation for profit or benefit

Question 9

formal colonialism

Answer 9

direct colonial control of a community by a foreign empire

Question 10

imperialism

Answer 10

the policy of extending the rule or authority of one nation over others by territorial acquisition or though economic or political dominance

Question 11

industrial capitalism

Answer 11

an economic system that combines capitalism with intense manufacturing production in factories, characterized by division of labor to increase efficiency

Question 12

modernization

Answer 12

the process or act of updating or redesigning something to make it look new or contemporary

Question 13

nonviolent noncooperation

Answer 13

a form of resistance that refuses to comply with particular orders and laws but does not resort to use of violence

Question 14

profit

Answer 14

a financial gain

Question 15

racism

Answer 15

the theory or opinion that a certain race or races of people, usually one’s own, are superior to others because of certain born characteristics and any policy or practice based on said belief

Question 16

rebellion

Answer 16

an uprising or armed resistance against established authority or a government

Question 17

reparation

Answer 17

the act or process of making amends for wrongdoing or injury; payment required of a defeated nation by the victors, for damages, alleged atrocities, or other injury

Question 18

resistance

Answer 18

the act of refusing to comply with something; the act of acting to prevent or encounter something

Question 19

sabotage

Answer 19

to damage something with the intent (often political) of causing harm to processes or structures

Question 20

segregation

Answer 20

an act of segregating (seperating), or the condition of being segregated, especially as a policy imposing social separation according to racial or ethnic groups

Question 21

subjects

Answer 21

noun: a person who owes allegiance to a monarch or to a state; adj: under the power, authority, or influence of someone or something; verb: to bring under ones power, authority, or influence

Question 22

tyranny

Answer 22

the oppressive or abusive exercise of power, of the government or authority that uses power in this way; unnecessary harshness; cruelty