Vocabulary Final COPY

Question 1

Q: A constitutional amendment in 1920 that guaranteed women the right to vote.

Answer 1

A: Nineteenth Amendment

Question 2

Q: A form of government in which voters elect the legislature (Parliament), and Parliament then chooses the chief executive (Prime Minister).

Answer 2

A: Parliamentary Democracy

Question 3

Q: Average annual income of people in a country.

Answer 3

A: Per Capita Income

Question 4

Q: A form of government where there is a separation of powers between the legislature and chief executive. People elect legislators and the President.

Answer 4

A: Presidential Democracy

Question 5

Q: An eyewitness document close to the events it records.

Answer 5

A: Primary Source

Question 6

Q: A political movement of the early 1900s which sought to correct the abuses of industrialization and to reform government.

Answer 6

A: Progressive Movement

Question 7

Q: One-sided information and ideas spread in order to gain public support for a cause or to damage an opposing cause.

Answer 7

A: Propaganda

Question 8

Q: The fear of Communism in America in the 1920s leading to the arrest and deportation of radicals and foreigners.

Answer 8

A: Red Scare

Question 9

Q: A policy that divides a country into economic and political regions.

Answer 9

A: Regionalism

Question 10

Q: A source well-supported by verifiable facts.

Answer 10

A: Reliable Source

Question 11

Q: Two successive revolutions that first overthrew the Russian Tsar and then established the world’s first Communist government.

Answer 11

A: Russian Revolution

Question 12

Q: The theory developed during the Enlightenment that government is based on an agreement between those who govern and those who are governed.

Answer 12

A: Social Contract

Question 13

Q: The rivalry between the Soviet Union and United States in the 1960s to put astronauts into space.

Answer 13

A: Space Race

Question 14

Q: The focusing of a nation’s economy on producing what it does best.

Answer 14

A: Specialization

Question 15

Q: Programs introduced by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to fight the Great Depression; they included social, economic programs to lower unemployment and regulate the economy.

Answer 15

A: New Deal

Question 16

Q: On October 29, thousands of investors panicked and tried to sell their stocks at any price, causing stock prices to collapse. The crash threw the world economy into a Great Depression.

Answer 16

A: Stock Market Crash of 1929

Question 17

Q: A tax imposed on goods imported from foreign countries.

Answer 17

A: Tariff

Question 18

Q: A government ruled by religious leaders.

Answer 18

A: Theocracy

Question 19

Q: An argument that is presented in a report. The thesis states the main idea of the report in one sentence.

Answer 19

A: Thesis

Question 20

Q: An economic system in which the chief economic decisions are answered by tradition and custom.

Answer 20

A: Traditional Economy

Question 21

Q: The treaty with Germany ending World War I. The treaty was noted for its harsh treatment of Germany and creation of the League of Nations.

Answer 21

A: Treaty of Versailles

Question 22

Q: The Cold War policy in which President Truman pledged to give assistance to the governments of Greece and Turkey and to all other “free peoples” resisting Communism.

Answer 22

A: Truman Doctrine

Question 23

Q: The constitutional amendment that gave 18-to-20-year-olds the right to vote.

Answer 23

A: Twenty-sixth Amendment

Question 24

Q: The group organized in the early 1960s by Cesar Chavez to help migrant workers gain better pay and working conditions.

Answer 24

A: UFW (United Farm Workers)

Question 25

Q: An international peacekeeping organization formed after World War II to promote international harmony, peace, and economic development.

Answer 25

A: United Nations

Question 26

Q: A case in which the Supreme Court ruled that universities could not use racial quotas for admission, but could take race into account as a factor for admission.

Answer 26

A: University of California v. Bakke

Question 27

Q: The movement of large numbers of people from rural areas to cities, primarily in search of jobs.

Answer 27

A: Urbanization

Question 28

Q: The war fought during the 1960s and early 1970s by American and South Vietnamese forces against Communist North Vietnam.

Answer 28

A: Vietnam War

Question 29

Q: A feminist movement of the 1960s and 1970s, gaining momentum for equal rights for women.

Answer 29

A: Women’s Liberation Movement

Question 30

Q: The first of two destructive global wars in the 20th century. Conflicting nationalist aims in Europe led to its outbreak.

Answer 30

A: World War I

Question 31

Q: The second global war of the 20th century, caused by German aggression in Europe and Japanese expansion in Asia. World War II was the most destructive war in human history.

Answer 31

A: World War II

Question 32

A Latino political organization founded in 1970 by Jose Angel Gutierrez

Answer 32

La Raza Unida

Question 33

an organization founded in 1966 to pursue feminist goals, such as better childcare facilities, improved educational opportunities, and an end to job discrimination

Answer 33

National Organization of Women (NOW)

Question 34

the belief that women should have economic, political, and social equality with men

Answer 34

Feminism

Question 35

American feminist and journalist; she founded Ms. magazine to discuss contemporary issues from a feminist perspective

Answer 35

Gloria Steinem

Question 36

aproposed and failed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that have prohibited any government discrimination on the basis of sex

Answer 36

Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)

Question 37

American feminist and writer; her book, The Feminine Mystique, explored the frustrations of women with their domestic lives in the 1950s and 1960s

Answer 37

Betty Friedan