Vocabulary Final COPY Flashcards
Q: A constitutional amendment in 1920 that guaranteed women the right to vote.
A: Nineteenth Amendment
Q: A form of government in which voters elect the legislature (Parliament), and Parliament then chooses the chief executive (Prime Minister).
A: Parliamentary Democracy
Q: Average annual income of people in a country.
A: Per Capita Income
Q: A form of government where there is a separation of powers between the legislature and chief executive. People elect legislators and the President.
A: Presidential Democracy
Q: An eyewitness document close to the events it records.
A: Primary Source
Q: A political movement of the early 1900s which sought to correct the abuses of industrialization and to reform government.
A: Progressive Movement
Q: One-sided information and ideas spread in order to gain public support for a cause or to damage an opposing cause.
A: Propaganda
Q: The fear of Communism in America in the 1920s leading to the arrest and deportation of radicals and foreigners.
A: Red Scare
Q: A policy that divides a country into economic and political regions.
A: Regionalism
Q: A source well-supported by verifiable facts.
A: Reliable Source
Q: Two successive revolutions that first overthrew the Russian Tsar and then established the world’s first Communist government.
A: Russian Revolution
Q: The theory developed during the Enlightenment that government is based on an agreement between those who govern and those who are governed.
A: Social Contract
Q: The rivalry between the Soviet Union and United States in the 1960s to put astronauts into space.
A: Space Race
Q: The focusing of a nation’s economy on producing what it does best.
A: Specialization
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.
A: New Deal
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.
A: Stock Market Crash of 1929
Q: A tax imposed on goods imported from foreign countries.
A: Tariff
Q: A government ruled by religious leaders.
A: Theocracy
Q: An argument that is presented in a report. The thesis states the main idea of the report in one sentence.
A: Thesis
Q: An economic system in which the chief economic decisions are answered by tradition and custom.
A: Traditional Economy
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.
A: Treaty of Versailles
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.
A: Truman Doctrine
Q: The constitutional amendment that gave 18-to-20-year-olds the right to vote.
A: Twenty-sixth Amendment
Q: The group organized in the early 1960s by Cesar Chavez to help migrant workers gain better pay and working conditions.
A: UFW (United Farm Workers)
