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WorksheetsGED social studies vocab. review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 23mins
Match the follow with their definitions
The nations that were aligned with the U.S. in both WW I and WW II
Allied Powers
The nations against the U.S. in WW II.
Axis Powers
The European countries that were against the Allied Powers in WW I
Central Powers
A group of people who directly elect the President of the US
Electoral College
The idea that the U.S. would expand from coast to coast
Bill of Rights
The first governing document of the Plymouth Colony
Manifest Destiny
A founding document of the U.S. that outlines basic rights of the individual
Mayflower Compact
The original agreement between the 13 colonies
Articles of the Confederation
The establishment of a country's citizens in another territory
colonization
The act of leaving one country to live in another
emigration
The act of moving into a country from another to live in the new country
immigration
To become like something or someone else
assimilation
An economic system based on free trade
Caplitalism
An economic system that is wholly run and controlled by the state
Communism
A harsh and authoritarian form of government
Facism
A political philosophy that subscribes to traditional beliefs and small government
Conservatism
A change or an addition to a legal document
amendment
The precursor to the United Nations
League of Nations
a group where member nations agreed to mutual defense
NATO
The period of time when the South rebuilt after the Civil War
Reconstruction
To do away with something completetly
abolish
System to ensure that no one branch of the government has too much power
checks and balances
having exclusive control over a business or product
monopoly
The act of separating people by ethnicity
segregation
The spread of ideas among cultures
cultural diffusion
An agricultural area
rural
Relating to a city
urban
An area that is less populous than a city
suburban
A military alliance formed by the U.S., Canada, and Western European countries to support containment.
NATO
A mutual protection treaty established between Soviet Russia and other Eastern Bloc nations in response to the formation of NATO
Warsaw Pact
The belief that the US should provide aid to countries that were threatened by communist forces
Truman Doctrine
Proclamation that the U.S. would not tolerate any new European colonization or interference in the Western Hemisphere
Monroe Doctrine
The movement of millions of African American from the South to the industrialized cities of the North
Great Migration
Put in place in the South to limit the freedoms of African Americans
Jim Crow Laws
The imprisonment of over 100,000 Japanese-Americans by the US gov't. after Pearl Harbor
Japanese-American internment
The period during WW II when 6 million Jews and millions of others were killed in German concentration camps
Holocaust
The value of all goods and services produced within a country
GDP
Exchanges where stocks, commodities, or other things of value are bought, sold, and traded
markets
The devaluation of money
inflation
Dealing with budgets
fiscal policies
direct democracy
A type of democracy where people vote on issues directly.
representative democracy
A democracy where elected official make decisions for the people.
totalitarianism
A form of government where the ruler has complete power.
parliamentary democracy
A two-house form of democracy.
League of Nations
The precursor to the United Nations
Marshall Plan
U.S. economic aid given to Western European countries to help rebuild their economies
Manifest Destiny
The idea that the United States would inevitably expand from coast to coast
Great Migration
The movement of millions of African American from the South to the industrialized cities of the Nor
The spread of ideas among cultures
Cultural diffusion
A group of people who live together but outside their home country
Diaspora
The mutual dependence of people, businesses, countries, or other entities
inter-dependence
the term used to describe the assimilation of immigrants in the United States.
melting pot
The idea that a government must maintain a strong military
militarism
A form of government with one ruler, such as a king or an emperor
monarchy
A form of government where the ruler has complete power
totalitarianism
An economic system that is wholly run and controlled by the state
communism
colonialism
Imperialistic approach to establishing democratic governments and educational systems
imperialism
power and dominance of a nation over others through territorial, political, or economic control
globalization
the process whereby businesses create economic partners through global markets
containment
U.S. foreign policy adopted to prevent the spread of communism
domino theory
Communism in one nation would lead to communist takeovers in neighboring nations
