GED Social Studies Vocabularies
2023/2024
Protectorate - Correct Answer a state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs American civil war - Correct Answer civil war in the United States between the North and the South Nationalism - Correct Answer the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other Reactionary - Correct Answer an extreme conservative Satellite - Correct Answer A small state dependent on a larger one Parliament - Correct Answer the lawmaking body of British government consisting of the House of Lords and the House of Commons Monarchy - Correct Answer A government ruled by a supreme power rests with a king, queen or emperor and where such power may be absolute Monotheism - Correct Answer belief in a single God Provisional - Correct Answer A government that holds temporary authority pending the creation of a permanent structure of government Blacklist - Correct Answer List of people or organizations to be avoided. In trade or denied employment because of government policy Aryan - Correct Answer (according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew) Armistice - Correct Answer (n.) a temporary peace, halt in fighting before a peace treaty Axis - Correct Answer in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations against the United States and it's allies Toleration - Correct Answer official recognition of the right of individuals to hold different religious beliefs from those in authority Apartheid - Correct Answer a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against non-whites practiced by the Republic of South Africa until 1990 1 / 3
Civil Service - Correct Answer government workers hired and promoted bases on completive examinations and merit Boss - Correct Answer Poetical who controls a political machine and has influence over legislation Zionist - Correct Answer a worldwide Jewish movement that resulted in the establishment and development of the state of Israel Hawk - Correct Answer Used to symbolizes war and aggression Pan-Americanism - Correct Answer the idea that North central and south America should work together to support peace and increase trade Plebiscite - Correct Answer a vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance Nonaggression - Correct Answer An agreement in which two nations promise not to go to war with each other.Hersey - Correct Answer a religious belief opposed to the established doctrine Renaissance - Correct Answer The great period of rebirth in art, literature, and learning in the 14th-16th centuries, which marked the transition into the modern periods of European history Congress - Correct Answer the legislature of the United States government consisting of the Senate and House of Repsentatives Conference - Correct Answer Meeting of committees from two branches of legislature to settle differences in a bill they have enacted.Annexation - Correct Answer The adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit.Checks and Balance - Correct Answer the system that allows each branch of government, executive,legislative, and judicial to limit the powers of the other branches Appellate - Correct Answer a court that has the power to review appeals and reverse the judgment of a lower court Bloc - Correct Answer group of legislators or nations with a common purpose Nazism - Correct Answer System in Germany that controlled activities of the people, festered a belief in the supremacy of a leader and promoted by the people of Germany 2 / 3
Appropriation - Correct Answer money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose Apportionment - Correct Answer Distribution of representatives among the states based on the population of each state Reconstruction - Correct Answer the period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union Sedition - Correct Answer an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government Bipartisan - Correct Answer representing two political parties Sanctions - Correct Answer something that forces obedience with a law or rule Anarchy - Correct Answer a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government) Ballot - Correct Answer the device voters use to register a choice in an election Sharecropper - Correct Answer A person who works fields rented from a landowner and pays the rent and repays loans by turning over to the landowner a share of the crops.Charter - Correct Answer During the English colonial times the king whould give certain rights Agression - Correct Answer any warlike act by one county against another without a just cause Center - Correct Answer It could be used as another term for independent Civil liberties - Correct Answer the guarantees of the safety of persons, opinions, and property from the arbitrary acts of government, including freedom of speech and freedom of religion Civil rights - Correct Answer the rights due to all citizens no matter what color or gender Doctrine - Correct Answer (n.) a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles; a formulation of such beliefs or principles Dove - Correct Answer an emblem of peace Autonomy - Correct Answer self-government, political control Prohibition - Correct Answer a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
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