Vocabulary I
A type of government where people elect representatives to make decisions and laws for them.
What is a republic?
WW1 started with the assassination of this person.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The process of voluntarily becoming a United States citizen. This process may include an exam, biometrics, and an interview.
What is naturalization?
WW2 began with this invasion of this country.
What is Poland?
To give soldiers a quick energy boost that wouldn't melt in their pockets, this candy was created in 1941 with a hard sugar shell. & chocolate filling.
What are M&M's?
A small group of party members who meet to choose a candidate.
What is a caucus?
This president was in office during WWI
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
A refusal to deal with a particular person, business, or country, usually carried out collectively to achieve economic or political goals.
What is a boycott?
This group of Native American soldiers used their traditional language to transmit secret tactical messages that the Japanese were never able to crack.
Who were the Navajo Code Talkers?
This iconic 4-wheel drive vehicle was invented specifically for WWII because the army needed a "light reconnaissance vehicle" that could go anywhere. Its name is rumored to come from the initials "G.P." (General Purpose).
What is a Jeep?
Someone forced to flee their home country due to war, violence, or environmental disaster.
What is a refugee?
These countries made up the Central Powers.
Who is Austria-Hungary, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire?
The division of the public into groups with hardened and opposing political views.
What is polarization?
This secret U.S. government research project, led by J. Robert Oppenheimer, was responsible for developing the first atomic bombs.
What is the "Manhattan Project"?
This sticky, silver tape was invented during WWII for soldiers who needed a waterproof way to seal ammunition crates and repair equipment in the field.
What is "duck tape"?
A foreign-born resident of the United States who has not been naturalized.
What is an "alien"?
This specific 1918 global pandemic killed more people worldwide than the actual combat of World War I.
What is the Spanish Flu?
A government ruled by religious leaders or based on religion.
What is Theocracy?
This 1944 amphibious invasion of Normandy, France, remains the largest seaborne invasion in history and opened the "Second Front" in Europe.
What is D-Day?
This "miracle drug" was mass-produced for the first time during WWII to treat infections, saving thousands of soldiers who previously would have died from simple scratches.
What is Penicillin?
A small group of rich or powerful people rule over a country or state.
What is an oligarchy?
This nationalist group, which included Gavrilo Princip, was responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo.
What is the Black Hand?
A system of government where power is shared between central and state/local government.
What is a "federal government? What is "federalism"?
This 1943 uprising in a Jewish ghetto was the largest single act of Jewish resistance against the Nazis during the Holocaust.
What is the Warsaw Uprising?
This life-saving medical device used by people with severe allergies was based on "Auto-injector" technology developed for soldiers to quickly protect themselves from nerve gas.
What is an Epi-Pen?