Unit 1
Your opinion or way of perceiving a situation
Point of view
To get rid of something
Abolish
To get rid of something
Abolish
When a country devotes all its resources and people to win the war
Total war
In what country did the first Starbucks open outside of North America?
Japan
Home country of settlers and colonizers
Mother country
To take something in one language and write or say it in another language
Translate
When people die due to lack of food
Famine
A focus on influencing or controlling another country or region
Imperialism
In a website browser address bar, what does "www" stand for?
World Wide Web
European motivation for exploration to spread Christianity. This was a moral justification for exploration
God
Enlightenment philosopher who believed in representative democracy and protecting natural (human) rights
Locke
To make something, often using machines
Manufacture
The focus on strengthening the country’s military, often using industrial capacity to build new technologies
Militarism
Who was the first televised President?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Insulting term to refer to someone who does not follow your religion
Infidel
The implicit agreement between the people and the government
Social contract
A political ideology that your country is superior to other countries
Nationalism
Communications paid for by the government to convince people to think in a certain way
Propaganda
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
Resistance to a disease because you have been exposed to it
Immunity
A movement to improve society by applying the laws of reason to all aspects of society, including government
The Enlightenment
A territory ruled by one government
State
When neither side is winning in a conflict
Stalemate
When did Facebook first launch?
2004