| A | B |
| abolitionist | favored wiping out slavery in U.S. |
| acculturation | adopting new cultural patterns |
| amnesty | general pardon by a government |
| Anglican | Church of England |
| authoritarianism | unquestioning obedience to authority |
| bigotry | prejudice |
| blitzkrieg | lightning-speed military offensive |
| Bourbonism | extreme conservatism in political and social issues |
| civil disobedience | passive resistance |
| civil rights | rights to life, liberty, property and the equal protection of law |
| conjugal | pertaining to marriage |
| despotism | tyranny |
| egalitarian | believing all men have equal political & social rights |
| espionage | spying for military and political secrets |
| ethnocentrism | belief that one's own race, country, or culture is superior |
| ethos | distinctive spirit or character of a people, group or culture |
| free enterprise | private ownership of business with little government control |
| Gandhiism | passive resistance to achieve reform |
| geopolitics | application of politics to geography, and aiming at aggressive expansion |
| ghetto | part of city where many members of a minority find it necessary to live |