| A | B |
| ABSOLUTISM | SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH THE MONARCH IS THE ONLY SOURCE OF POWER |
| COMMON GOOD | EFFORT BY INDIVIDUALS TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL |
| ENLIGHTENMENT | 18TH CENTURY MOVEMENT; SCIENCE/REASON APPLIED TO ALL THINKING; NEW IDEAS ON GOVERNMENTS AND PEOPLE'S RIGHTS |
| NATURAL RIGHTS | RIGHTS PEOPLE ARE ENDOWED WITH THAT CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY |
| PHILOSOPES | THE ENLIGHTENMENT THINKERS |
| THOMAS HOBBES | SAID: PEOPLE ENTER A SOCIAL CONTRACT |
| JOHN LOCKE | SAID: PEOPLE HAVE NATURAL RIGHTS |
| VOLTAIRE | SAID: PEOPLE HAVE FREEDOM OF THOUGHT |
| BARON DE MONTESQUIEU | PROMOTED: SEPARATION OF POWERS |
| JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU | PROMOTED: THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY |
| AGRARIAN SOCIETY | A SOCIETY IN WHICH PEOPLE MAKE A LIVING FROM FARMING |
| CAPITALISM | AN ECONOMY IN WHICH PROVATE INDIVIDUALS OWN THE MEANS OF PRODCTION; A MARKET ECONOMY |
| COMMUNISM | ECONOMY IN WHICH ALL THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION ARE CONTROLLED BY THE GOVERNMENT; A COMMAND ECONOMY |
| FREE ENTERPRISE | INDIVIDUALS MAKE ECONOMIC DECISIONS IN A MARKET ECONOMY |
| GREAT DEPRESSION | WORLD-WIDE ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN DURING THE 1930'S |
| LAISSEZ FAIRE | AN ECONOMY IN WHICH GOVERNMENT MINIMIZES ITS INTERFERENCE |
| REFORM | AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE A SITUATION OR CONDITION |
| SOCIALISM | AN ECONOMY IN WHICH THE GOVERNMENT CONTYROLS TH EMAJOR MEANS OF PRODUCTION; A MIXED ECONOMY |
| INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION | BEGAN IN BRITAIN IN THE 1700'S; RISE OF FACTORIES AND CITIES |
| KARL MARX | PROMOTED: A CLASSLESS SOCIETY |
| EXPLOITATION | TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OTHERS FOR SELFISH PURPOSES |
| INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE | NATIVE LANGUAGE OF A PEOPLE IN AN AREA |
| IMPERIALISM | POLICY OF STRONGER COUNTRIES TAKING ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND SOCIAL CONTROL OVER WEAKER COUNTRIES |
| ALLIANCES | FROMAL AGREEMENTS AMONG NATIONS TO COOPERATE AND PROVIDE FOR THEIR MUTUAL DEFENSE |
| APPEASEMENT | GIVING IN TO A AN AGGRESSOR'S DEMANDS IN ORDER TO KEEP PEACE |
| DISARMAMENT | REDUCTION OF ARMED TROOPS AND WEAPONS |
| FASCISM | FORM OF TOTALITARIANISM IN WHICH A NATION IS RULED BY A DICTATOR |
| NAZISM | FASCIST REGIME OF ADOLPH HITLER IN GERMANY |
| REPARATIONS | PAYMENT FOR WAR DAMAGES |
| COLD WAR | STATE OF TENSION/HOSTILITY BETWEEN THE U.S. AND SOVIET UNION AFTER WWII |
| CONTAINMENT | U.S. POST WWII POLICY OF KEEPING COMMUNISM FROM SPREADING |
| TERRORISM | THE USE OF VIOLENCE TO ACHIEVE POLITICAL GOALS |
| BUYING ON MARGIN | EXAMPLE: BUYING STOCKS IN THE 1920'S AT A FRACTION OF THEIR FULL PRICE |
| EQUALITY | A SITUATION IN WHICH PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PRIVILEGES, STATUS, OR RIGHTS |
| INFORMATIONAL SOCIETY | SOCIETY IN WHICH PEOPLE MAKE THEIR LIVING FROM COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATED SERVICES |
| INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY | SOCIETY IN WHICH PEOPLE MAKE THEIR LIVING FROM THE PRODUCTION OF GOODS |