Chapters 30 and 31 Vocabulary

Disarmament The reduction of armed forces and weapons 1

Overproduction A condition in which production of goods exceeds the demand for them 2

Margin Buying Paying part of the cost of stocks and borrowing the rest from brokers 3

General Strike A strike by workers in many different industries at the same time 4

Psychoanalysis Freud’s method of studying how the mind works and treating mental disorders 5

Abstract Art Art composed of lines, colors, and shapes with no recognizable subject matter at all. 6

Surrealism An art movement that attempted to portray the workings of the unconscious mind. 7

Stream of Consciousness A writing technique that appears to probe a character's random thoughts and feelings without imposing any logic or order. 8

Flapper The liberated young woman that was the symbol of rebellious Jazz Age youth 9

Chancellor Prime Minister 10

Repudiate Reject 11

Concentration Camp detention centers for civilians considered enemies of the state. 12

Sanctions Penalties 13

Appeasement Giving in to the demands of an aggressor to keep the peace 14

Pacifism Opposition to all war 15

Anschluss Re-union of Austria and Germany 16

Blitzkrieg “lightning war.” 17

Radar A device used to detect aircraft 18

Sonar A device used to detect submarines 19

Genocide Deliberate murder of a group of people 20

Collaborator A person that cooperates with the enemy 21

Reparation Payment for war damages or damages from imprisonment 22

Island-Hopping Method used by allied forces to recapture Japanese islands in the Pacific 23

Kamikaze Japanese suicide- mission pilots 24

Containment U.S. cold war policy that limits communism to areas already held 25

Satellites Soviet Union dependent states in Eastern Europe 26