Regents Vocab A-E
ABD/EF/GC
What is it? A $100 South African policy that separated people based on race
Apartheid Back to Game
Political system where a king or queen has complete authority over the government and citizens lives What is…? A $200
Absolutism Back to Game
Group formed by opponents to apartheid, led by Mandela that encouraged activism What is…? A $300
African National Congress Back to Game
What is…? A $400 Policy of giving in to an aggressor’s demands to keep the peace (Munich, 1938)
Appeasement Good Answer! Back to Game
The belief that every living and non-living thing has a spirit What is…? A $500
Back to Game Animism
War in 1899 between the British and Dutch settlers in South Africa over recently discovered diamonds What is…? B $100
Boer War Back to Game
A contagious disease that devastated the world in the 1300s What is…? B $200
Bubonic Plague Back to Game
Distribution of political and economic power prevent one country from becoming too powerful (goal of Congress of Vienna) B $300
Back to Game Balance of Power
What is…? B $400 Event in 1900 where a group of Chinese radicals attacked foreigners with the goal to remove them from China
Boxer Rebellion Back to Game
What is…? B $500 Code of conduct similar to chivalry for Japanese knights in feudal Japan
Bushido Back to Game
Economic system where the means of production (factories) are privately owned and operated What is…? C $100
Capitalism Back to Game
The business revolution after the middle ages when buying and selling items began based around money (capitalism was created) What is…? C $200
Commercial Revolution Back to Game
What is…? C $300 Cold War policy that involved trying to limit communism to the areas where it was already established (Truman Doctrine)
Containment (think Korea &Vietnam War) Back to Game
What is…? C $400 Name of Spanish explorers who “conquered” Latin America in the 1500s
Conquistadors Back to Game
What is…? C $500 An economy based on raising and selling one crop or a small number of crops (especially in Latin America)
Cash Crop Economy Back to Game
What is…? D/E $100 System of government in which citizens participate directly rather than through representatives (think Ancient Greece)
Direct Democracy Back to Game
What is…? D/E $200 Policy of forcibly removing or killing a certain ethnic group (think the Balkans/the Serbs)
Ethnic Cleansing Back to Game
What is…? D/E $300 European organization that works toward free trade and unity among European countries – created the Euro
European Union Back to Game
What is…? D/E $400 Period in the 1700s where people rejected traditional ideas in favor of ideas based on reason and logic (hint: Age of Reason)
The Enlightenment Back to Game
What is…? D/E $500 System created by the Spanish govt to force Native Americans to work for them and pay taxes
Encomienda System Back to Game
What is…? F/G $100 Type of govt ruled by a dictator that is nationalistic and imperialistic (think Hitler & Mussolini)
Fascism Back to Game
What is…? F/G $200 Non-violent revolution in the 1500s in Great Britain that set up a limited monarchy
Glorious Revolution Back to Game
What is…? F/G $300 Program by Mao Zedong that aimed to increase industry and agricultural output
Great Leap Forward Back to Game
What is…? F/G $400 Gorbachev’s policy in the Soviet Union that called for “openness” in political discussion
Glasnost Back to Game
What is…? F/G $500 Time of great change in agriculture when new plants and improved techniques were used that increased output
Green Revolution Back to Game