GED Social Studies Vocabularies 2023/2024

Protectorate - Correct Answer a state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs American civil war - Correct Answer civil war in the United States between the North and the South Nationalism - Correct Answer the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other Reactionary - Correct Answer an extreme conservative Satellite - Correct Answer A small state dependent on a larger one Parliament - Correct Answer the lawmaking body of British government consisting of the House of Lords and the House of Commons Monarchy - Correct Answer A government ruled by a supreme power rests with a king, queen or emperor and where such power may be absolute Monotheism - Correct Answer belief in a single God Provisional - Correct Answer A government that holds temporary authority pending the creation of a permanent structure of government Blacklist - Correct Answer List of people or organizations to be avoided. In trade or denied employment because of government policy Aryan - Correct Answer (according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew) Armistice - Correct Answer (n.) a temporary peace, halt in fighting before a peace treaty Axis - Correct Answer in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations against the United States and it's allies Toleration - Correct Answer official recognition of the right of individuals to hold different religious beliefs from those in authority Apartheid - Correct Answer a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against non-whites practiced by the Republic of South Africa until 1990 Civil Service - Correct Answer