Chapter 19 PCV
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 agrarian | relating to farmlands and their ownership |
| bourgeois | middle-class; commonplace, conventional, respectable and smug; a member of the middle class |
| capitalism | an economic system in which the means of production and of distribution are privately owned |
| communism | a totalitarian system of government in which a state owns all means of production and commonly suppresses individual liberties |
| nepotism | favoritism to relatives, especially in public appointments |
| spoils system | the practice of distributing appointive public offices to party workers after a victory |
| gubernatorial | pertaining to a governor or the office of governor |
| lame duck | a public official who is completing a term in office after failing to get reelected |
| bureaucracy | government by numerous bureaus and officials, marked by inflexible routine and red tape |
| lobby | a special interest group that tries to get legislators to vote for or against a bill |
| bloc | a coalition of nations or factions for a common cause |
| sanctions | a measure, such as a boycott or blockade, taken by one or more nations against another nation to enforce demands |
| felony | a major crime such as murder, rape, or a burglary, usually punished in the United States by more than a year of imprisonment |
| genocide | the systematic killing of an entire people or nation |
| mediation | deliberation to settle a dispute between nations or persons |
| symposium | a conference on a given topic in which various opinions are expressed |
| Malthusian theory | If world population is unchecked, it will outrun means of support and inevitably lead to war, famine, and disease. |
| Monroe Doctrine | Any attempt by a European power to interfere in the affairs of Spanish-American countries would be regarded by the United States as a hostile act. |
| pacifism | opposition to war and violence of any kind |
| prohibition | the forbidding by law of the sale or use of alcoholic beverages |
| apartheid | discrimination and segregation enforced against nonwhites, as was practiced in the Republic of South Africa |
| naturalization | the process of becoming a citizen |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| Gresham's law | the principle that bad money tends to drive good money out of circulation |
| monetary | pertaining to money or coinage |
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