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Chapters30 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 time4
Psychoanalysis
Freud’s method of studying how the mind works and treating mental
disorders5
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