MME VOCABULARY: Am Hist I-Week 1

MME VOCABULARY: MME VOCABULARY: Am Hist I-Week 1Am Hist I-Week 1

Arbitrary:Arbitrary: --Left to one’s Left to one’s

choicechoice -Without -Without

logiclogic -unclear-unclear


DespotismDespotism --An absolute An absolute

rulerruler -brutal, cruel, -brutal, cruel,

and without and without mercymercy


PosterityPosterity --All future All future

generationsgenerations -Who and -Who and

what comes what comes after youafter you


AmbiguityAmbiguity --two or more two or more

possible possible meaningsmeanings

-doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention

-Unclear-Unclear


ConstituencyConstituency --The voters The voters

in a districtin a district Those who Those who

are are represented represented in a in a democracydemocracy


CynicalCynical Denying the

sincerity of people or the value of life

To see the worst in a person or thing


EstrangedEstranged : To keep apart

or away In a not normal

state or condition

Odd, irregular


NauticalNautical Related to the

ocean or seafaring.

Used by sailors, on s`hips, and for navigation purposes


CulminateCulminateTo reach the highest point of climaxTo bring to an end or conclusionFinish, complete


TheoreticalTheoretical Limited to or

based upon a theory or idea

To apply a theory

To test a hypothosis


InherentInherent An inseparable

quality existing in

someone or something as an element, quality, or attribute


SpeculateSpeculate To ponder

thoughts or think

To risk for financial reward

To make a guess


TributeTribute a gift, or

testimonial given as due in

acknowledgement of gratitude or esteem


TribulationTribulation Great misery

or distress trouble; severe

trial or suffering.

an instance of affliction, trouble, etc


JudiciouslyJudiciously Wise and

careful, prudent

To sit in judgment


InferInfer A logical A logical

conclusionconclusion To conclude

from premises or factual evidence


PrinciplePrinciple primary, or

general law or truth

A fundamental A fundamental law or truthlaw or truth


ReverentiallyReverentially Deep respect, Deep respect,

love, and awe.love, and awe. A position of A position of

high honor or high honor or authority.authority.


AttainAttain To gain, To gain,

accomplish, or accomplish, or achieveachieve

To receive or To receive or obtainobtain


ConspicuousConspicuous

Easy to see Easy to see and/or obviousand/or obvious

attracting special attention


OppressionOppression To keep down To keep down

by the cruel or by the cruel or unjust use of unjust use of authorityauthority

To be wrongfully To be wrongfully restrictedrestricted


PrimitivePrimitive Anything of the Anything of the

earliest time and earliest time and /or original/or original

Ancient, Ancient, outdated, outdated, uncivilized uncivilized


ScepterScepter A staff held by a A staff held by a

ruler as a symbolruler as a symbol Royal or imperial

power or authority; sovereignty


CedeCede To give up one’s To give up one’s

rightsrights to yield or

formally surrender to another: to cede territory.


ExpediteExpedite to speed up the

progress of something

To hasten: to expedite shipments


IntrinsicIntrinsic To have To have

internal internal satisfaction satisfaction and valueand value

belonging or a part of.


PrecipitatePrecipitateto hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis


ScrutinizeScrutinize To analyze To analyze

intenselyintensely with careful or

critical attention


DerogatoryDerogatory

Action or verbal Action or verbal remarks remarks attached with attached with negativismnegativism


ExonerateExonerate

To clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame

To get rid of or To get rid of or terminate


AlliedAllied joined by treaty,

agreement, or common cause: allied` nations.


Affirmative Affirmative ActionAction

Efforts to recruitEfforts to recruitor hire membersor hire membersof underof underRepresentedRepresentedgroups, such asgroups, such aswomen andwomen andminoritiesminorities


AllegianceAllegianceDevotion orDevotion orLoyalty to one’sLoyalty to one’scountrycountryloyalty ordevotion tosome person,group, or cause


Alternative Alternative Course of Course of ActionAction

The other choiceThe other choicethat could havethat could havebeen made whichbeen made whichare inherent inare inherent inevery decisionevery decision


AnalogAnalogMechanicalMechanicalMovements.Movements.A face clock withA face clock withmoving hands ismoving hands isAn analog clock. An analog clock.


DigitalDigital

Anything relying

Electronic, computerized or binary code to operate, function or display information.


Articles of Articles of ConfederationConfederation

The first document The first document created to govern the created to govern the newly formed newly formed government after the government after the American American Revolution. “Firm Revolution. “Firm league of league of friendship.” friendship.”

Before the United Before the United States Constitution.States Constitution.


BeliefsBeliefs

an opinion or conviction: a confidence in something not immediately able to be proved. faith; trust, a religious tenet or belief.


BeneficialBeneficial

Something of Something of value value conferring a clear benefit; advantageous; helpful.


BiasBias

an unfair act or an unfair act or policy resulting policy resulting from prejudice.from prejudice. a tendency or a tendency or inclination, that inclination, that prevents prevents unprejudiced unprejudiced consideration consideration of a question.of a question.

20122012

Election of Election of

President President

Obama to a Obama to a second termsecond term..


BigotryBigotry

Intolerance and Intolerance and prejudice; prejudice; obstinate and obstinate and unreasoning unreasoning attachment to attachment to one’s own beliefs one’s own beliefs and opinions, and opinions, with narrow-with narrow-mindedness of mindedness of beliefs opposed beliefs opposed to themto them


BiographyBiography Food for Food for

Thought: A Thought: A narrative narrative account of a account of a person’s lifeperson’s life


Bill of RightsBill of Rights

First ten First ten amendments of amendments of the US the US Constitution, Constitution, ratified in 1791, ratified in 1791, these limit these limit governmental governmental power and power and protect basic protect basic rights and rights and liberties of liberties of individualsindividuals


Brown v. Board of Brown v. Board of Education of Education of Topeka(1954)Topeka(1954)

Food for Thought: Food for Thought: USSC case that USSC case that declared “separate-declared “separate-but-equal” but-equal” educational facilities educational facilities are inherently are inherently unequal and unequal and therefore a violation therefore a violation of equal protection of equal protection of the law of the law guaranteed in the guaranteed in the 1414thth Amendment Amendment


CampaignsCampaigns The overall The overall

effort of a effort of a candidate or candidate or group to attain group to attain a goal or win a a goal or win a contestcontest


CampaignsCampaigns Food for Food for

Thought: The Thought: The overall effort a overall effort a candidate makes candidate makes to win votes to win votes through through speeches, press speeches, press conferences, and conferences, and advertisingadvertising


M1 (Money)M1 (Money)

Currency, coins, Currency, coins, and checkable and checkable deposits.deposits.


CenturyCentury Food for Food for

Thought: One Thought: One hundred yearshundred years


CharacteristicsCharacteristics A special A special

quality or quality or unique feature; unique feature; whatever whatever distinguishes distinguishes one person or one person or thing from thing from others.others.


ChoiceChoice What someone What someone

must make must make when faced when faced with two or with two or more more alternative alternative uses for a uses for a resource.resource.


Chronological Chronological OrderOrder

Arranged in order Arranged in order of time of time occurrence, a occurrence, a time line of time line of eventsevents


Civil RightsCivil Rights Protections and Protections and

privileges given privileges given to all US Citizens to all US Citizens by the by the Constitution and Constitution and Bill of Rights.Bill of Rights.

Unit Five Project Based Unit Five Project Based Learning (PBL)Learning (PBL)

Unit Five Driving Question:

Given the causes and consequences of the Great Depression and New Deal

era, what is the responsibility of the federal government to

its citizens, today?


ColonyColony

A group of A group of emigrants or their emigrants or their descendants who descendants who settle in a distant settle in a distant territory but territory but remain subject to remain subject to or closely or closely associated with associated with the parent the parent country.country.


CommunismCommunism

An economic and An economic and political system political system in which the state in which the state has total control has total control of all economic of all economic production, owns production, owns all property and all property and controls the controls the means of means of production.production.


ProvincialismProvincialism

narrowness of mind, ignorance, or the like, considered as resulting from lack of exposure to cultural or intellectual activity.


TelecommunicationsTelecommunications the transmission of

information, as words, sounds, or images, usually over great distances, in the form of electromagnetic signals, as by telegraph, telephone, radio, or television.


Compromise of Compromise of 18501850

Food for Thought: Food for Thought: Five Parts: 1. Five Parts: 1. California Free/ 2. California Free/ 2. Slave Trade ended Slave Trade ended in DC/ 3. Strict in DC/ 3. Strict Fugitive Slave Law/ Fugitive Slave Law/ 4. Texas-Slave 4. Texas-Slave state/ 5. Mexican state/ 5. Mexican War DebtsWar Debts


ConflictConflictAn open clash An open clash between two between two opposing opposing groups, groups, individuals, or individuals, or nations nations regarding regarding ideology or a ideology or a course of actioncourse of action..


Conflict and Conflict and CooperationCooperation

Food for Thought: A Food for Thought: A recurring theme of recurring theme of social studies that social studies that represents represents opportunities for opportunities for people in people in communities, nations, communities, nations, regions or worldwide regions or worldwide to engage in activities to engage in activities in which they openly in which they openly clash with one another clash with one another while retaining the while retaining the capacity at other times capacity at other times to work together to work together towards towards accomplishing accomplishing common goals.common goals.


Conflicting Conflicting ViewpointViewpoint

A positions taken A positions taken by one individual by one individual group, or nation, group, or nation, which is in which is in opposition to the opposition to the position of position of another another individual, group individual, group or nation.or nation.


ConsensusConsensus A point reached A point reached

in a negotiation in a negotiation where a general where a general agreement of agreement of all or most of all or most of the people the people consulted is consulted is achieved.achieved.


ConstitutionConstitution The system of The system of

fundamental fundamental laws and laws and principles that principles that prescribes the prescribes the nature, nature, functions, and functions, and limits of a limits of a government or government or another another institutioninstitution. .


Contemporary Contemporary FactorsFactors

Something Something that belongs that belongs to the same to the same time period as time period as another event another event


Coup de’ tatCoup de’ tat The sudden The sudden

overthrow of a overthrow of a government by government by usually a small usually a small group of group of persons in or persons in or previously in previously in positions of positions of authorityauthority..


Crimes against Crimes against humanityhumanity

Actions that are Actions that are agreed to be so agreed to be so universally universally abhorrent that they abhorrent that they are determined to be are determined to be unacceptable by all unacceptable by all people regardless of people regardless of culture and for which culture and for which perpetrators shall be perpetrators shall be punished on behalf punished on behalf of humanity.of humanity.


CrusadeCrusade Any of the Any of the

military military expeditions expeditions undertaken by undertaken by European European Christians in the Christians in the 1111thth, 12, 12thth, and 13, and 13thth Centuries to Centuries to recover the Holy recover the Holy Land from the Land from the Muslims. Also, a Muslims. Also, a vigorous vigorous concerted concerted movement for a movement for a cause or against cause or against an abuse.an abuse.


CultureCultureThe values, beliefs, The values, beliefs, and perceptions of and perceptions of the world that are the world that are learned and shared learned and shared by members of a by members of a community or community or society, and society, and dictates all dictates all behaviors and behaviors and norms.norms.


DecadeDecade A ten year A ten year

period of period of time used for time used for historical historical study or study or referencereference


DecisionDecision Food for Food for

Thought: A Thought: A conclusion conclusion or judgment or judgment reached after reached after consideratioconsideration of n of alternatives.alternatives.


Declaration of Declaration of IndependenceIndependence

Food for Thought: Food for Thought: July 4, 1776-13 July 4, 1776-13 Colonies-Second Colonies-Second Continental Continental Congress-Free and Congress-Free and Independent States-Independent States-not subject to the not subject to the government of Great government of Great Britain.Britain.


Defining Defining CharacteristicCharacteristic

Food for Food for Thought: Thought: Shared patterns Shared patterns of life, which of life, which characterize a characterize a period of period of history.history.


DemagogueDemagogueA leader who A leader who obtains power by obtains power by means of means of impassioned appeals impassioned appeals to the emotions and to the emotions and prejudices of the prejudices of the populace.populace.


DemocracyDemocracy System of System of

government which government which political authority is political authority is held by the people. held by the people. Typical Majority Typical Majority Rules. Individual Rules. Individual Liberty and equal Liberty and equal rights for all people-rights for all people-expression, political, expression, political, and choiceand choice


DesegregationDesegregationthe elimination of laws, customs, or practices under which different races, groups, etc., are restricted to specific or separate public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, or organizations


DictateDictateto say or read something aloud for another person to write down, or to prescribe or lay down authoritatively


DiscriminateDiscriminate to make a

distinction in favor of or against a thing based on a category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit


DisenfranchisedDisenfranchised Deprived, Deprived,

limited or limited or denied the denied the rights of rights of citizenship citizenship especially the especially the right to vote.right to vote.


DisparityDisparity

lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference


DisputeDispute Food for Food for

Thought: A Thought: A disagreement or disagreement or argument about argument about something something important. important.


DiversityDiversity Food for Thought: Food for Thought:

Varity in culture Varity in culture and ethnic and ethnic background, race background, race and belief is not and belief is not only permissible only permissible but also desirable but also desirable and beneficial in a and beneficial in a pluralistic society.pluralistic society.


DoctrineDoctrine

A principle or body A principle or body of principles of principles presented for presented for acceptance or acceptance or belief, as by a belief, as by a religious, political, religious, political, scientific, or scientific, or philosophic group.philosophic group.

First Semester PBLFirst Semester PBL

The Driving Question:The Driving Question:

Given the causes and Given the causes and consequences of the Great consequences of the Great Depression and New Deal Depression and New Deal

era, what is the era, what is the responsibility of the federal responsibility of the federal government to its citizens, government to its citizens,

today?today?


Dred Scott v. Dred Scott v. Sanford: Dred Scott Sanford: Dred Scott decision of 1857decision of 1857

Food for Thought: Food for Thought: USSC ruled that Scott USSC ruled that Scott could not file a could not file a lawsuit because , as a lawsuit because , as a black, he was not a black, he was not a citizen. Precedent: citizen. Precedent: Slaves were Property. Slaves were Property. Also ruled: Congress Also ruled: Congress could not outlaw could not outlaw slavery in any slavery in any territory.territory.


EmigrantEmigrant Food for Food for

Thought: Thought: Reference to the Reference to the country from country from which the which the migration is migration is made. Going out made. Going out from a country.from a country.


EmotionEmotion Food for Food for

Thought: Arousal Thought: Arousal that is interpreted that is interpreted in relation to a in relation to a situation and situation and results in results in expressive expressive behaviorbehavior


EndowedEndowedProvided Provided with/for; Rights with/for; Rights that cannot be that cannot be given or taken given or taken away by a away by a person or the person or the governmentgovernment


Enslaved PeopleEnslaved People Food for Food for

Thought: Thought: Individuals Individuals whose liberty has whose liberty has been taken away been taken away and are forced to and are forced to work for others work for others without without compensation as compensation as property.property.


EntrepreneurEntrepreneur Food for Food for

Thought: Thought: Individual who Individual who takes the risk takes the risk of producing a of producing a product for a product for a profitprofit


EPA-EPA-Environmental Environmental Protection Protection AgencyAgency

Food for Food for Thought: You Thought: You create a create a definition!definition!


EqualityEquality Food for Food for

Thought: Thought: Everyone should Everyone should get the same get the same treatment treatment regardless of regardless of lineage, race, lineage, race, religion, financial religion, financial status. Citizens status. Citizens all have political, all have political, social, and social, and economic economic equality.equality.


EraEra Food for Food for

Thought: A Thought: A period of time period of time in history.in history.





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