157885177 | Concentration Camp | A place of confinement for prisoners or others a government considers dangerous or undesirable. | |
157885178 | Bracero | A Mexican farm laborer temporarily brought into the United States. | |
157885179 | U-boat | A german submarine. | |
157885180 | Deposed (Deposition) | Forcibly remove from office or position. | |
157885181 | Beachhead | The first position on a beach secured by an invading force and used to land further troops and supplies. | |
157885182 | Underground | A secret or illegal movement organized in a country to resist or overthrow the government. | |
157885183 | Acclamation | A general and unanimous action of approval or nomination by a large public body, without a vote. | |
157885184 | Bastion | A fortified stronghold, often including earthworks or stoneworks, that guards against enemy attack. | |
157885185 | Genocide | The systematic extermination or killing of entire people. | |
157885186 | Bazooka | A metal-tubed weapon from which armor-piercing rockets are electronically fired. | |
157885187 | Gross National Product | The total value of a nation's annual output of goods and services. | |
157885188 | Agribusiness | Farming and related activities considered as commercial enterprises, especially large corporate agricultural ventures. | |
157885189 | Population Curve | The varying size and age structure of a given nation or other group, measured over time. | |
157885190 | Precinct | The smallest subdivision of a city, as it is organized for purposes of police administration, politics, voting, and so on. | |
157885191 | Protege | Someone under the patronage, protection, or tutelage of another person or group. | |
157885192 | Superpower | One of two overwhelmingly dominant international powers after World War II- the United States and the Soviet Union. | |
159381640 | Exchange Rates | The ratios at which the currencies of two or more countries are traded, which express their values relative to one another. | |
159381641 | Underdeveloped | Economically and industrially deficient. | |
159381642 | Military Occupation | The holding and control of a territory and it's citizenry by the conquering forces of another nation. | |
159381643 | Containment | In international affairs, the blocking of another man's expansion through the application of military and political pressure short of war. | |
159381644 | Communist-Fronter | One who belongs to an ostensibly independent political, economic, or social organization that is secretly controlled by the Communist Party. | |
159381645 | Politburo | The small ruling executive body that controlled the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist party, and hence dictated the political policies of the Soviet, Chinese, and other Communist Parties (from Political Bureau). | |
159381646 | Perimeter | The outer boundary of a defined territory. |
AP US HISTORY CH. 35& 36 VOCAB
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