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

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