SS 7.3-7.4 Vocabulary

Which of the following BEST defines apartheid?

• An international effort to isolate South Africa economically.

• A means of differentiating between English colonists and Dutch descendants in South Africa.

• South Africa's governmental system of racial segregation.

Nelson Mandela fought against an oppressive government system called...

• segregation

• Jim Crow

• Apartheid

Which of the following terms refers to the economic system where the government controls all means of production?

• Capitalism

• Socialism

• Communism

• Feudalism

What is the term for a system of government where power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units?

• Federalism

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy

Which term describes the movement of people from rural areas to cities?

• Urbanization

• Globalization

• Industrialization

• Colonization

What is the term for the belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group?

• Nationalism

• Racism

• Ethnocentrism

• Patriotism

Which of the following is a system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life?

• Democracy

• Totalitarianism

• Republic

• Anarchy

What is the term for the policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force?

• Isolationism

• Imperialism

• Neutrality

• Pacifism

Which term refers to the economic policy of restraining trade between states through methods such as tariffs on imported goods?

• Free Trade

• Protectionism

• Laissez-faire

• Deregulation

What is the term for a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them?

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Theocracy