Vocabulary list for history, political science, and warfare
David Bar-Tzur
GENERAL HISTORY
annex |
assemble |
bi-partisan |
boycott |
castration |
cause |
century |
civilization |
classical |
colonialism |
colonialist |
colonist |
colonize |
conspiracy |
curfew |
dragon |
espionage |
expand |
found (establish) |
Founding Fathers |
hippie |
immigrant, immigration |
Latin |
modern |
monument |
propaganda |
quill |
radical |
rebel |
scribe |
scroll |
seal |
slave |
CIVIL WAR
See also "Warfare" below and Indigneous signs for cities: United States for state signs.
abolitionism |
cotton |
Lincoln, Abraham |
master |
secede |
slave |
Yankee (Southern pejorative) |
DIPLOMACY AND INFLUENCE
allegiance |
alliance |
ally, allies |
chauvinism |
colonialism |
colonialist |
colonist |
colonize |
colony |
deadlock, stall (negotiations) |
delegate |
imperialism |
jingoism |
negotiation |
neutral, neutrality |
representative |
settle (in area) |
settlement |
super-power |
territory |
FAMOUS AND INFAMOUS PEOPLE
See also Deaf Studies for famous Deaf people.
[Kaiser] Augustus |
Bin Laden, Osama (Usama) |
Brezhnev, Leonid |
Carter, Jimmy |
famous |
Hitler, Adolph |
infamous |
Johnson, Lyndon B. |
Keller, Helen |
Kennedy, John F. |
Kennedy, Robert F. |
Khruschev, Nikita |
King, Martin Luther |
known for |
Lane, Harlan |
Lenin |
Lincoln, Abraham |
Napoleon |
Nixon, Richard |
Peter the Great |
Reagan, Ronald |
Rembrandt (van Rijn) |
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano |
Roosevelt, Teddy |
Shakespeare, William |
Stalin, Josef |
Sverdlov, Yakov |
Washington, George |
GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURES AND POLITICS
ambassador |
anarchy |
appoint |
aristocracy |
balance of authority |
bicameral |
board |
boundary |
branch |
board |
boundary |
branch |
budget |
bureaucracy |
checks and balances |
communism |
Congress |
Conservative |
constitution |
constitutional |
corrupt, corruption |
cover up |
delegate |
Democratic party |
democracy |
Department of Defense |
Department of Transportation |
dictator |
economy |
elastic clause |
elect |
election |
elector |
electoral college |
eminent domain |
executive (branch) |
expressed powers |
federal |
govern |
hierarchic, hierarchical |
hierarchy |
House of Representatives |
impeach |
implied powers |
inauguration |
install, installation |
institution |
institutionalized |
integrate |
judicial branch, judiciary |
kingdom |
legislation |
legislative |
legislature |
Liberal |
liberate |
monarchy |
negotiation |
North American Defense |
parliament |
parliamentary |
partisan |
patriot, patriotic, patriotism |
petition |
picket (protest) |
policy |
prime minister |
prince |
princess |
radical |
rajah |
Radical |
rally |
Reactionary |
reform |
repeal |
resign |
representative |
Republican party |
revolution |
royal |
royalty |
rule |
ruler |
second a motion |
Senate |
separation of powers |
socialism |
sovereignty |
speak out |
state |
Strategic Defense Initiative (aka Star Wars) |
strike |
strong central government |
swear in |
tax |
treasurer |
The (U.S.) Treasury |
trustee |
unconstitutional |
veto |
vice-president |
GREECE
chariot |
democracy |
Senate |
senator |
slave |
slavery |
sword |
MIDDLE AGES
abbot |
armor |
castle |
lance |
mace |
page |
pillary |
sword |
ROMAN EMPIRE
chariot |
empire |
gladiator |
javelin |
Latin |
Rome |
shield |
slave |
slavery |
sword |
TERRORISM
assassinate |
Al Qaeda |
torture |
WARFARE
ammunition |
armed forces |
assassin |
beat |
beaten |
blockade |
bomb-> |
|
buffer |
bullet |
captain |
carpet bombing |
castle |
chaplain |
compromise |
conditional |
conquer |
crisis |
cycle |
cyclical |
document |
electronic warfare |
fortress |
knight |
lance |
mace |
Marine Corps |
massacre |
military |
missile |
navigate |
navy |
pacify |
pact |
pillage |
pirate |
rampart |
propaganda |
radar |
ratify |
raze |
recruit |
resist, resistance (to invaders) |
retaliate |
sailor |
revenge |
rifle |
sergeant |
sheath (sword) |
shield |
spy |
submarine |
surrender |
The Pentagon |
torture |
unilateral |
veteran (soldier) |
WORLD WAR II
See also "Holocaust" under Vocabulary list of signs for Judaic concepts and "Warfare" above.
Aryan |
Austria |
Belgium |
concentration camp |
Denmark |
England |
France |
Germany |
Hitler, Adolph |
Holland |
Holocaust |
Italy |
Japan |
Lebensborn |
Nazi |
Netherlands |
Norway |
Poland |
Resistance movement |
Roosevelt, Franklin D. |
Roosevelt, Teddy |
Russia |
Stalin |
Sweden |
Switzerland |
United States |
For the signs for these terms, see Signs for technical/specialized vocabulary.
For additional relevant terms, see Indigenous signs for cities, Indigenous signs for countries, Vocabulary list for Deaf studies if the discussion will include Deaf history, Vocabulary list for engineering for "Architecture & construction", and Vocabulary list for sociology and athropology.
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