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Vocab13 Grade 10
Vocabulary 13 Grade10
| Question | Answer | |
|---|---|---|
| The __________ CEO wielded total control over her company. | autocratic | |
| The king's use of his unlimited power for his own gain made him the most mistrusted ___in the nation's history. | autocrat | noun derived from autocratic person |
| A country ruled by a dictator is an ______. | autocracy | noun derived from autocratic |
| independence;self-determination or self-governance | autonomy | noun from Greek auto-, "self" + nomous, "rule;law" |
| The people in the northern part of the country gained _____by waging a fierce civil war against the ruler in the south. | autonomy | |
| Judges are supposed to be ________ and uninfluenced by others' opinions. | autonomous | adjective derived from autonomy |
| a social class separated from others by profession, wealth, or hereditary rank | caste | noun from Latin castus, "pure" |
| India's _____ system was one of the many institutions that Mahatma Gandhi fought against. | caste | |
| A ruler with absolute power (definition 1) | despot | noun from Greek despotes, "master" |
| Although protrayed as cruel in The King and I, King Monghut of Siam, was an enlightened ____. | despot | |
| A person who wields power oppressively; a tyrant (definition2) | despot | |
| The ____ imprisoned anyone who criticized him. | despot | |
| People took desperate measures to escape the _____ regime. | despotic | adjective derived from despot |
| relating to a system in which people (called "vassals") were given protection and the use of land, in return for loyalty, payments, and services to a lord. | feudal | adjective from latin feudum, "fee" |
| In ______ systems, vassals had to provide military service to their lord. | feudal | |
| from about 1100-1400, feudalism was the dominant governing system in Japan. | feudalism | noun derived from feudal |
| Dominance, especially that of a country, region, or group over others. | hegemony | noun from Greek hegemon, "leader" |
| government by a few, especially by a small faction of people or families (definition) | oligarchy | noun from Greek oligos, "few" + -arch, "rule" |
| An ______ does not grant the rights of democracy to the common people. | oligarchy | |
| A state governed by a few people or families(definition) | oligarchy | |
| For more than a thousand years, Venice was an ___________ governed by a group of nobles. | oligarchy | |
| By definition, an ________ must share power with others. | oligarch | noun derived from oligarchy |
| self-governing; independent (defition 1) | sovereign | adjective from Old French soverain, "superior;ruler" |
| Many former British colonies became ____ nations during the middle part of the twentieth century. | sovereign | |
| Having supreme rank or power(definition 2) | sovereign | |
| Although he possessed ________ powers, the prince routinely consulted his advisers. | sovereign | |
| A king, queen, or other noble person who serves as head of state; a ruler or monarch | sovereign | noun usage of sovereign |
| As time wears on, fewer nations are ruled by _____________. | sovereigns | |
| Relating to a form of government with absolute and centralized control ober every aspect of people's lives | totalitarian | adjective from Latin totus, "all;whole" + (author)-itarian |
| George Orwell's novel 1984 depicts a _____ state, in which even people's thoughts are controlled | totalitarian | |
| to take and hold power or rights by force and without legal authority (definition 1) | usurp | verb from Latin usurpare, "to take into use" |
| The rebels ______ control by taking over the palace, the main roads, and the airwaves. | usurped | |
| To take the place of or occupy withour right (definition 2) | usurp | |
| The man _______ his neighbor's land by building on it. | usurped | |
| The crafty ______ seized the king's throne. | usurper | noun derived from usurp |
| Historians point out that, just as with anything else,the economic and military _____ of the United States will not last forever. | hegemony | |
| relating to a system of lords and vassals | feudal | |
| to take power by force | usurp | |
| a king or queen | sovereign | |
| ruling with unlimited power | autocratic | |
| a social class of rank, wealth, or profession | caste | |
| relating to an all-controlling government | totalitarian | |
| independence; self-determination | autonomy | |
| government by a few | oligarchy | |
| dominance | hegemony | |
| a tyrsnt | despot | |
| After being ruled by the same family for centureis, the former ___ became a democracy. | oligarchy | |
| Some remote regions, though technically not _____, are all but self-governing. | sovereign | |
| "You may not marry someone of a lower ___,"declared the noble. | caste | |
| The Roman Empire's ___ was military, cultural, and political. | hegemony | |
| The insurgent ___ seized political power from the elected leaders | usurpers | |
| The _____ regime was so oppressive that it even dictated official music. | totalitarian | |
| The ___ crulley punished all who did not greet him correctly. | despot | |
| ____ people are independent and make their won lif choices. | Autonomous | |
| Since ____ systmes of government maintain control through the use of land, they are often based on agriculture. | feudal | |
| She ran her company as a(n) ____, insisting on total control. | autocracy | |
| The ___ headed a _____ government that had complete control over th politics, economy, and culture of the country | despot..totalitarian | |
| The analyst predicted that the company's _____ over the widgets market would be short-lived. | hegemony | |
| Yesterday, my neighbor ___my parking space. | usurped | |
| The ___ of some modern countries are figureheads whose positions are mainly ceremonial. | sovereigns | |
| THe coach behaved like an ___, refusing to let the players have a say in the decisions that affected the team. | autocrat | |
| She was enraged by the notion that her___ determined what she could do with her life. | caste | |
| ____was the dominant system of societal organization in Europe in the Middle Ages. | Feudalism | |
| Mom's decision to let the children be completely ___ in choosing their vlothes resulted in some strange outfits. | autonomous | |
| The power hungry noble dreamed of the day when he would no longer be an _____, but a monarch wiht complete control. | oligrachy | |
| Aldus Husley's nober Brave New World paints a chilling portrait of a _____ state | totalitarian | |
| The ______ imprisoned people whose political views differed from his own. | despot | |
| An example of sovereign. | king | |
| Someone who is likely to be a member of an oligrachy | noble | |
| The amount of aspects of life controlled by a totalitarian government. | all | |
| A group that often tries to usurp power. | rebels | |
| Something that is likely to be influenced by a caste system | career | |
| A word that describes an autocratic government | powerful | |
| A word most assicaited with the feudal system | vassal | |
| Something that would most likely lead to military hegemony | a huge army | |
| Someone who does NOT have autonomy. | prison inmate | |
| Something that a despot would NOT do | ask permission | |
| Ruling with unlimited power or authority | autocratic | adjective from Greek auto, "self" +krates, "ruler" |
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