Question

Match the vocabulary word with its meaning.

Answer 1

1. Imperialism - E.) Policy extending political, economic, or military rule over another.
2. Monopoly - D.) One group controlling an industry or market by being the only provider
3. Nationalism - A.) A strong sense of love and devotion
4. Pogrom - C.)a planned strategy to kill off a minority or ethnic group within a country
5. Mercantilism - B.) An economic system where colonies supply goods to the mother country
6. Indenture - F.) An agreement commenting one person to be another's slave for a certain period of time

Explanation:

1. Imperialism is a policy of extending the political, economic, or military rule of a country over another, usually by violent means, such as the use of military force or colonization.
2. A monopoly market is characterized for having a unique seller that controls an industry or market by being the only provider of a product, it faces no competition.
3. Nationalism is an ideology characterized for promoting a strong sense of love, loyalty and devotion to a nation: its interests, its cultures and all related to it.
4. One example of a progrom in history was the Russian Empire's organized acts of violence toward the Jewish people. They attacked, abused and killed many Jewish in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and forced them to emigrate.
5. The mercantilism theory was developed in the 16th to 18th centuries,and was based on the principle that the government should control the economy and a nation's wealth and power would increase if the nation sold more than it bought from other nations. With such purpose, Britain ordered its many colonies to supply goods to the crown, which later would be exported to other nations.
6. An indenture is a written contract binding one person to work for another for a determined period of time.