Question

Match the vocabulary word with its meaning. 1. ideology based on a classless society where control of wealth and property belongs to the state propaganda 2. the act of spying or gathering intelligence glasnost 3. a government policy that opens itself up to accountability by other nations communism 4. a political and economic reform policy on behalf of the Soviet Union perestroika 5. spreading information to hurt or help an institution, cause, or person espionage

Answer 1

1.            Ideology based on a classless society where control of wealth and property belongs to the state is Communism.

It was a common ideology in the 20th century and was found mostly in Eastern Hemisphere countries such as the Soviet Union, China, or the South East Asia region. It was also seen in Cuba which was in the Americas.

2.            The act of spying or gathering intelligence is Espionage.

This is usually understood as super-secret spies who deal with espionage of other nations, but it is quite common in everyday things such as industrial espionage which is when a company spies another company for their patents and similar things and steals ideas.

 3.           A government policy that opens itself up to accountability by other nations  is Glasnost.

It was a reform in the Soviet Union when the soviets started liberalizing the country a bit more after years of the communist regime solving every problem in secrecy in usually controversial manners. It was about opening the dealings of the government towards public knowledge

4.            A political and economic reform policy on behalf of the Soviet Union is Perestroika.

 It was a series of reforms that was supposed to help the economy of the Soviet Union which was becoming worse and worse after years of problems. It was successful to some extent but couldn’t keep the spirit of communism alive for long.

 5.           Spreading information to hurt or help an institution, cause, or person is Propaganda.

Propaganda is basically political advertising and is used for getting votes or making your political opponent lose votes. It can also be made to support a cause like the famous poster “Uncle Sam Wants You” which is a piece of propaganda.