Question

Match the vocabulary term with its meaning.

1. caudillo
2. guillotine
3. coup d'etat
4. nationalistic
5. socialism
6. communism
a death instrument in France
consisting of a weighted blade that
slides down between two vertical guides
and beheads the victim
a feeling of strong patriotism
toward a country
the Spanish word for military leader
a system of political organization in
which all property is publicly owned and
social classes and the state disappear
a system of political organization in
which the government regulates the
economy with the goal of reducing social
and economic inequalities
a sudden seizure of government by
force

Answer 1

1. caudillo - the Spanish word for military leader.

2. guillotine - a death instrument in France consisting of a weighted blade that slides down between two vertical guides and beheads the victim.

3. coup d'etat - a sudden seizure of government by force.

4. nationalistic - a feeling of strong patriotism toward a country.

5. socialism - a system of political organization in which the government regulates the economy with the goal of reducing social and economic inequalities.

6. communism - a system of political organization in which all property is publicly owned and social classes and the state disappear.