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Contemporary History
Ms. Ayala

Instructions: Find definitions of the following words and include an image related to each
word. (page 96)
Metropolis Oligarchy
Bloody Apriori
Warfare Speculation
Boricua Bourgeoisie
Insurgent Proletariat
Emancipation Capital gain
Marshal Anarchism
Plenipotentiary Communism
Elite Regime
Secularism
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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it by George Santayana
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Name: Mirian Solórzano

Teacher: Ms. Ayala
Grade: 11 A
Date: 08/31/2020

Metropolis any large, busy city, esp. the chief city of a country or region.

Bloody cruel or murderous.

Warfare the act, process, or an instance of waging war

Boricua Boricua" means native from Borinquen (the island

original name). This is similar to "Puerto Rican" which means
native from Puerto Rico.

Insurgent a person fighting against a government or invading force; a rebel or

revolutionary.
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Emancipation the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political
restrictions; liberation.

Marshal an officer of the highest rank in the armed forces of some countries.

Plenipotentiary a person, especially a diplomat, invested with the full power of independent
action on behalf of their government, typically in a foreign country.

Elite a select group that is superior in terms of ability or qualities to the rest of a group or
society.

Secularism the principle of separation of the state from religious

institutions.
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Oligarchy a small group of people having control of a country or organization.

Apriori relating to or denoting reasoning or knowledge which proceeds from theoretical

deduction rather than from observation or experience.

Speculation the forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence.

Bourgeoisie the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values
or conventional attitudes.

Proletariat the lowest class of citizens in ancient Rome.

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Capital gain a profit from the sale of property or an investment.

Anarchism belief in the abolition of all government and the organization of society on a
voluntary, cooperative basis without recourse to force or compulsion.

Communism a theory or system of social organization in which all property is owned by

the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and
needs

Regime a government, especially an authoritarian one.

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