POLITICS II

The Word's The Thing

Specialized Vocabulary

Dr. Louis D. Appel

The answers to the clues below will be related to politics.

 

1. Hatred or fear of strangers or foreigners 

2. Of a legislature consisting of two houses

3. The domination of one state over another

4. Diplomatic courtesy, practice, and procedure

5. Showing political favor to family and friends

6. Alter voting district boundaries to gain political advantage

7. One who betrays his country and collaborates with its conqueror

8. The right of the state to appropriate private property for public use 

9. Legislation designed specifically to please a legislator's constituents

10. A person who is near completing his term of office after having failed to be re-elected 

Answers:

 

1. Xenophobia

2. Bicameral

3. Hegemony

4. Protocol

5. Nepotism

6. Gerrymandering

7. Quisling

8. Eminent domain

9. Pork barrel

10. Lame duck