IAS Sem. 2 Exam Definitions

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Armistice	Agreement to cease fighting.
(war of ) attrition	gradual wearing down of the power to resist; reduce the effectiveness of military forces
Australian Imperial Force	Name of the Australian army in WW1 and WW2
Autocratic power	Unrestricted authority
Ballarat reform league	Organisation formed in 1854 to protest against the regulation of the Ballarat gold diggings
Blackbirding	Recruitment of workers through trickery or deception
Capitalism	Economic system based on competition between sellers.
Colonialism	Policy of a country to take over another area and exploit its resources.
Colonialisation	Establishment of direct control by an outside power over the affairs of people who are native to that area.
Constitution	Statement of fundamental principles underlying the governance of a country.
Democracy	System of government in which citizens elect representatives to make laws on their behalf.
Emancipist	Convict whose sentence has expired
Franchise	Right to vote
Free trade	Trade unrestricted by trade barriers such as tariffs.
'Kanaka'	Racist slang term once used to refer to Pacific Island labourers.
Offensive	A military campaign involving an attack
Penal colony	Settlement established for the purpose of housing prisoners
Reactionary	Politically conservative.
Referendum	Vote by the entire electorate on a specific question
Responsible government	Government that is answerable to the people it represents
Stockade	Temporary barrier to protect inhabitants from attack
Suffrage	Right to vote.
Tariff	Tax on imported goods
Terra nullius	Latin for "vacant land", the legal basis on which Britain settled Australia in 1788
Theatre of war	Large area in which all types of military action are found.
Total war	War in which any weapons may be used and in which civilians can become targets because the home front is involved
Trans-antlantic slave trade	European transportation of African slaves across the atlantic ocean to American colonies.
Trench warfare	Development of roughly parallel fighting lines separated by No Man's Land, in which troops have some protection from attack and the weapons of the opposing forces.
Trenches	Long ditches constructed as a defence against attack
Triangular trade	Three-way trade comprising a source of raw materials, a manufacturer of goods and a market for for the finished product.
Western Front	World War 1 trench system that ran from Belgium to Switzerland.

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