Global History & Geography for 14-15 Yr olds USA) (Thomas Caswell)

(1967)War between Israel and Egypt, Syria, and Jordon where Israel defeated the three in six days, capturing territory from each.

A person forced to work for another with no payment or freedom to seek work elsewhere. A slave can be bought and sold.

The buying and selling of people for the purposes of slavery.

A system of forced labor.

Ethnic group of indo-European descent which includes Russians, Bulgarians, and Poles.

A highly contagious disease. Symptoms include high fever and scar-producing blisters. It can be fatal.

(1723-1790) British philosopher, writer, and economist. His book, The Wealth of Nations, describes his theory on free trade, otherwise known as laissez-faire economics.

A group of people within a society who share the same social, political, and economic status.

Theory of Thomas Hobbes that states the people form a social contract with government where they give up all rights for protection from other citizens.

French philosopher Jean Jaques Rousseau's book in which he wrote that people were basically good, and that society, and its unequal distribution of wealth, were the cause of most problems. Rousseau believed that government should be run according to the will of the majority, which he called the General Will. He claimed that the General Will would always act in the best interest of the people.