AQA GCSE History key terms

A programme that moved South Vietnamese peasants into fortified settlements to separate them from the Vietcong.

The April 1935 agreement between Britain, France and Italy to oppose further German challenges to the peace settlement.

A coordinated refusal to work, intended to put pressure on an employer to meet workers’ demands.

An American student organisation that helped organise opposition to the Vietnam War through campus protests and demonstrations.

Creating another level of feudal landholding when a tenant granted land to someone who then became that tenant’s own tenant.

Money paid by one government to another to support an agreed policy or action.

Farming mainly to provide food for the farming household, with little surplus available to sell or store.

A residential area on the outskirts of a town or city.

The order in which people are entitled to inherit the throne.

A dispute over who should become ruler after the previous ruler dies.

The border region of Czechoslovakia containing a large German-speaking population, ceded to Germany under the Munich Agreement in 1938.

The 1956 confrontation following Egypt's takeover of the Suez Canal, in which British, French and Israeli military action faced international condemnation and American financial pressure forced Britain to halt its invasion.

The right to vote in elections.

A campaigner for women’s voting rights associated with militant methods, particularly the WSPU.

A campaigner for women’s voting rights associated with peaceful, lawful methods, particularly the NUWSS.

Laws restricting clothing, materials and colours according to social rank, intended to preserve status distinctions and restrain extravagant spending.

The two main branches of Islam. These religious identities became important political divisions in Iraq, but neither community held a single political viewpoint.

The movement in which Sunni tribal groups, including former insurgents, cooperated with US forces against Al-Qaeda in Iraq. Associated fighters became known as the Sons of Iraq.

Followers of the other main branch of Islam. Saddam Hussein was a Sunni Muslim.

An explanation of illness involving forces beyond nature, such as divine or spiritual powers.

The highest court in the United States, which can decide whether laws comply with the Constitution.

A practitioner who treated injuries and other conditions through physical procedures, including operations.

Treatment involving physical operations on the body, such as repairing wounds or removing a limb.

The popular name for a section of the Vagrancy Act 1824 that let police arrest people they suspected of loitering with intent to commit a crime. It was used disproportionately against young Black men and was repealed in 1981.

Workers taking strike action in support of another group’s dispute.

A meeting of Church leaders, especially bishops, to discuss religious matters and agree rules.

The Islamist movement that governed most of Afghanistan before its overthrow in 2001 and subsequently fought against the new government and foreign forces.