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2014-07-23 Communication: military/politics vocabulary

Jul 23rd, 2014
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  1. Presentation on Friday:
  2. Talk about a historical movie (movies about history)
  3. How historically accurate is it?
  4. Is it important for this specific movie?
  5.  
  6. (Maximum of 1 minute of video; pictures are okay.)
  7. ---
  8. Homework: p. 163
  9. 1
  10. 1 cannon
  11. 2 spear
  12. 3 shield
  13. 4 machine gun
  14. 5 arrow
  15. 6 bullet
  16. 7 bow
  17. 8 sword
  18. 9 missile (bigger than rocket, always a weapon, guided)
  19. (rocket: smaller unguided weapon, also for space)
  20. 2
  21. a
  22. 1 refugees (they seek refuge in another place)
  23. 2 casualties
  24. 3 forces
  25. 4 troops
  26. 5 snipers
  27. 6 civilians (civil authorities = police, civilian casualties)
  28. 7 the wounded (wound=injure by breaking the skin)
  29. 8 survivors (survivors of violent crime, cancer survivor)
  30. 9 ally
  31. b
  32. 1 revolution
  33. 2 coup (military coup, bloodless coup)
  34. 3 ceasefire (cease = stop)
  35. 4 civil war
  36. 5 siege (US English: when an army trieS to take...)
  37. 6 treaty
  38. (US Civil War could have been a revolution if the South had won. In Libya, a revolution was followed by a civil war.)
  39. rebellion: when a group of people first starts fighting against whoever is in power. "Rebel" could mean one side of a civil war.
  40. 3
  41. 1 overthrew
  42. 2 broke out (noun: outbreak)
  43. 3 blew up
  44. 4 withdrew
  45. 5 shelled
  46. 6 retreated
  47. 7 surrendered
  48. 8 defeated
  49. 9 captured
  50. 10 looted
  51. 11 declare
  52. July 4, 1776: signing of the Declaration of Independence
  53. (Boston Massacre: March 5?, 1770)
  54. (Battles of Lexington and Concord: April 19, 1775)
  55. (Treaty of Paris: Sept 3, 1783 - ended the revolution)
  56. Independence Day
  57. Revolution Day
  58. Unification Day
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