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The Four Freedoms

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

WORD LIST
pacification propaganda appeasement tyranny disarmament treachery

A. DIRECTIONS: In each of the following items, think about the meaning of the
italicized word, and then answer the question.
1. If leaders are spreading propaganda, would you believe what they are saying?
Why or why not?             
2. What does a government do when it vows to achieve disarmament?
            
3. Would you want to live under a government based on tyranny? Why or why
not?             
4. What actions might be damaging to attempts at pacification? Explain.
            
5. What is a policy that is based on appeasement? Explain.             
6. What is the opposite of treachery?             
      

B. WORD STUDY: The Latin root -pac- means “peace.” For example, the word pact
means a peace treaty or an agreement. A related word, -pais-, a form of –pac-, is
the root for appease, meaning “to bring peace to.” Explain the meaning of each of
the following words, based on its root and other word parts.
1. pacify             
2. pacifist             
3. appeasement             
4. unappeasable             

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