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15 Cards in this Set
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.Dictator
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Rulers who has complete power
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Totalitarian State
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Country whereasingle party controls the government and every aspect of the lives of the people.
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anti-Semitism
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Hostility or discrimination against Jews.
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Disarnment
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Removal of or giving up military weapons.
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Appeasement
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Practice of giving in to an aggresss or nation's demands in order to preserve peace & avoid war.
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Blitzkrieg
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German word meaning lighting war.
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Island hopping
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Strategy of allies in WWII of capturing some Japanese-held islands and going around others.
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Nurremberg trials
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Trials for a war crimes commited during WWII.
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Holocaust
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Hitler's policy of ethnic cleansing when he had 6 million jews Killed.
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Mobilization
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Gathering resources and preparing for war.
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Ration
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To give out scarce items on a limited basis.
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Internment Camp
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The deention centers where Japanese Americans were moved tto and confined during WWII.
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Genocide
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The deliberate destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group.
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Kamikaze
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During WWII, a Japanese suicide pilot whose mission was to crash into his target.
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Man hattan Project
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Secret project carried out in New Mexico that developed the atomic bomb during WWII.
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