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13 Cards in this Set
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totalitarianism
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totalitarianism: control centralized in one authority that has all the control.
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war |
war: is a period time in which groups or countries are in conflicts, involving or not, fighting.
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guerilla |
Guerrilla: a small war member of a small group of soldiers that do not belong to an army and usually fight in wars as independent units.
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Holocaust |
Holocaust: period of time between 1933 and 1945, in which Jews and small groups were murder in concentration camps under the command of Hitler.
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Genocide |
Genocide: Murdering people who belong to an specific group.
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Dirty War |
Dirty war: 1976-1983, seven year campaign by the Argentine Government, in this time people disappeared in the middle of the nights.
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Revolution |
Revolution: violent attempt made by usually a big group of people to end the rule of one government to start another one.
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Dictatorship |
Dictatorship: whenever a government´s power is held either by a dictator or a small group of individuals.
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Communism |
communism: governments owns everything and there are no privately owned properties.
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Cold War |
Cold War: political and tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, it was called “cold” because of there being no major direct fightings. 1947-1991
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Society |
Society: people living together in organised communities and share laws, traditions, values.
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Civil Society |
Civil Society: A society in which the non-government organisations and institutions manifest interest on the citizens.
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