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11 Cards in this Set
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Order from most general to least general: Totalitarianism, Authoritarianism, and Dictatorship
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Dictatorship, Authoritarianism, Totalitarianism
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What is essential for a rule to be called totalitarian?
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TOTAL control of ALL aspects of the country: Politics, Economics, Religion, Society, Intellect (including history), and Aesthetics (PERSIA)
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What are the two types of totalitarian governments?
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communist and non-communist
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When in history has totalitarianism developed?
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only in the 20th century
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Give 10 developments that made totalitarianism possible in the 20th Century.
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industrial technology, urbanization, advances in communication, weapons, Social Darwinism, mass (visual) media for propaganda, mass psychology, controlable trade, decline of religion, and dependence on the government
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Who coined the term "personality cult"?
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Nikita Krushchev
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What are the four aspects of a personality cult?
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Leader is worshiped as a deity, becomes the hero/savior of the people, the leader and state are synonymous, and images of the leader are found everywhere.
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What happens to a personality cult after the death of the leader?
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The leader is villified, at least once a new regime takes power (counterexample Kim Il-sung).
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What are 8 examples of famous totalitarian leaders?
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Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Ho Chi Minh, Pol Pot, Tito, Saddam Hussein and Kim Jong-il
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How do leaders create a personality cult?
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by making promises (Lenin's "Bread, Land, Peace"), with fear/violence/threats, by having widespread poverty and other problems (it can only get better), by using a common enemy, and with charisma
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How do totalitarian leaders maintain power?
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through the Party (it's a single-party state)
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