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Totalitarianism |
Centralized government that has absolute power. |
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War |
Violent conflict between nations or parties. |
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Guerrilla |
Person, usually acting in small, irregular groups, that helps at war by sabotaging the opposing party. |
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Holocaust |
Great destruction/mass murder, usually through fire. An example is the mass murder of Jews in concentration camps in some European countries during WW2. |
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Genocide |
The planned killing of a certain group because of their culture, ethnicity, religion, etc with the intent to eradicate them. |
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Dirty War |
Action taken against civilians opposing the state, involving kidnapping, torture and murder, used by the government to oppress people. |
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Revolution |
Movement, usually achieved through violence, in which people overthrow the government to replace it with another one. |
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Dictatorship |
Type of government where one party/person has all the power. |
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Communism |
Type of government and economic model where the state controls and owns everything, though it is said to be owned by the community. |
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Cold War |
Rivalry and tension between two countries that barely avoids hostility. Usually referring to the one between the Soviet Union and the US after World War II. |
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Society |
A community of people who interact with and depend on one another. |
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Civil Society |
Elements (specially rights) characteristic of a democratic society. |
