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Democracy
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A type of government controlled by citizens either directly or through elected representatives.
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totalitarian
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a type of government that controls most parts of people's lives, and the people cannot complain
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fascism
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a type of government, run by one person (dictator), that requires the people of the country to be extremely loyal and is often racist
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communism
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an economic and social system n which most or all property is owned by the state or community as a whole and is shared by all
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nazism
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a policy of racist nationalist, national expansion, and state control of the economy practiced by the Nazis in Germany
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Dictator
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a leader who completely rules a country, they are usually cruel
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appeasement
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accepting a person's or country's demands in order to avoid a fight or war
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lend-lease
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the law passed during WWII that allowed the U.S. to sell, lend, or lease war supplies to nations that would defend the United States
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ration
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to limit the distribution of scarce items
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Aryan Supremacy
Definition
Belief that Caucasian, non-Jewish people are superior to all other people
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Anti-Semitism
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violence and discrimination against Jews
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Genocide
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the intentional killing of an entire group of people based on religion, culture, or politics
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Internment camp
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places of detainment for Japanese-Americans during World War II
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concentration camp
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Hitler's places of containment to hold, torture, and kill millions of Jews and other non-Aryans
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blitzkrieg
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term for Germany's fast, Violent attacks during WWII means lightning war
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invasion
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entering by force as an enemy in order to conquer
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Poland
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the first nation invaded by Germany; the event that started WWII
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battle of Britain
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Germany's attempt to conquer Great Britain. It started when Germany began bombing London in 1940
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Pearl Harbor
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the Japanese attack on the United states naval fleet in Hawaii that brought the United States into WWII in December 7, 1941
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battle of Stalingrad
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the war in Europe reached a turning point when Russia defeated Germany near Stalingrad in 1943
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D-Day
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June 6, 1944; Allied invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France to liberate (free) western Europe
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Battle of Midway
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the war in the pacific reached a turning point with the Allied victory near midway
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Kamikaze
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A Japanese suicide pilot during World War II whose mission was to crash into his target
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Hiroshima & Nagasaki
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the two Japanese cities on which the United States dropped Atomic bombs to end World War II in 1945
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