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Totalitarianism (Quiz)
School: Taunton; Teacher: Sukeforth
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History
11th Grade
11/11/2008

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totalitarianism
Definition
government that has complete control over its citizens and puts down all opposition
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dictatorship
Definition
government in which one person rules with absolute power
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one-party rule
Definition
government in which all parties except one are illegal
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primacy of the state
Definition
belief that the individual exists to serve the state
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economic control
Definition
state control of the whole economy or important elements of the economy
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Gestapo
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Hitler's secret police
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censorship
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all media is controlled by the government
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propaganda
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the ruling party presents the dictator and state in positive terms through government-controlled newspapers, radio, and films
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fascism
Definition
political system based on a strong centralized government
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Nazism
Definition
political philosophy based on extreme nationalism, racism, and militaristic expansionism that Hitler put into practice in Germany from 1933-1945
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communism
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economic and political system based on a one-party government and state ownership of property
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Joseph Stalin
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dictator of the Soviet Union, 1924-1953
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Benito Mussolini
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fascist leader of Italy
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Adolf Hitler
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Nazi dictator of Germany 1933-1945
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appeasement
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trying to pacify an aggressor in order to keep the peace
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Munich Pact (1938)
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Agreement stating that Germany would receive the Sudetenland in return for Hitler's promise not to make any more territorial demands
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Neville Chamberlain
Definition
British Prime Minister who followed the policy of appeasement toward Hitler
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Winston Churchill
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Prime Minister of Great Britain _during_ World War II
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Axis powers
Definition
World War II alliance that included Germany, Italy, and Japan
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Blitzkrieg
Definition
German method of attack conducted with great speed and force
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Nonaggression pact
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an agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union not to fight each other
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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President of the United States during most of World War II
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lend-lease
Definition
U.S. program for giving military supplies to Great Britain and the Soviet Union during World War II (replaced "cash and carry")
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scorched-earth policy
Definition
technique used by the Soviets; provided for the destroying of everything before the enemy arrived
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genocide
Definition
deliberate and systematic killing of a group of people
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Holocaust
Definition
systematic murder of 11 million Jews and other people in Europe by the Nazis during World War II
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Albert Einstein
Definition
Jewish mathematician who fled to the U.S. before World War II
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