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126500621CensorshipControl over what can be thought or expressed. Examples:banning the spoken or printed word, burning of books0
126500622PersecutionActive discrimination of one group, by an other, based on traits like race, colour, religion,origin, sex, disability Examples: singling out, bullying1
126500623ScapegoatingFind a group that does not fit into the definition of "your nation" and blame them for all the problems of your society.2
126500624Extreme nationalismDefine "your nation." Lay out clearly a list of who is in and who is out. Emphasize that "your nation" is superior to all others and is never wrong.3
126500625DehumanizeTo make a person or group appear to be less than human, in their present state. Example: At first contact with Europeans, aboriginals were considered less than human.4
126500626DemocracyA government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them through their elected representatives, chosen in free elections. Examples Canada, United States, Britain5
126500627FascismA government led by a dictator who has complete power. Includes: forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism which is racist. Examples: Germany, Italy, Spain6
126500628CommunismA political system characterized by a centrally planned economy with all economic and political power resting in the hands of the central government. Usually a one party system often headed by a dictator. Examples: China Russia7
126500629Human RightsThe basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled, often held to include the right to life and liberty(freedom), freedom of thought and expression, and equality before the law8
126500630Anti-SemitismHostility towards Jews as an ethnic or religious group, often accompanied by social,economic and political discrimination.9
126500631GenocideThe deliberate and systematic extermination of a particular racial, national, or religious group10
126500632Brain washingAn attempt to change or reinforce a person's beliefs using specific techniques. May include extreme use of propaganda.11
126500633PropagandaA method of selling the vision of "your nation" to the people. Assume that people can be made to believe a story line by carefully planned manipulation.12
126500634DictatorshipA form of government in which the ruler has absolute power (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) Example: Nazi Germany, Communist Russia13
126500636Final SolutionNazi Germany's plan and for the systematic genocide of all European Jews during World War Two. This resulted in the final and most deadly phase of the Holocaust.14
126500637Yellow Star of DavidThis symbol identified a person as being a Jew during World War Two.15
126500638U-boatsGerman submarines used in World War Two.16
126500639LittleBoy/FatmanThe names given to the two bombs dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.17
126500640Naval convoyA system of merchant ships traveling together with naval escort ships. It was designed to protect against the threat of German U-boat attacks.18
126500641RadarA system that uses reflected radio waves to detect objects and measure their distance and speed. Used to detect incoming aircraft in World War Two.19

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