World War Two Terms and Concepts AP Flashcards

126500621	Censorship	Control over what can be thought or expressed. Examples:banning the spoken or printed word, burning of books	0
126500622	Persecution	Active discrimination of one group, by an other, based on traits like race, colour, religion,origin, sex, disability Examples: singling out, bullying	1
126500623	Scapegoating	Find a group that does not fit into the definition of "your nation" and blame them for all the problems of your society.	2
126500624	Extreme nationalism	Define "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
126500625	Dehumanize	To 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
126500626	Democracy	A 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, Britain	5
126500627	Fascism	A 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, Spain	6
126500628	Communism	A 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 Russia	7
126500629	Human Rights	The 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 law	8
126500630	Anti-Semitism	Hostility towards Jews as an ethnic or religious group, often accompanied by social,economic and political discrimination.	9
126500631	Genocide	The deliberate and systematic extermination of a particular racial, national, or religious group	10
126500632	Brain washing	An attempt to change or reinforce a person's beliefs using specific techniques. May include extreme use of propaganda.	11
126500633	Propaganda	A 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
126500634	Dictatorship	A form of government in which the ruler has absolute power (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) Example: Nazi Germany, Communist Russia	13
126500636	Final Solution	Nazi 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
126500637	Yellow Star of David	This symbol identified a person as being a Jew during World War Two.	15
126500638	U-boats	German submarines used in World War Two.	16
126500639	LittleBoy/Fatman	The names given to the two bombs dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.	17
126500640	Naval convoy	A system of merchant ships traveling together with naval escort ships. It was designed to protect against the threat of German U-boat attacks.	18
126500641	Radar	A 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