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Ch 14 Vocabulary
Chapter 14 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Totalitarianism | or totalitarian state is a term used by some political scientists to describe a political system in which the state holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life wherever possible. |
Anti-Semitic | Though the general definition of antisemitism is hostility or prejudice against Jews, and, according to Olaf Blaschke, has become an "umbrella term for negative stereotypes about Jews", a number of authorities have developed more formal definitions. |
Spanish Civil War | . A war fought in the late 1930s in Spain. On one side were the Loyalists, Spaniards loyal to a recently elected government in the form of a republic; on the other side were fascists (see fascism), led by General Francisco Franco. |
Appeasement | the action or process of appeasing. |
Aeschylus | Greek tragedian; the father of Greek tragic dram |
Munich Pact | The Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of Czechoslovakia's areas along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, |
Blitzkrieg | an intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory |
Axis Powers | The Axis powers were led by Nazi Germany. Axis powers definition. Germany, Italy, and Japan, which were allied before and during World War II. |
Allies | After first having cooperated with Germany in partitioning Poland whilst remaining neutral in the Allied-Axis conflict, the Soviet Union joined the Allies in June-1941 |
Neutrality Act of 1939 | He prevailed over the isolationists, and on November 4 the Neutrality Act of 1939 was passed, allowing for arms trade with belligerent nation |
Tripartite Pact | The Tripartite Pact, also the Three-Power Pact, Axis Pact, Three-way Pact or Tripartite Treaty was a pact signed in Berlin, Germany on September 27, 1940, which established the Axis Powers of World War |
Lend-Lease Act | lend lease act. lend-lease. the materiel and services supplied by the U.S. to its allies during World War II under an act of Congress (Lend-Lease Act) passed in 1941 |
Atlantic Character | The Atlantic Charter was a pivotal policy statement issued in August 14,1941 that, early in World War II, defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. |
Pearl Harbor | a harbor on Oahu to the west of Honolulu; location of a United States naval base that was attacked by the Japanese on 7 Dec 1941 |
WAC | Wac. Wac. a member of the Women's Army Corps, formerly an auxiliary of the U.S. Army. 1943, Amer.Eng., acronym from Women's Army Corps, formed 1943. |
Bataan Death March | which began on April 9, 1942, was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II. |
Battle of Coral Sea | The Battle of the Coral Sea, fought during 4–8 May 1942, was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia. |