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Unit 11: World War 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Totalitarian | form of government that permits no individual freedom and that seeks to control all aspects of the individual’s life |
| Appeasement | A political policy of conceding or submitting to aggression by a warlike nation |
| Isolationism | National policy of avoiding political or economic entanglements with other countries. |
| Pacifism | the belief that any violence, including war, is unjustifiable under any circumstances |
| Nationalism | patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts. an extreme form of this, especially marked by a feeling of superiority over other countries. |
| D-Day | Allied invasion of Europe June 6,1944 |
| Manhattan Project | research and developmentduring World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons.led by United States |
| Universal Declaration of Human Rights | proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly 10 December 1948 , It sets out, fundamental human rights |
| Marshall Plan | gave $13 billion to finance the economic recovery of Europe between 1948 and 1951 after WW2. |
| Superpowers | reference to the US and the former Soviet Union when these were perceived as the two most powerful nations in the world after World War II. |
| Genocide | the systematic and purposeful destruction of a racial, political, religious, or cultural group |