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World War II
Vocab. for Unit on WWII
Question | Answer |
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dictator | leader who has absolute power and rules a nation by force |
Anti-Semitism | dislike of or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic or racial group. |
totalitarian | seeking to control all aspects of life through dictatorial control |
appeasement | the policy of giving in to the demands of others in an effort to keep peace |
obtain | to gain |
unify | to join together |
blitzkrieg | fast, sudden attack by massed forces |
target | object of an attack |
disarmament | giving up military weapons |
funds | money |
shift | to move |
ration | to make scarce items available to people on a limited bases |
civil defense | protective measures taken by civilians in case of attack |
overseas | across the ocean |
internment camp | camp where Japanese Americans were kept during WWII |
concentrate | to focus |
siege | military blockade |
tense | anxious |
genocide | attempt to kill an entire population, such as an ethnic group |
Holocaust | the name given to the mass slaughter of Jews by the Nazis during WWII |
concentration camp | large prison camp used to hold people for political reasons |
island hopping | a strategy used during WWII that called for attacking and capturing certain key islands and then using these islands as a base from which to attack others |
kamikaze | during WWII, a Japanese suicide pilot whose mission was to crash his target |
secure | to gain control |
conflict | a war or a prolonged struggle |