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World War II
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| facism | aggresive nationalism |
| internationalism | the idea that trade between nations creates prosperity and helps to prevent war. |
| appeasement | the policy of giving concessions in exchange for peace. |
| blitzkrieg | lightining war |
| holocaust | the catastrophe tha ravaged Europe's jews, nearly 6 million were killed by the nazis |
| concentration/extermination camp | healthy individuals worked as slave laborers until they dropped dead. 2) the young and elderly were executed in these gas chambers |
| stragetic materials | sale of (important materials fo war) to other nations |
| cost plus | under this system the more a company produced and the faster it did work,the more moeny it would make |
| Liberty ship | the basic cargo ships used during the war |
| disenfranchise | african americans were denied their rights to vote |
| rationing | limiting the avaibality of,many products to make sure enough were available for military use |
| victory garden | raising one's own crops, but leaving more for the troops |
| napalm | a jellied gasoline used for bombs |
| convoy system | a system in which merchant ships travel with nasal vessels for protection |
| amphtract | an amphibious tractor used tto move troops from ships to shore |
| Kamikaze | during WWII,a japanese suicide pilot whose mission was to crash into his target |
| hedgerow | rows of shrubs, or trees surrounding a field, often on a dirt wall |
| charter | a constitution |