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Global 2 - Unit 7
World War 2 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Appeasement | to give into demands to avoid further conflict |
| Anschluss | the German idea to connect all German people into one country |
| Air Raid | to bomb a target from the air |
| Blitzkrieg | means “lightning war”, a tactic to move your military so quickly that the enemy cannot respond |
| Concentration Cmamps | a place where large numbers of a targeted minority are held unjustly |
| Conscription | to force people to join the military |
| Deported | to send someone out of the country because of their actions or views |
| Fascism | an ideology that gives absolute power to a dictator to enforce nationalistic, capitalistic, and militaristic goals. Dissent is outlawed. |
| Final Solution | the nazi policy of exterminating all jews living in Europe |
| Ghetto | a poor urban area occupied by a specific minority group |
| Holocaust | the systematic killing of 6 million Jews during WW2 by Nazi Germany and its allies |
| Isolationism | a political philosophy that advocates a country stay out of international events and focus on itself. |
| Kamikazes | a Japanese suicide bomber that intentionally crashed into navy ships and military bases. |
| Lebensraum | the German idea that empires must expand or they die |
| Non Aggression Pact | an agreement to not fight another country |
| Rearmament | the process of building up your military after a period of disarmament. |