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Resistance Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Partisan | resistance fighter |
| Notorious | famous in a bad way |
| Raze | to completely level or destroy a building |
| Impede | to interfere with the movement, progress, or development of something or someone |
| Precedence | top priority |
| Annex | to take over territory and incorporate it into another country |
| Conscript | to force into military service |
| Activist | a person who is involved in vigorous or aggressive action to pursue a political or social goal |
| Maltreatment | to treat someone badly |
| Collective Responsibility | The Nazi tactic of punishing entire families or communities for the armed or unarmed resistance of a few |
| Deprivation | a state of poverty |
| Semblance | a small amount of something |
| Ameliorate | to improve or make better |
| Saboteur | someone who deliberately destroys property or equipment |
| Plight | a difficult or dangerous situation |
| Duress | the use of force or threats to make someone do something |
| Manifesto | a public, written declaration of principles and objectives |
| Memoir | an autobiography |
| Internment | imprisonment |
| Clandestine | secret |
| Bolshevism | Communism |
| Maquis | French resistance in France during WW II |
| Photomontage | the technique of combining photographs or parts of photographs to create a piece of art or advertisement |