Sose - Semester 1 Glossary Words

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Allies

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A state formally cooperating with another for military or other purposes.

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Arms Race

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A competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons.

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Cause and Effect

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Civil Rights

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The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.

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Continuity and Change

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Aims to define a field of historical sociology concerned with long-term continuities and discontinuities in the structures of past societies.

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Communism

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A theory or system of social organization in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs.

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Domino Theory

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The theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighbouring countries, like a falling domino causing an entire row of upended dominoes to fall.

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Empathy

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The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

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Evidence

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The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.

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Fasicim

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An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.

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Great Depression

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The economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s.

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Genocide

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The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular nation or ethnic group.

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Ghetto

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A part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups.historicalthe Jewish quarter in a city."the Warsaw Ghetto"an isolated or segregated group or area."the relative security of the gay ghetto"

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Holocaust

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Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war.

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Ideology

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A system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.

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Imperialism

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A policy of extending a country's power and influence through colonization, use of military force, or other means.

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Nazi Party

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The Nazi Party was a political group that ruled Germany between 1933 and 1945. “Nazi” is a short form of the official name. In English the official name is the National Socialist German Workers' Party. Under Adolf Hitler's leadership, the Nazis started World War II.

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Perspectives

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The art of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other.

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Propaganda

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Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.

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Reparation

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The action of making amends for a wrong one has done, by providing payment or other assistance to those who have been wronged.

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Significance

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The quality of being worthy of attention; importance.

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Source

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A place, person, or thing from which something originates or can be obtained.

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Totalitarianism

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Absolute control by the state or a governing branch of a highly centralized institution. 3. the character or quality of an autocratic or authoritarian individual, group, or government: the totalitarianism of the father.

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Treaty of Versailles

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The Treaty of Versailles (French: Traité de Versailles) was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.