Definitions Flashcards

In the book and I the textbook (29 cards)

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Prejudice

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To judge somebody before you get to know them

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Stereotype

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A fixed general image of a person or thing shared by many people

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Discrimination

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To treat somebody differently for a specific reason

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Braunau

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The place in austria where hitler was born

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Vienna art academy

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The school hitler was rejected from by a Jewish principle

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German workers’ party

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The political party hitler joined in 1919

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N.S.D.A.P

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The new name of the German workers’ party, of which hitler became leader, commonly known as the nazi party

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S.A (brown shirts)

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The nazi private army

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Ernst rohm

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The leader of the S.A(Brown shirts)

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Swastika

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The symbol of the nazi party

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S.S

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The personal bodyguard of the nazi party

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Munich putsch

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The event in 1923 in which hitler attempted to overthrow the Weimar government

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13
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Landsberg prison

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Where hitler went to jail

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14
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Mein kampf

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The book hitler wrote while in prison

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Adolf lanz

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The man hitler met while in jail, who gave hitler ideas about “blood theories”

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Joseph goebbels

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Hitler’s minister of propaganda

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Gestapo

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The official secret police force of the nazi party

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Night of the long knives

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A purge by the nazi party on 30 June 1934 in which the SS and the gestapo killed members of the SA

19
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Define propaganda

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Persuasive communication which influences beliefs, opinions and emotions.
Is deliberately used to influence people.
Appeals to the heart and not the mind

20
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Define democracy

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A form of government in which there is an elected government/ people can vote for their government

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Define dictatorship

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A form of government in which one person has total control

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Define totalitarianism

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A form of government in which there is one party and one leader who has complete control. There is no freedom of the individual.

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Define fascism (fascist)

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A political theory that the government should have complete control. In fascist states, the political party serves its own needs as is not concerned with citizen’s rights.

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Define antisemitism

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An extreme dislike or hatred of jews

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Define genocide
A deliberate attempt to kill a national, race or religious group
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Define ghetto
A poor area in a city where Jewish people were forced to live
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Define holocaust
Any large scale killing and destruction, especially by fire. This term refers to the persecution and mass murder of the jews by the nazis between 1933 and 1945
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Define concentration camp
Special war-time camps where opponents or political prisoners were held first used by the British during the south african war. (1899-1902) to imprison boer and black women and children
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Define putsch
A forceful overthrowing of the government