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History Year 10 Flashcards

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What were internment camps in australia

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GERMAN, ITALIAN and JAPANESE descendants were taken to harsh and uncomfortable CAMPS. They were seen as ‘ENEMY ALIENS’.

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What is Propaganda?

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information that is BIASED or MISLEADING, used to PROMOTE a POLITICAL CAUSE or pov.

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What was conscription in australia?

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Australia used conscription to FORCE PEOPLE TO SERVE IN THE MILITARY.

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Roles of women in Australia

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-women had to work on FARMS and FACTORIES
-AWAS was formed
-managed HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES.

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Censorship in Australia

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Aus gov CLOSELY MONITORED LETTERS, NEWSPAPERS etc and CENSORED any info that could HARM NATIONAL SECURITY

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The bombing of darwin

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-19 FEB 1942
-JAPS did TWO AIR RAIDS on DARWIN AND MAINLAND

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What was the treaty of versailles?

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a PEACE TREATY drafted by BRITAIN, FRANCE AND AMERICA THAT ENDED WW1

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aims of the TOV?

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G: guilt
A: Armed Forces
R: Reparations
G: German Territories
LE: League of Nations

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Why was italy mas about the TOV?

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didnt get promised land by brotain and france

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why was germany mad about the tov?

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received most blame, harsh punishments

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During the roaring 20’s what happened with people and the stock market?

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-people started investing in sticks and borrowing money
-the stock market soon started receiving mass speculation. The stock market then crashed.

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Name the major causes of WW2

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-T: Treaty of Versailles
-A: Appeasement
-R: Rise of Hitler
-J: Japanese Expansion
-Militarism
-Nationalism

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What caused the great depression

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-stock market crash (lots of speculation)
-over production and under consumption of supplies.

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What was the great depressions effect on australia

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-50000 unemployed
-men left home in search of jobs.
-women and children were cheaper to employ.

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what was the susso

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-the government provided relief payments to unemployed
-food rations and coupons
-60000 relied on this

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what is the definition of nationalism

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a strong sense of pride and loyalty to ones nation, with belief in superiority.

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what are the characteristics of nationalism

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-xenophobia
-expansionism
-militarism

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what countries are involved with nationalism

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Germany
japan
Italy

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what is the definition of isolationism

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A policy of avoiding involvement in foreign affairs.

20
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what are the characteristics of isolationism.

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non interventionism
focus on domestic affairs
neutrality

21
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what countries are involved with isolationsim

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united states (prior to pearl harbor bombings)

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what is the definition of fascism

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a political ideology, of extreme nationalism, authoritarianism, suppression of opposition.

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What are the characteristics of fascism

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totalitarian (control of gov)
one leader
propaganda and censorship

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What were hitlers ideology?

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-only strong survive
-hate communism, Jewish ideology
-gain LEBENSRAUM (take land)
-obedience to leader

25
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What is appeasement

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the act of giving in to an enemy’s demands to avoid conflict

26
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why were the nazis anticommunist?

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-THREATENED RACIAL AND NATIONALISTIC GOALS
-blame Jews for the spread

27
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what is militraism

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the glorification of war, nation strengthens military.

28
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what is genocide

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the systematic and purposeful destruction of a racial, religious or cultural group.

29
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what is anti semitism

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prejudice or hostility toward Jews, defames Jews as inferior group

30
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what were the stages of the holocaust?

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  1. removal of rights
  2. segregation
  3. concentration
  4. extermination
31
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what happened during the removal of rights stage?

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-Nuremburg laws: no German citizenship, must carry ID, banned from German schools
-boycotting Jewish businesses

32
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what happened during the segregation stage?

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ghettos: filthy, overcrowded, disease, short supply of food.

33
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what happened during the concentration stage?

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-slave labor
-starved/malnourished
-transported in cattle freight cars

34
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what happened during the extermination stage?

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1942
mass annihilation
death camps: kill large groups of people

35
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what happened during the night of broken glass?

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november 9-16
anti Jewish violence
synagogues vandalized and burned
30000 Jewish men taken prisoner in concentration camps

36
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what were the gas chambers in the camps like?

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disguised as showers
8000 people per day
prisoners moved dead bodies

37
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what was daily life in the camps like?

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possessions confiscated
heads shaved
arms tattooed
prison uniforms
mean women and children separated

38
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arguments FOR dropping atomic bombs

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war weariness
domestic politics
morality
body counts
fear

39
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arguments AGAINST dropping atomic bombs

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-warnings should have been given to japan
-Americas desire for ‘unconditional surrender’ was prolonging the war.
-japan was on the verge of surrendering
-war would ended if soviets joined.

40
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the battle of britain

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a prolonged air battle between the british royal air force and the germans in 1940, australian squadrons played a significant role in defending.

41
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pearl harbor

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decomebr 1941
jAPS did aerial attack on pearl harbor hawaai
success for japs
forced US to join the war.

42
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impact of WW2 on Changing Roles of Women

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Entry into the workforce: factory work and office jobs
Challenged traditional gender roles
Feminist movements
Post-war economic opportunities: Some women continued to work after the war, contributing to economic growth.

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Impact of WW2 on changing Roles of Workers

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Increased union power: advocating for better working conditions and wages.
welfare programs: support workers and their families.

44
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explain the holocaust

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The Holocaust was a systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazis.

44
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explain the use of an atomic bomb

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The United States used atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, marking the first and only use of nuclear weapons in warfare.

45
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The Wall Street Crash

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1929
major American stock market crash that occurred in late 1929.
It began in September with a sharp decline in share prices on the New York Stock Exchange, and
ended in mid-November.

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