Unit 2 Flashcards
Conscription
Mandatory military service
Crimes against humanity
Acts that are deliberately committed as a widespread attack on a specific civilized population
Dictatorship
A gov where the leader has total power
Dirty Thirties
Severe drought and failure to produce dry land farming
Ethnic cleansing
Mass expulsion or killing of members of an unwanted ethnic or religious group from society. Leads to genoice
Holocaust
The systematic genocide of 6 million Jewish citizens in Poland, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and other east European countries
Imperialism
Policy of extending a country power and influence through military force
Indoctrination
Process of brainwashing someone for an entire group to fully accept the ideas and beliefs of the govnt
League of Nations
A collective security organization created after ww1 to maintain world peace
Militarism
Belief or desire of a govt or ppl that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests. A cause of ww1 and ww2
Military service act (1917)
Canadian law that allows conscription of Canadian men
Nazi-soviet non-aggression pact (1939)
A secret agreement between butler and Josef Stalin’s (ISSR/Sovient union) that the sovient union would not attack once invaded Poland
No mans land
Unoccupied land or land under dispute between two trenches
Propaganda
Biased or misleading information information used to promote a political cause or view
Reich
Literal meaning = realm refers to German empires
Roaring twenties
A new modern age after ww1 when ppl were eagered to enjoy economic prosperity and new inventions
Sanctions
A [pentalu for disobeying a treaty or agreement
Scapegoat
A persons or groups blamed for the wrong doings
Schlieffen plan
The german war dtadegy yo invade French
Scramble for Africa
The invasion, occupation and colonization of Africa by European empires between 1882 and 1914
The spark
Set off war assasination if Franz
Appeasement
Political policy of conceding to agression war like Nations
Autocracy
System of government 1 person complete power
Balkan powder keg
Was Balkan’s in early part of ww1
Big four
Usa Britain Italy and France
Charisma
Charm
Collective farm
Farmers run their holdings as a joint enterprise
Collectivization
forced to give up their individual farms and join large collective farms
Communism
Political theory ppl work and paid according to needs
Fascism
form of radical authoritarian nationalism, characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and control of industry and commerce,
Foreign policy
a government’s strategy in dealing with other nations.
Genocide
Genocide is intentional action to destroy a people in whole or in part.
Great Depression
a long and severe recession in an economy or market
Hitler
was a German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei; NSDAP), Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and Führer (“Leader”) of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945.
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers
Trench warfare
type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.
Triple alliance
Germany Italy Austria
Triple entente
Britain France and Russia
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Unrestricted submarine warfare is a type of naval warfare in which submarines sink vessels such as freighters and tankers without warning, as opposed to attacks per prize rules
War crimes
an action carried out during the conduct of a war that violates accepted international rules of war.
Wilson’s fourteen points
statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
Réparation
Payment for was damages
Demilitarization
The reduction of armed forces
Prejudice
Opinion that is not based on reason or expirence
Discrimination
The unjust treatment of different categories of people based on gender, rac, ethnicity, or sexual orientation
Stereotypes
A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing
