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Chapter 27 vocabulary
Chapter 27 Vocabulary
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History
10th Grade
04/18/2012

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Concentration Camp
Definition
a large prison death camp
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Genocide
Definition
mass murder of a group of people
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Holocaust
Definition
Hitler's plan to kill all the Jews in Europe
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Mentally ill
Definition
Having a sickness of the mind
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Refugee
Definition
A person who is forced to flee from his or her country
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Invisible
Definition
Unseen; cannot be seen
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Iron Curtain
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The invisible boundary between western Europe and eastern Europe after world war II
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Satellite
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A nation the another nation tightly controls
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Superpower
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A nation that has and money then other countries
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Charter
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A constitution; a set of statements that explains a group's purpose
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Organization
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A group of people joined together for a common purpose
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Permanent
Definition
Lasting
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Security
Definition
Safety
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United Nations (UN)
Definition
The international organization that works to settle disagreements, improve the way people live, and keep peace around the world
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Agency
Definition
A group the provides a servuce
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Trust Territory
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A territory that the allies to from the countries the lost World War I and World War II
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Buffer Zone
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A neutral area that separates two warring countries
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Cold War
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The war of propaganda between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II
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Propaganda
Definition
One-sided information meant to change people's thinking
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Truman Doctrine
Definition
President Truman's plan to stop the spread of communism
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Marshall Plan
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The American plan to rebuild Europe after World War II
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Definition
A group of 19 nations committed to protecting one another from attack and keeping world peace
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Warsaw Pact
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A treaty that set up a military alliance between the Soviet Union and it's satellite nations
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Berlin Airlift
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The Western method of getting around the 1948 Soviet blockade by flying supplies into Berlin
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Truce
Definition
An agreement to stop a war for a time
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