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Canada and War
Termonologies
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Social Studies
9th Grade
01/12/2015

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Ghetto
Definition
a section of a city in which members of a minority group live
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Propaganda
Definition
the organized spread of ideas; to promote a cause
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Attrition
Definition
a grinding down by or as by friction; a relentless wearing down and weakening
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Segregation
Definition
when the cultural group isolates themselves
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Facism
Definition
a right-wing political system that permits private ownership of property within an authoritarian national government. Italy under Benito Mussolini and Germany under Adolf Hitler had facist governments that used a strong military to maintain control over civil society and the economy
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Sanctions
Definition
military or economic measures by which one or more countries try to force another country to respect international law or human rights
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Genocide
Definition
the systematic and deliberate attempt to kill all members of an ethnic or cultural or social group
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Holocaust
Definition
Nazi Germany's systematic extermination of 6 million European Jews
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Armistice
Definition
a truce, preliminary to a peace treaty
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Abdicate
Definition
to renounce an official position or responsibility
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Trench
Definition
a long narrow channel in the earth, used for drainagel such as excavation made for military purposes
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Extermination
Definition
destroy completely
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Expulsion
Definition
the act of expelling or being expelled
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Suffrage
Definition
the right to vote in elections
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U-boat
Definition
a German submarine used in ww1 and ww2
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Schlieffen-Plan
Definition
was a 1905 German General staff thought-experiment which later became a deployment-plan and set of recommendations for German Commanders to implement using their own infiative
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Conscription
Definition
compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces
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Concentration camp
Definition
a guarded compound for the detention or imprisonment of aliens, members of ethnic mincrities, political opponents,
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Ghetto
Definition
a section of a city in which members of a minority group live
Term
Propaganda
Definition
the organized spread of ideas; to promote a cause
Term
Attrition
Definition
a grinding down by or as by friction; a relentless wearing down and weakening
Term
Segregation
Definition
when the cultural group isolates themselves
Term
Facism
Definition
a right-wing political system that permits private ownership of property within an authoritarian national government. Italy under Benito Mussolini and Germany under Adolf Hitler had facist governments that used a strong military to maintain control over civil society and the economy
Term
Sanctions
Definition
military or economic measures by which one or more countries try to force another country to respect international law or human rights
Term
Genocide
Definition
the systematic and deliberate attempt to kill all members of an ethnic or cultural or social group
Term
Holocaust
Definition
Nazi Germany's systematic extermination of 6 million European Jews
Term
Armistice
Definition
a truce, preliminary to a peace treaty
Term
Abdicate
Definition
to renounce an official position or responsibility
Term
Trench
Definition
a long narrow channel in the earth, used for drainagel such as excavation made for military purposes
Term
Extermination
Definition
destroy completely
Term
Expulsion
Definition
the act of expelling or being expelled
Term
Suffrage
Definition
the right to vote in elections
Term
U-boat
Definition
a German submarine used in ww1 and ww2
Term
Schlieffen-Plan
Definition
was a 1905 German General staff thought-experiment which later became a deployment-plan and set of recommendations for German Commanders to implement using their own infiative
Term
Conscription
Definition
compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces
Term
Concentration camp
Definition
a guarded compound for the detention or imprisonment of aliens, members of ethnic mincrities, political opponents,
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