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Chapter 9: WWI
SGIS 8th Grade Review
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8th Grade
05/20/2007

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dictator
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a leader who rules with the total authority, often in a cruel and brutal manner
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facsism
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a political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance for oppositions
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antisemitism
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hostility towards, or discrimination against Jews.
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totalitarianism
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political system in which the government opposes all oppositions and controls most aspects of peoples lives.
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totalitarianism
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political system in which the government opposes all oppositions and controls most aspects of peoples lives.
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blitz-krige
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the name given to the sudden, violet offensive attacks given to the germans during WWII; lightening war
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disarmament
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removal of weapons
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genocide
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the deliberate destruction of radical, political or cultural group
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holocaust
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the name given to the mass slaughter of the Jews and other groups by the germans in WW2
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kamikaze
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during WW2 a jap suicide pilot whose mission was to crash into his target
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rationing
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controlling the amount of a resource that can be used when in a war situation.
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mobilization
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the act of assembling and making both troops and supplies ready for war
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When did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
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Dec. 7, 1941
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Who was the American commander of allied forces in the Pacific Theater of the war?
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General McArthur
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How did the US government finance the initial war effort?
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Raised taxes, borrowed money through war bonds, and deficit spending.
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What was the Manhattan Project?
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A secret project where the US was making a nuclear weapon.
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