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WW II
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04/18/2012

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concetration camp
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A largeprison death camp
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Genocide
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mass murder of a group of people
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Holocaust
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Hitler's plan to kill all the jews in europe
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Mentally ill
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Having a sickness of the mind
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Refugee
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a person who is forced to flee from his or her country
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invisble
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unseen: cannot be seen
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iron curtain
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the invisble boundary between western europe and eastern europe after wold war 2
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superpower
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a nation that has more power and money then the other countries
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satllite
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a nation that other nation tightly controls
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Charter
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A constitution a set of statements that explains a group's purpse
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Organization
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A group of people joined together for a common purpose
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permanent
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Lasting
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Security
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Safety
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United NAtions (UN)
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The international organization that work t settle disagreement improve the way people live, and keep peace around the world
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Agency
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A group that provides seervice
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Trust territory
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A territory that the allies took from the countries that lost world war 1 and world war 2
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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 tyhe soviet union after world war 2
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propaganda
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one-sided information meant to change people;s thinking
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Truman Doctrine
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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 euope after world war 2
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North Atlantic Treaty Organiztion (NATO)
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A group of 19 nations committed to protcing one another from attack and keeping world pace
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Warsaw pact
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A treaty that set up a military alliance between the soviet union and its sateite nation
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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
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An Agreement to stop a war for a time
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