3.1 Introduction to Eugenics and Social Darwinism Flashcards

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Genocide

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The deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group

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Eugenics

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The science of improving the human population by controlling breeding for the purpose of furthering specific genetic qualities

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Prejudice

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A preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience

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Assimilation

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the process of becoming similar to something

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Social-Darwinism

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The theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals

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Anti-semitism

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hatred of Jewish People

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Evolution

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The process by which different kinds of living organism are believed to have developed from earlier forms during the history of the earth

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Hereditary

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To be passed down from one generation to the next

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Sterilisation

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Surgery which makes it impossible to have children

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Persecution

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ill treatment or hostility based on ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or political beliefs

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