3.1 Introduction to Eugenics and Social Darwinism Flashcards
Genocide
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
Eugenics
The science of improving the human population by controlling breeding for the purpose of furthering specific genetic qualities
Prejudice
A preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
Assimilation
the process of becoming similar to something
Social-Darwinism
The theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals
Anti-semitism
hatred of Jewish People
Evolution
The process by which different kinds of living organism are believed to have developed from earlier forms during the history of the earth
Hereditary
To be passed down from one generation to the next
Sterilisation
Surgery which makes it impossible to have children
Persecution
ill treatment or hostility based on ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or political beliefs