Definitions Flashcards
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A political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible.
totalitarianism/totalitarian state
Hostile or violent behavior or attitudes towards another person or country that is unprovoked.
aggression
The policy of making concessions to the dictatorial powers
in order to avoid conflict.
appeasement
Warfare tactic that Germany used to overtake their enemies.
Blitzkrieg
A system that provided everyone the same
amount of things that were scarce.
rationing
Putting someone in prison or other kind of detention, usually during wartime.
internment
A presidential command, not a law approved by Congress.
Executive order
Attacking and capturing key islands and using them as
bases from which to launch other attacks.
island hopping
To purposefully fly a plane into somewhere and commit suicide in order to cause damage.
kamikaze
The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially
those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
genocide