AP World Vocab #19 - Mass Atrocities

genocide

systematic destruction of an ethnic/racial/religious group

ethnic cleansing

forced removal of a particular group from a specific territory by a more powerful group

anti semitism

discrimination against jewish people with rooted racial bias.

eugenics

scientifically inaccurate movement to improve human race by controlling reproduction, “fit” produce, “unfit” dont.

social darwinism

ideology of survival of the fittest, applying natural selection to races and society.

scientific racism

empirical methods could prove a biological hierarchy of races, europeans as superior

holocaust

systematic genocide of approx. 6 million european jews (and others) by the nazis

T4 program

Atktion___, involuntary euthanasia program in germany and annexed territories

euthanasia

intentional termination of someones life, usually by medical professional to relieve them of suffering

einsatzgruppen

germanys paramilitary death squads, responsible for mass killings in wwII

final solution

germanys systematic state-sponsered plan to commit genocide to jews in wwII

concentration camps

facilities designed for detention of civilians without trial, based racially. Used as state sponsored terror, forced labour, etc.

extermination camps

specialized, industrial killing centers to systematically murder millions as a part of the holocaust. gas chambers

Auschwitz

massive concentration/extermination/slave labour camp by nazi germany in poland. largest and lethal, over 1 million killed

human rights

universal entitlements to freedom, equality and dignity to everyone regardless of sex/gender/race/etc.

cambodian genocide

mass murder, systematic, killing of 1.5-2 million people in cambodia executed by the khmer rouge regime under pol pot leadership

pol pot

totalitarian leader of khmer rouge communist regime in cambodia

khmer rouge

radical communist regime in cambodia under pol pot

rwandan genocide

100 day mass killing of 800k-1 mil. tutsi ethnic minorities and moderate hutus by hutu-led govt and militias in rwanda.

tutsis

ethnic group in rwanda and burundi, acting as a ruling pastoralist minority over hutu farmers

hutus

bantu-speaking ethnic majority in rwanda and burundi, agriculturalists.

holodomor

man made famine by soviet regime (stalin) in soviet ukraine, killed millions.

ukraine

A major republic within the USSR, experiencing rapid industrialization, the Holodomor famine in the 1930s, and intense conflict during World War II.

saddam hussein

authoritarian president of iraq known for brutal dictatorship, secular (seperation of state and religion) arab nationalism, and aggressive region foreign policies

kurds

sunni muslin ethnic group, stateless nation, spans parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria

bosnia

annexed by axis powers, incorporated into independent state of croatia (nazi puppet)

serbia

region within yugoslavia, occupied by axis, under germany military administration.

darfur

region in western sudan, brititsh controlled territory

sudan

strategic territory under british-egyptian administration served as vital allied supply hub against italian-occupied ethiopia

rohingya

muslim indo-aryan minority, long standing stateless group facing systematic persecution