HASS Exam

Propaganda

Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view

Anti-Semitism

Hostility to, prejudice,or discrimination against Jews

Conscription

Compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces.

Holocaust

The systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators

Appeasement

The policy of making concessions to the dictatorial powers in order to avoid conflict

Rationing

The controlled distribution of scare resources, goods, or services

Totalitarianism

A political system where the state recognises no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

The landmark document proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, setting out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected