History Definitions

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Need to know definitions for year 10 half yearly exams - history.
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Capitalism Individual has what he earns.
Communism Everyone is equal - wealth is equally owned and distributed.
Democracy Government for the people by the people. - Everyone has a say.
Proxy wars Indirect conflict
Superpowers of the Cold War USA and USSR (Soviet Union - Russia)
UDHR Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Terra Nullius land that belongs to no one
Policy of protection A reality of segregation between the Aboriginal people from the white Australian society that became a mean to control their lives. (1869-1937)
Day of Mourning 26th of January, 1938. A day for the Aboriginal community to recognize the losses and injustices that the indigenous had encountered over the 150 year period that the British have owned their land.
Assimilation Becoming a part of/integration
Policy of Assimilation Policy proposing the end to the Aboriginal cultures. Integration. teaching them the white cultures.
Paternalism Behaviour by a person, group or State, which limits people's liberty or autonomy for that person/s 's own good.
Dispossession Occurs whenever people are being taken away or forced from their land, their way of life and cultures.
Primary source an original object or document; the raw material or first-hand information.
Secondary source Something written about a primary source. Second-hand information.
Cold war Ideological struggle - political ideologies. (Capitalism and Communism) 1945-1991
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