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TOGY4W13 Terms
Term | Definition |
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Altitude | height in the air, usually measured in relation to sea level |
Aviator | a person who flies an airplane; a pilot |
Cockpit | the place in a plane where the pilot sits |
Destination | a place to which a person travels; the intended stopping point of a journey |
En route | (French) on the way |
Logbook | a book in which details of a ship or airplane's trip are kept, usually by a captain or pilot |
Pilot | a person who flies an airplane |
Rudder | a small, moveable piece at the back of a ship or airplane, used for steering |
Transatlantic | reaching across or crossing the Atlantic |
Transport | to move something from one place to another |
Absolute | complete and unlimited |
Campaign | a series of actions (surveillance, espionage, combat, etc ) in order to achieve a particular military objective |
Chancellor | a high official in many European countries, often equivalent to a prime minister |
Communism (capitalized) | a political party that controls all social and economic activity in a totalitarian state, also called Leninism (See communism (lower-case) in Week 7 |
Dictator | a person who exercises absolute control over a country, usually by seizing control of the government with no prior claim |
Fascism | a system of government in which a dictator controls a strong central government, which places firm restrictions on industry and labor and strongly suppresses all opposition. It is usually characterized by extreme nationalism, militarism, and racism |
Nationalism | extreme patriotism and devotion to the interest's of one's own nation |
Nazism | a system of government similar to Fascism, first implemented by Adolf Hitler in Germany, which features a dictator and a totalitarian government, strict national control of industry, anti-Semitism, and communism |
Reparations | some form of compensation for wrongdoing, especially payments made by a defeated country to the victors in the aftermath of war |
Totalitarian | a government controlled by a dictator or political group that exerts total control over the country, including the suppression of all opposition |