🌍ap world history: modern review

Totalitarian state

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A form of government that exercises complete control over all aspects of public and private life, repressing basic freedoms and mobilizing all state resources for state objectives such as war.

AP course connection

Topic 7.7: 7.7 Conducting World War II

Unit 7

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