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12568586427Genocidethe deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.0
12568599321FascismA political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition1
12568608192Benito MussoliniFascist Dictator of Italy that at first used bullying to gain power, then never had full power.2
12568613880Atomic Bomba nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)3
12568622777AppeasementSatisfying the demands of dissatisfied powers in an effort to maintain peace and stability.4
12568631569Adolf HitlerAustrian born Dictator of Germany, implement Fascism and caused WWII and Holocoust.5
12568643452Vladimir LeninLeader of the Bolshevik (later Communist) Party. He lived in exile in Switzerland until 1917, then returned to Russia to lead the Bolsheviks to victory during the Russian Revolution and the civil war that followed.6
12568651565TotalitarianismA political system in which the government has total control over the lives of individual citizens.7
12568660373Joseph StalinRussian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)8
12568666082CommunismA theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.9
12568674593BolsheviksA group of revolutionary Russian Marxists who took control of Russia's government in November 191710
12568678973Treaty of VersaillesTreaty particularly known for its harsh reparations towards the Germans after World War I.11
12568683321Total WarA war that involves the complete mobilization of resources and people, affecting the lives of all citizens in the warring countries, even those remote from the battlefields.12
12568689574SovereigntyAbility of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states.13
12568700749Colonial Participationmillions of men from Vietnam fought and died in world war 114
12568695787League of Nationsan international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations15
12568727032Armenian Genocidethe Turkish government organized the department of the armenians in the Ottoman Empire and over a million were murdered or starved - one of the first genocides of the 20th centuries16
12568736464Holocaustthe Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler17
12568741615Great Depressionthe economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s18
12568749841alliancea joining together for some common purpose19
12568754227Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity SphereAs announced in 1940 by Japan's prime minister, the area extending from Manchuria to the Dutch East Indies in which Japan would expand its influence20

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