12568586427 | Genocide | the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. | ![]() | 0 |
12568599321 | Fascism | A political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition | 1 | |
12568608192 | Benito Mussolini | Fascist Dictator of Italy that at first used bullying to gain power, then never had full power. | 2 | |
12568613880 | Atomic Bomb | a 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 |
12568622777 | Appeasement | Satisfying the demands of dissatisfied powers in an effort to maintain peace and stability. | ![]() | 4 |
12568631569 | Adolf Hitler | Austrian born Dictator of Germany, implement Fascism and caused WWII and Holocoust. | ![]() | 5 |
12568643452 | Vladimir Lenin | Leader 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 |
12568651565 | Totalitarianism | A political system in which the government has total control over the lives of individual citizens. | ![]() | 7 |
12568660373 | Joseph Stalin | Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953) | 8 | |
12568666082 | Communism | A 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 | |
12568674593 | Bolsheviks | A group of revolutionary Russian Marxists who took control of Russia's government in November 1917 | 10 | |
12568678973 | Treaty of Versailles | Treaty particularly known for its harsh reparations towards the Germans after World War I. | 11 | |
12568683321 | Total War | A 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 | |
12568689574 | Sovereignty | Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states. | ![]() | 13 |
12568700749 | Colonial Participation | millions of men from Vietnam fought and died in world war 1 | 14 | |
12568695787 | League of Nations | an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations | 15 | |
12568727032 | Armenian Genocide | the 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 centuries | 16 | |
12568736464 | Holocaust | the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler | 17 | |
12568741615 | Great Depression | the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s | ![]() | 18 |
12568749841 | alliance | a joining together for some common purpose | ![]() | 19 |
12568754227 | Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere | As announced in 1940 by Japan's prime minister, the area extending from Manchuria to the Dutch East Indies in which Japan would expand its influence | ![]() | 20 |
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