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| 60049385 | totalitarianism | a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | 0 | |
| 60049386 | facism | political system based on a strong centralized government headed by a dictator | 1 | |
| 60049387 | five-year plan | in 1929 Stalin ruling the Communist Party launched the five-year plan or "revolution from above" which marked the beginning of a renewed attempt to mobilize and transform Soviet society along socialist lines. | 2 | |
| 60049388 | New Economic Policy | Policy proclaimed by Vladimir Lenin in 1924 to encourage the revival of the Soviet economy by allowing small private enterprises. Joseph Stalin ended the N.E.P. in 1928 and replaced it with a series of Five-Year Plans. (See also Lenin, Vladimir.) (p. 766) | 3 | |
| 60049389 | collectivization | system in which private farms were eliminated, instead, the government owned all the land while the peasants worked on it. | 4 | |
| 60049390 | kulaks | Rich peasants in the Russian Empire who owned larger farms and used hired labour. They were their own class. | 5 | |
| 60049391 | Black Shirts | supporters of mussolini, broke up socialist rallies, smashed leftists presses and attacked farmer's cooperatives, Mussolini's private army. He convinced the Black Shirts that they were not just the antitheist to the Red Shirts (the Communists) but that they were actually creating their own Revolution. | 6 | |
| 60049392 | Lateran Agreement | a 1929 agreement that recognized the Vatican as a tiny independent state, with Mussolini agreeing to give the church heavy financial support. In turn, the pope expressed his satisfaction and urged Italians to support Mussolini's government. | 7 | |
| 60049393 | Nazism | an extreme form of facism shaped by Hitler's fanatical ideas about German nationalism and racial superiority | 8 | |
| 60049394 | Fuhrer | Hitler's title as Germany's dictator | 9 | |
| 60049395 | Enabling Act | enabled Hitler to get rid of the Reichstag parliament and pass laws without reference to parliament | 10 | |
| 60049396 | appeasement | Satisfying the demands of dissatisfied powers in an effort to maintain peace and stability. | 11 | |
| 60049397 | blitzkrieg | "Lighting war", typed of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland in 1939 | 12 | |
| 60049398 | New Order | Hitler's plan for organizing Europe into a single political and economic system ruled by Germany | 13 | |
| 60049399 | Europe first | leaders decided that at onset that German victory posed greater danger and therefore gave priority to Europe in the conduct of war | 14 |
