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507811757Aryana member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo EuropeanHeinirich Himmler
507811758Benito MussoliniFascist dictator of Italy (1922-1943). He led Italy to conquer Ethiopia (1935), joined Germany in the Axis pact (1936), and allied Italy with Germany in World War II. He was overthrown in 1943 when the Allies invaded Italy. (p. 786)
507811759Dublincapital and largest city and major port of the Irish Free State
507811760Dawes PlanA plan to revive the German economy, the United States loans Germany money which then can pay reparations to England and France, who can then pay back their loans from the U.S. This circular flow of money was a success.
507811761Enabling Acta provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law
507811762Francisco FrancoSpanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975)
507811763Franklin Delano Rooseveltdemocratic president who created the new deal to counter the effects of the great depression
507811764Herman Hesse(1877-1962) A German born poet, novelist, and painter, his most famous works include Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game.
507811765James Joyceinfluential Irish writer noted for his many innovations (such as stream of consciousness writing) (1882-1941)
507811766Joseph StalinRussian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)
507811767John Maynard KeynesEnglish economist who advocated the use of government monetary and fiscal policy to maintain full employment without inflation (1883-1946)
507811768KristallnachtNight of Broken Glass, Nov 9 1938 night when the Nazis killed or injured many jews & destroyed many jewish propertys
507811769Munichthe capital and largest city of Bavaria in southeastern Germany
507811770Madridthe capital and largest city situated centrally in Spain
507811771Nuremburg LawsLaws that classified a jew as someone having one or more jewish grandparent
507811772Nuremburgthe place at which the trials against the Nazis were held after the war to determine thier punishments for the war crimes that they had committed
507811773New Economic PlanPlan implemented by Lenin that allowed some private ownership of businesses and small plots of land.
507811774New Dealthe historic period (1933-1940) in the U.S. during which President Franklin Roosevelt's economic policies were implemented
507811775Politburothe chief executive and political committee of the Communist Party
507811776ReichstagSeated Germany's lower house of Parlimrent, it burned in 1933 and Hitler blamed it on the communist, this event led to Hitler becoming the absolute dictator in Germany.
507811777Requiremake someone do something
507811778Russiaa former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital
507811779Ruhr Valleya major industrial and coal mining region in the valley of the Ruhr river in northwestern Germany
507811780Salvador Dalisurrealist artist from Spain it seems a delirius fantasy his distorted watches are famous
507811781Totalitarian Statea government that aims to control the political, economic, social, intellectual, and cultural lives of its citizens
507811782Treaty of LocarnoFrance and Germany agreed not to make war and to respect borders of France and Belgium; Germany admitted to League of Nations
507811783Uncertainty PrincipleThe idea that we do know no anything for certain and all we know is possibilities, probabilities, and tendencies. Put forth by German physicist Heisenberg.
507811784Weimar RepublicThe german government from 1917-1933 overthrown by Nazis
507811785switzerlanda landlocked federal republic in central Europe

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