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162752889Allied PowersIn WWI, the nations of Great Britain, France, Russia, the U.S, and others that fought against the Central Powers; in WWII, the group of nations including Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the U.S, that fought against the Axis Powers0
162752890AnschlussThe German annexation of Austria prior to WWII1
162752891AppeasementPolicy of Great Britain and France of making concessions to Hitler in the 1930s2
162752892British CommonwealthA political community consisting of the United Kingdom, its dependencies, and former colonies of Great Britain that are now sovereign nations; currently called the (blank) of Nations3
162752893Central PowersIn WWI, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire, and other nations who fought against the Allies4
162752894FascismA political movement that is characterized by extreme nationalism, one party rule, and the denial of individual rights5
162752895Great DepressionThe severe worldwide economic downturn that began in the late 1920s and continued throughout the late 1930s throughout many regions in the world6
162752896HolocaustThe Nazi program during WWII that killed 6 million European Jews and other groups considered undesirable7
162752897League of NationsInternational organiszation founded after WWI to promote peace and cooperation among nations8
162752898MandateA type of colony in which the government is overseen by another nation, as in the Middle Eastern (blank) placed under European control after WWI9
162752899Pan-Slavic MovementA Russian attempt to unite all Slavic nations into a commonwealth relationship under the influence of Russia10
162752900Potsdam ConferenceA 1945 meeting of the leaders of Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union in which it was agreed that the Soviet Union would be given contrl of eastern Europe and the Germany would be divided into zones of occupation11
162752901ReparationsThe payment of war debts by the losing side12
162752902RussificationA tsarist program that required non-Russians to speak only Russian and provided education only for those groups loyal to Russia13
162752903Spanish Civil WarA conflict form 1936 to 1939 that resulted in the installation of fascist dictator Francisco Franco as ruler of Spain; Franco's forces were backed by Germany and Italy, whereas the Soviet Union supported the opposing republican forces14
162752904Tehran ConferenceA 1943 meeting of leaders of the US, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union; it agreed on the opening of a second front in France15
162752905Treaty of Brest-LitovskThe 1918 treaty ending WWI between Germany and Russia16
162752906United NationsInternational organization formed in the aftermath of WWII; included all of the vicotrious Allies; its primary mission was to provide a forum for negotiating disputes17
162752907Yalta ConferenceA meeting of the leaders of the Soviet Union, Great Britian, and the U.S in 1945; the Soviet Union agreed to ender the war against Japan in exchange for influence in the Eastern European states. It also made plans for the establishment of a new international organization18
162752908AfrikanersSouth Africans who were descendants of the Dutch who settled in South Africa in the seventeenth century19
162752909Alliance for ProgressA program of economic aid for Latin America in exchange for a pledge to establish democratic institutions; part of U.S President Kennedy's international program20
162752910ApartheidThe South African policy of separation of the races21
162752911AyatollahA traditional Muslim religious ruler22
162752912Berlin WallBarrier that surrounded West erlin and prevented acces to it rom East Berlin and adjacent areas of East Germany during the period from 1961 to 198923
162752913BrinkmanshipThe cold War policy of the Soviet Union and the U.S of threatening to go to war at a sign of aggression on the part of either power24
162752914CoalitionA gervernment based on temporary alliances of several political parties25
162752915Cold WarThe tense diplomatic relationship between the U.S and the Soviet Union after WWII26
162752916CollectivizationThe combination of several small farms into a large government-controlled farm27
162752917ContainmentCold War policy of the U.S whose purpose as to prevent the spread of communism28
162752918Cuban Missle Crisis(October 1962) US and Soviet Union confrontation over the installation of Soviet nuclear rockets in Cuba, perhaps the closest the world has yet come to nuclear war29
162752919Cultural RevolutionChinese movement from 1966 to 1976 intended to establish an egalitarian society of peasants and workers30
162752920Five Year PlansPlans for industrial production first introduced to the Soviet Union in 1928 by Stalin; they succeeded in making the Sovet Union a major industrial powe rby the end of the 1930s31
162752921Geneva ConferenceA 1954 conference that divided Vietnam at the seventeenth parallel32
162752922GenocideThe systematic killing of an entire ethnic group33
162752923GlasnostThe 1985 policy of Mikhail Gorbachev that allowed openness of expression of ideas in the Soviet Union34

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