| Term | Definition |
|---|
| dictator | Person that rules with absolute power. |
| totalitarian state | A single party controls the government and every aspect of people's lives. |
| collective farm | Farms run by the government. |
| nationalism | A fealing of patriotic pride for one's country. |
| aggression | Any warlike act by one countryagainst another without cause. |
| concentration camp | A prision camp for civilians who are considered enemies of the state. |
| Joseph Stalin | Came to power in 1924 after V.I. Lenin died. |
| Benito Mussolini | Seized power in Italy. He played on Itallian anger about the Versailles Treaty. |
| Fascisist Party | Came to power in Italy led by Mussolini. |
| Haile Selassie | From Ethiopia. He called on the League of Nations for help. |
| Adolf Hitler | He took advantage of the anger against the Versailles Treaty. |
| Nazi | The National Socialist German Worker's Party. Helped Hitler. |
| Final Solution | The plan to kill all the Jews in Europe. |
| Neutrality Acts | Laws that banned arms, sales, or loans to countries at war. |
| Good Neighbor Policy | Establishing friendlier relations with latin American countries. |
| annex | Add on. Or took over. |
| appeasement | The act of giving into aggression to avoid war. |
| blitzkrieg | Lightning war. |
| Munich Conference | Hitler promised that Germany would seek no further territory once it aquired the Sudetenland. |
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