| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Axis Powers | When Germany, Italy, and Japan joined forces. |
| Manchuria | Taken by the Japanese for coal and iron. |
| Tariff | Tax on imported goods. |
| Isolationism | The belief that one should remain separated from other countries problems. |
| Adolf Hitler | Became dictator of Germany. |
| Inflation | When prices are higher and wages are lower. |
| New Deal | Created by Franklin D. Roosevelt to help the U. S. economy. |
| Lebenstraum | More living Space |
| Nazism | This political party used a swastika as their symbol |
| Third Reich | The German Empire. |
| Appeasement | Giving in to an aggressor for peace. |
| Dawes Plan | Loaned 200 million to Germany. |
| Fascism | Led by Benito Mussolini. |
| Francisco Franco | Fascist ruler in Spain |
| Mein Kampf | "My Struggle." |
| Militarism | A policy of aggressive military preparedness |
| V. I. Lenin | Communist leader of U.S.S.R. |
| Armistice | Cease fire. |
| Czar Nicholas II | Leader of Russia during W.W.I. |
| Kaiser Wilhelm II | Leader of Germany during W.W.I. |
| Rationing | To use sparingly |
| Woodrow Wilson | President of the U. S. during W.W.I. |
| Trench Warfare | Warfare used during W.W.I. |
| Alliance | A bond or connection between families, countries, or individuals |
| Propaganda | One sided information. |
| Total War | Complete commitment to winning the war. |
| Nationalism | A strong belief in your country and its power. |
| Self-determination | The ability to decide the type of government that your country will have. |
| Franz Ferdinand | His assassination triggers the beginning of W.W.I. |
| Ervin Rommel | The Desert Fox |
| Atlantic Charter | Free trade Agreement |
| Pearl Harbor | Dec. 7, 1941 |
| Douglas MacArthur | "I shall return" |
| Blitzkrieg | Lightning War |
| Nonaggression Pact | Signed by Germany and the USSR |
| Bernard Montgomery | British Commander in North Africa |
| Battle of Stalingrad | Turning point of the War in the east |
| Dwight Eisenhower | Leader of D-Day invasion |
| D-Day | June 6, 1944 |
| Battle of Midway | Turning point of the War in the Pacific |
| Winston Churchill | British Prime Minister during WWII |
| Zimmerman letter | What was written to ask Mexico for assistance in attacking the United States? |
| Militarism | Competition to see who could become the most powerful in the army, navy, and air force. |
| Self-determination | The 14 points of Woodrow Wilson |
| France | The big four (U.S.. Great Britain, Italy, and ____________________) meet in Versailles. |
| the world | The Great Depression affected |
| Czechoslovakia | To avoid war with Germany, Britain and France promised not to do intefere with German annexation of ______________? |
| collective farms. | Russia's Communist government tried to improve food production by having peasents form __________________? |
| Pacific | Where did the Japanese want to create their empire? |
| Treaty of Versailles | The _____________________ was the document that many Germans blamed for their economic problems. |
| Russia | Gemany signed a nonaggression pact with ___________________. |
| Germany | ____________________was not allowed to have an army of over 100,000 men, to manufacture heavy artillery, tanks, or airplanes, or to have any submarines. |
| Bolsheviks | Control of the new Russia was won by _________________________. |
| Big Four | The peace meetings at Versailles were dominated by the ________, the leaders of the major Allied Powers |
| Sarajevo | Where was Archduke Ferdinand assassinated? |
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