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6th European History
6th grade European History Vocabulary terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cartography | mapmaking |
| Crusades | military expeditions sent from 1096 to 1272 by various popes to capture the Holy Land from Muslim Turks |
| Pope | the leader of the Roman Catholic Church |
| colony | a foreign area controlled by a country and contributing to its wealth |
| Great Britain | the united countries of England, Scotland, and Wales, a union that dated from the early 1700s |
| penal | describes a prison |
| Scramble for Africa | the division of much of Africa among European countries between 1885 and 1910 |
| nationalism | the love of one's country |
| militarism | using strong armies and threats of war |
| Allied Powers | the alliance of Great Britain, France, Russia, and the United States during World War I |
| Ottoman Empire | Turkey and its colonies |
| Central Powers | the alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria in World War I |
| World War I | European conflict from 1914 to 1918; also known as the Great War and "the war to end all wars" |
| World War II | worldwide conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945 |
| czar | the absolute ruler of Russia before 1917 |
| stock market crash | occurs when the value of stocks falls quickly and deeply |
| economic depression | a hard time in the economy when businesses, banks, factories close and people lose their jobs; buying and selling almost stops |
| Nazi Party | National Socialist Party of Germany's Adolf Hitler |
| Genocide | the planned killing of a race of people |
| Holocaust | the systematic killing of 6 million Jews and others by the Nazis before and during World War II |
| Cold War | a period of distrust and misunderstanding between the Soviet Union and its former allies in the West, particularly the United States |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) | an alliance of the United States, Canada, and its western European allies; formed after World War II |
| circumnavigate | to sail completely around |
| imperialism | the practice of one country controlling the government and economy of another country or territory |
| capitalism | an economic system in which the factories and businesses that make and sell goods are privately owned and the owners make the decisions about what goods to produce |
| Russian Revolution | the 1917 revolution that removed the Russian monarchy from power after it had ruled for 400 years |
| colonialism | a system by which a country maintains colonies outside its borders |
| Austria-Hungary | in the 1900s, a dual monarchy in which the Hapsburg emperor ruled both Austria and Hungary |
| dual monarchy | a form of government in which one ruler governs two nations |
| alliance | an agreement among people or nations to unite for a common cause and to help any alliance member that is attacked |
| fascism | a political philosophy that promotes a strong, central government controlled by the military and led by a powerful dictator |
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