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6th -Unit 1.6 Europe
Unit 1.6 SS6H3 History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Allied Powers | the victorious alliance of nations in World War I and World War II (Britain, France, United States) |
| Central Powers | the defeated alliance of nations in World War I (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire) |
| armistice | a formal agreement between nations during times of war to stop firing weapons against each other |
| communism | a political and economic system in which all property is owned by the public or state and workers are paid according to their abilities and needs |
| depression | a time when businesses lose money and people lose their jobs |
| fascism | a political movement supporting strong government dictatorship |
| Vladimir Lenin | leader of the communist revolution in Russia during World War I |
| Nazism | a political movement in Germany, from the end of World War I through the end of World War II, which supported total government control, loyalty to one's country, and the idea that the German race was better than all others |
| Soviet Union | a group of communist countries in Eastern Europe, led by Russia, from the time of the Russian Revolution until its collapse in 1991 at the end of the Cold War |
| World War I | worldwide conflict from 1914 to 1918; also known as the "Great War" and the "War to End all Wars" |
| Treaty of Versailles | the document that ended World War I; it forced Germany to accept the blame for the war |
| World War II | worldwide conflict that started in 1939 when Germany attacked Poland and continued until 1945 when Germany and Japan surrendered |
| Axis Powers | the defeated alliance of nations in World War II (Germany, Italy, Japan) |
| concentration camps | a Nazi-controlled camp where Jews and other minorities were held as prisoners, used as slaves, and killed |
| ghetto | an area of cities where Jews were separated from the rest of the German population in poor living conditions |
| Adolf Hitler | chancellor of Germany and leader of the Nazi party during World War II |
| Holocaust | the murder of six million Jews between 1933 and 1945 |
| propaganda | misleading information designed to encourage people to think or feel a certain way, usually to benefit a government |
| Cold War | a period of distrust and misunderstanding between the Soviet Union and its former allies in the West, particularly the United States |
| Iron Curtain | an imaginary line dividing the countries controlled by the Soviet Union from the countries of Western Europe |
| German Reunification | the act of East Germany and West Germany coming back together as a single nation in 1990 |
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