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history of Europe
| Term | Definition | |
|---|---|---|
| allied powers | won world war I | made up of the US, Great Britain and France |
| central powers | lost world war I | made up of the Ottoman Empire, Germany and Austria-hungary |
| Czar Nicholas II | this man was the last czar of Russia. | The people disliked hi because he mistreats the poor, refused to withdraw Russian troops from WWI, and workers on bloody sunday |
| Bolsheviks (A.K.A the red army) | this group of people over threw the provisional government after the czar left his throne | They defeated the White Army and established a communist government. They were also called the Red Army. |
| Vladimir Lenin (Lenin) | this man was the first dictator of the Soviet Union | He brought communism to Russia. |
| Treaty of Versailles | The treaty that ended WWI | caused a severe economic depression in germany |
| Adolf hitler | Nazi leader of Germany during WWII. | He invaded Poland beginning the war |
| Allies | won WWII | the alliance made up of Great Britain, France, Soviet Union |
| Axis | lost WWII | the alliance made up of Germany, Italy and Japan |
| Economic depression | Time period in German history when its economy collapsed causing the prices to inflated. | It made the German money useless. |
| holocaust | the mass murder of six million Jews | |
| reunification | This is when East and west Germany become a unified country again | |
| cold war | A time period in history from 1945-1990 when the us and soviet union threatened each other with nuclear war. | they never actually used these weapons. |
| soviet union | after WWII this nation controlled Eastern Europe, East Germany and East Berlin | |
| communism | A type of government where the government controls all land for the benefit of it people | |
| Berlin wall | this was built to separate East and West Berlin after WWI. | The east side was communist.the wast side was democratic |
| USA and soviet union | these two nations became the world super powers after WWII | |
| judaism | this major religion is a monotheistic religion that began in Southeast Asia. | +Reads Torah + Abraham and Moses +the oldest of the three religion practiced in Europe |
| Christianity | religion | monotheistic, |
| monotheism | the belief in one god | |
| islam | religion | monotheistic, reads the Koran |
| abraham | father of Christianity, Judaism and Islam | |
| prine henry | made navigation school | |
| Columbus | this explorer sailed for King Ferdinand queen is Isabella of spain | |
| portugal | this county sent explorers like to the tip of Africa | |
| spain | this county sent explorers like Cortes and pizarro | |
| UK | this county sent explorers like henry hudson to north america | |
| France | this country sent explorers like Jacques Cartier and Samuel de champlain | |
| Silk road | the name of the dangerous land trade route from Europe to Asia | |
| imprerialism | the time period in European history when Europe began colonizing Asia and Afica | |
| miltarism | Building up huge armies to protect an empire | |
| alliances | agreement made between countries for protection | |
| industrialization | the time period in European history when goods began being made by machines | |
| Archduke Ferdinand | this man was assassinated by Serbian nationalists beginning | |
| nationalism | Extreme pride in one's country | |
| United kingdom | this country had the largest empire in Europe at one time | colonies in north america, south america, Asia, Afica and Austalia |
| Nazism (Fascism) | A form of fascism, or extreme nationalistic government in Germany that resulted in dictatorship |
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