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Euro History vocab
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Term | Definition |
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Reparation | When defeated powers must make payments of goods, money, or services to the winning power. |
Anti-Semitism | bad feelings towards Jews |
Nazism | belief in the party of Adolf Hitler |
Facism | totalitarian government that has complete control over its citizens in all areas |
Totalitarianism | Belief that government goals are more important than Civil Rights |
Holocaust | The time period in which Hitler murdered millions of Jews |
Reunification | Bringing back together the 2 parts of Germany under one government |
Independence | Becoming free from someone's rule |
Industrial Revolution | Rapid development of industry in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries by introducing machines |
Trade | Exchanging, purchasing, or the sale of goods |
Berlin Wall | Wall that split Germany into East and West Germany |
colony | a territory or body of people living in a new place but keeping ties with the parent country |
Natural Resources | material sources of wealth such as timber, minerals, etc |
Revolution | A great and often violent change |
Empire | A group of lands under one ruler |
Imperialism | A system of building foreign empires for military and trade advantages |
Alliance | When close associations of nations are formed (friends) |
Nationalism | Extreme loyalty and devotion to your country |
Regime | The government that is in power at any given time |
Armistice | A temporary halt in fighting, a truce |
Treaty | A formal agreement between 2 or more groups for peace, economics, or international issues |