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World War II Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A political and economic system where everything belongs to the state (government). Private property does not exist. | Communism |
| A political system where the government is run by the people; people choose their leaders through free and fair elections. | Democracy |
| Military alliance headed by Germany, Italy, and Japan. | Axis Powers |
| Alliance headed by the United Kingdom, Soviet Union, and the United States. | Allied Powers |
| A political system with a dictator and characterized by extreme nationalist, racist, and expansionist policies. | Fascism |
| A system where one person has total control and makes all the rules. | Dictatorship |
| The policy of building up a country's military | Militarism |
| This was the genocide of 6 million Jews and 5 million others by Nazi Germany. | Holocaust |
| A policy used by the European powers pre-WWII to avoid a larger conflict by allowing Hitler to "win" small concessions. | appeasement |
| This act allowed the US to send war supplies to help allies like the UK fight against the Nazis. | Lend-Lease Act |
| Discrimination towards Jewish people. | anti-semitism |
| Einsatzgruppen | "mobile death squads" - these SS units were tasked with shooting Jews, Roma, and Communist officials |
| Final Solution | Hitler's plan to exterminate Europe's Jewish population |