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Vocab Part 1 - U2
6th grade Social Studies Unit 2 SSGH3-A
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| allies | victorious alliance of nations in World War I |
| armistice | a formal ceasefire |
| central powers | the defeated alliance of nations in World War I |
| communism | a sociopolitical model where all property is publically owned and workers are paid according to their abilities and needs |
| depression | in economics, a long-term, sustained downturn in economics activity |
| fascist | a political movement supporting strong, authoritarian government dictatorship |
| Lenin, Vladimir | 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 Wold War II, which espoused totalitarian government staunch nationalism, and racial supremacy |
| Soviet Union | a federatin of communist countries in Eastern Europe, led by Russia, from the fime of the Russian Revolution until its collapse in 1991 at the end of the Cold War |
| Treaty of VErsailles | the 1919 treaty which formally brought World War I to an end |
| World War I | also know as the "Great War" or the "War to End all Wars," a global conflict occurring between 1914 and 1918, primarily in Europe |