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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Totalitarianism | a form of government in which a single party, headed by a powerful leader, gains total control of the government of a country; individual liberty is made subservient to state power |
| Benito Mussolini | Dictator of Fascist Italy; originally elected in 1922 as the Prime Minister but established totalitarianism through fascist beliefs. Ruled until 1943. |
| Four Power Treaty | agreement between U.S., Great Britain, Japan, and France |
| Kellogg-Briand Pact | agreement between U.S. and 14 other nations that declaring war is an international crime |
| dictator | a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by force |
| Communism | a political theory in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs |
| Joseph Stalin | Communist dictator of the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. |
| collectivized | organized on the basis of ownership by the people or the state rather than private ownership or involvement |
| gulag | forced labor camps where many were worked to death. |
| famine | extreme scarcity of food |
| Great Purge | a campaign of political repression in which Soviet police rounded up millions of people suspected of opposing Stalin’s rule, either shot on the spot or had to attend “show trials” to declare their guilt, then sent to the gulag for life |
| Adolf Hitler | ruled Germany as a Fascist Dictator from 1933 until 1945; gained inspiration from Benito Mussolini of Italy |
| manifesto | a public declaration of policy and aims |
| Anti-semitism | hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jewish people |
| indoctrinate | teach a person or group to accept a set of beliefs unconditionally |
| propaganda | information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view |