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Unit 3a Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| World War I (WWI) | global (world-wide) war fought from 1914 to 1918 |
| Treaty of Versailles | the official agreement between the countries that were fighting that ended World War I |
| Communism | a type of government and economic system where the government or the whole community owns everything together |
| Great Depression | a time of hard economic conditions -when many people in the US and the rest of the world had very little money. |
| Nazism | a political movement led by Adolf Hitler in Germany that includes a dictatorship, extreme nationalism, and anti-Semitism |
| Prejudice | to pre-judge someone without knowing them; disliking people unfairly before you know them |
| Propaganda | spreading information that promotes a particular point of view or idea -messages that try to shape or change public opinion |
| The Holocaust | the killing of Europe’s Jewish people (and other groups) by the Nazi’s during World War II |
| German Reunification | the process of reuniting West Germany and East Germany into one country as Germany |
| Soviet Union | United Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), a large union of formerly independent countries under communist control |
| Collapse of the Soviet Union | when the Soviet Union fell apart and was separated into 15 independent countries |
| the Cold War | when nations (mostly the US and the Soviet Union) competed for power or control without actually fighting with weapons |
| Judaism | a religion of the Jewish people |
| Christianity | a religion based on the life, death, and teachings of Jesus Christ - its followers are Christians |
| Islam | a religion based on the teachings of Muhammad – its followers are Muslims |