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Ch. 12 Vocab.
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| nationalism | strong pride in one's nation or ethnic group |
| colonialism | a system by which a country maintains colonies outside its borders |
| dual monarchy | a form or government in which one ruler governs two nations |
| alliance | an agreement among people or nations to unite for a common cause and to help any alliance member that is attacked |
| fascism | a political philosophy that promotes a strong, central government controlled by the military and led by a powerful dictator |
| Holocaust | the organized killing of European Jews and others by the Nazis during WWII |
| NATO | the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a defense alliance formed in 1949, with the countries of Western Europe, Canada, and the United States agreeing to defend one another if attacked |
| Iron Curtain | a political barrier that isolated the people of Eastern Europe after WWII, restricting their abilitiy to travel outside the region |
| puppet government | a government that is controlled by an outside force |
| one-party system | a system in which there is only one political party and only one candidate to choose from for each government position |
| collective farm | a government-owned farm that employs large numbers, often in Communist countries |
| Cold War | after WWII, a period of political noncooperation between the members of NATO and the Warsaw Pact nations, during which these countries refused to trade or cooperate with each other |
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