WJMS European History Vocabulary
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| Warsaw Pact | Military alliance including Russia and most of the Eastern European Countries
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| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization - a military alliance including USA, Canada, and many Western European Countries
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| cold war | Was a sustained period of political and military tension between the United States with NATO and others and Russia with the Warsaw Pact and others
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| treaty | An agreement between countries
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| Nazism | Political system established by Adolf Hitler in Germany before WWII
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| economic depression | A severe and long-tern downturn in the economy that results in high unemployment and business closures
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| stock market | A place where stocks and bonds are "traded" – meaning bought and sold
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| Soviet Union | Russia under the control of the communist party
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| communism | Political system with a command economy and frequently an autocratic government
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| genocide | The killing of a whole race of people
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| czar | Emperor of Russia
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| central powers | Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire during WWI
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| allied powers | Countries fighting against the Central Powers in WWI
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| Militarism | desire of a country to maintain a strong military and be prepared to use it
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| Nationalism | The love of your country
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| superpower | An extremely powerful nation, especially one capable of influencing international events and the acts and policies of less powerful nations
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| Imperialism | The building of an empire
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| empire | A country and the other countries it controls
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| Old World | Europe, Asia, and Africa
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| New World | North and South America
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| colony | a territory under the control of another country, distinct from the home territory of that country
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| Pope | The leader of the Roman Catholic church
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| crusade | Christian holy war
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| cartography | mapmaking
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