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history of Europe

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allied powers   won world war I   made up of the US, Great Britain and France  
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central powers   lost world war I   made up of the Ottoman Empire, Germany and Austria-hungary  
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Czar Nicholas II   this man was the last czar of Russia.   The people disliked hi because he mistreats the poor, refused to withdraw Russian troops from WWI, and workers on bloody sunday  
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Bolsheviks (A.K.A the red army)   this group of people over threw the provisional government after the czar left his throne   They defeated the White Army and established a communist government. They were also called the Red Army.  
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Vladimir Lenin (Lenin)   this man was the first dictator of the Soviet Union   He brought communism to Russia.  
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Treaty of Versailles   The treaty that ended WWI   caused a severe economic depression in germany  
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Adolf hitler   Nazi leader of Germany during WWII.   He invaded Poland beginning the war  
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Allies   won WWII   the alliance made up of Great Britain, France, Soviet Union  
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Axis   lost WWII   the alliance made up of Germany, Italy and Japan  
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Economic depression   Time period in German history when its economy collapsed causing the prices to inflated.   It made the German money useless.  
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holocaust   the mass murder of six million Jews    
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reunification   This is when East and west Germany become a unified country again    
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cold war   A time period in history from 1945-1990 when the us and soviet union threatened each other with nuclear war.   they never actually used these weapons.  
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soviet union   after WWII this nation controlled Eastern Europe, East Germany and East Berlin    
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communism   A type of government where the government controls all land for the benefit of it people    
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Berlin wall   this was built to separate East and West Berlin after WWI.   The east side was communist.the wast side was democratic  
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USA and soviet union   these two nations became the world super powers after WWII    
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judaism   this major religion is a monotheistic religion that began in Southeast Asia.   +Reads Torah + Abraham and Moses +the oldest of the three religion practiced in Europe  
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Christianity   religion   monotheistic,  
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monotheism   the belief in one god    
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islam   religion   monotheistic, reads the Koran  
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abraham   father of Christianity, Judaism and Islam    
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prine henry   made navigation school    
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Columbus   this explorer sailed for King Ferdinand queen is Isabella of spain    
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portugal   this county sent explorers like to the tip of Africa    
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spain   this county sent explorers like Cortes and pizarro    
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UK   this county sent explorers like henry hudson to north america    
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France   this country sent explorers like Jacques Cartier and Samuel de champlain    
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Silk road   the name of the dangerous land trade route from Europe to Asia    
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imprerialism   the time period in European history when Europe began colonizing Asia and Afica    
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miltarism   Building up huge armies to protect an empire    
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alliances   agreement made between countries for protection    
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industrialization   the time period in European history when goods began being made by machines    
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Archduke Ferdinand   this man was assassinated by Serbian nationalists beginning    
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nationalism   Extreme pride in one's country    
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United kingdom   this country had the largest empire in Europe at one time   colonies in north america, south america, Asia, Afica and Austalia  
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Nazism (Fascism)   A form of fascism, or extreme nationalistic government in Germany that resulted in dictatorship    
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