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Europe History
Mrs. Gordon Unit 2
Term | Definition |
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Communism | A sociopolitical model wherein all property is publicly owned and workers are paid according to their abilities and needs. |
Treaty of Versailles | The 1919 treaty which formally brought World War 1 to an end. |
Nazism | A political movement in Germany; included totalitarian government; promoted nationalism and racial supremacy. |
Depression | A long-term, sustained downturn in economic activity. |
Anti-Semitism | Hatred of Jewish people. |
Propaganda | Information, usually misleading or biased, designed to promote a particular political |
Holocaust | The Nazi program under Hitler of exterminating (killing) Jewish people . |
World War 2 | A global conflict occurring between 1939 and 1945. |
World War 1 | A global conflict occurring between 1914 and 1918. |
Cold War | A state of political hostility between countries without an outright declaration of war. |
Berlin Wall | A 91-mile wall surrounding West Berlin from 1961-1990. |
Iron Curtain | A term describing the social and political divide between the West and East (especially the Soviet Union). |
Russian Revolution | The revolution against Czar Nicholas Romanov and resulted in the communist takeover by Vladimir Lenin. |