History Ch.14 Vocab Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| 1.totalitarianism | a theory of gov. in which a single party or leader controls the economic,social,and cultural lives of its people |
| 2.Joseph Stalin | head of communist party after the death of Lenin in 1924 in the Soviet Union |
| 3.Benito Mussolini | founded the Fascist Party in Italy in 1919 |
| 4.Adolf Hitler | led the Nazi Party and who was once a WWI solider |
| 5.anti-Semitic | prejudice and discrimination against Jewish people |
| 6.Spanish Civil War | Nationalist forces led by General Francisco Franco rebelled against the democratic Republican gov. of Spain |
| 7.appeasement | policy of granting concessions in order to keep the peace |
| 8.Anschluss | the annexation of Austria by Germany |
| 9.Munich Pact | agreement made between Germany,Italy,Great Britain, and France in 1938 that sacrificed the Sudetenland to preserve peace |
| 10.blitzkrieg | "lightning war" that emphasized the use of speed and firepower to penetrate deep into the enemy's territory |
| 11.Axis Powers | group of countries led by Germany, Italy, and Japan that fought the Allies in WWII |
| 12.Allies | group of countries led by Britain,France, the U.S., and the Soviet Union that fought the Axis Powers in WWII |
| 13.Winston Churchill | prime minister of Britain |
| 14.Neutrality Act of 1939 | act that allowed nations at war to buy goods and arms in the U.S. if they paid cash and carried the merchandise on their own ships |
| 15.Tripartite Pact | agreement that created an alliance between Germany,Italy,and Japan during WWII |
| 16.Lend-Lease Act | act passed in 1941 that allowed President Roosevelt to sell or lend war supplies to any country whose defense he considered vital to the safety of the U.S. |
| 17.Atlantic Charter | a joint declaration made in Aug. 1941 by Great Britain and the U.S., during WWII, that endorsed national self-determination and an international system of security |
| 18.Hideki Tojo | General who became the Japanese prime minister known as "the Razor" focused on military expansion and keep U.S. neutral |
| 19.Pearl Harbor | American military base attacked by the Japanese on Dec. 7, 1941 |
| 20.WAC (Women's Army Corps) | U.S. Army group established during WWII so that women could serve in noncombat roles |
| 21.Douglas MacArthur | General commander of the U.S. Army forces in Asia |
| 22.Bataan Death March | during WWII, the forced march of American and Filipino prisoners of war under brutal conditions by the Japanese military |
| 23.Battle of Coral Sea | WWII battle that took place between Japanese and American aircraft carriers |
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