Concept 1 Post WWI
May 30, 2015
Concept 1Post WWI
Russian Revolution
A civil war that occurred in Russia during WWI which took their country
out of the war
World War I
A time period between 1914-1918 during which world powers fought due to nationalism, ethnic and ideological conflicts, and
rivalries
Nazi
A member of the German Fascist party controlling Germany
from 1933-1945
Nazism
The ideology and practice of the Nazi Party
and of Nazi Germany
depression
A period of low general economic
activity with widespread
unemployment
World War IIA time period from
1939-1945 during which world powers fought in part due to Germany and Japan’s desire to expand their empires.
treaty
An agreement or arrangement made
by negotiations, usually done at the
end of a war
Concept 2Post WWII
HolocaustTerm used for the
systematic destruction of the Jewish people of
Eastern Europe by Hitler
ghetto
An area of a city to which Jews were
restricted and from which they were
forbidden to leave
Concentration camps
Work and death camps located in Germany and
Poland to incarcerate and exterminate Jews
and other “undesirables”
propaganda
Information that is spread for the
purpose of promoting some cause
Concept 3Cold War
philosophies
Ideas attributed to a particular group or
culture
Superpowers
The term used to describe the United
States and the Soviet Union as they entered the Cold War
Cold WarA struggle that erupted
between the Soviet Union and its former allies over
ideas about freedom, government, and
economics. It is called this as there was no shooting.
Truman Doctrine
A document which set a precedent for the principle of ‘collective security’– building
up a network of allies and friendly states to which the US gave military aid free of
charge– and NATO
Marshall PlanA plan devised by the
US to reduce the hunger, homelessness,
unemployment, sickness, and political restlessness in west
Europe
Concept 4Collapse of the
Soviet Union and German
Reunification
reunification
The process in which East and West
Germany reunited into one country
Developing nationGeneral countries which
have not achieved a significant degree of
industrialization relative to their populations, and
which have, in most cases a medium to low standard
of living