| A | B |
| Enabling Acts | It allowed Hitler's government to ignore the constitution so as to solve Germany's economic problems |
| Reichstag | lower house of the German Legislature |
| purged | forcibly removed |
| communism | a form of socialism which ends all class differences and all private property |
| fascism | this type of government glorifies the states above the individual |
| anti-semitism | intense dislike and prejudice against the Jewish people |
| Politburo | policy-making body of the Communist Party |
| censorship | banning of written, spoken or visual messages critical of the government |
| collectivized | combined |
| Five-Year Plans | economic goals that had one main purpose: to change the country as quickly as possible from an agricultural economy to an industrial economy |
| Stalinism | brutal form of communism imposed by a small group of patry leaders under Stalin's orders |
| authoritarian government | governments or dictatorships led by one person or group such as Japan |
| media | forms or systems of communication such as newspapers, radio, and television programs |
| militarism | under this system of governemtn, a nation puts its military above all else and uses it to achieve national goals |
| Black Shirts | Mussolini's followers |