| A | B |
|---|
| Nazi-Soviet Pact | non-aggression between Germany and Soviet Union at start of WWII |
| Dunkirk | city in northern France; French & British armies rescued from German defeat |
| London Blitz | Germany continously attacked England during WWII |
| Battle of Stalingrad | fierce battle between Soviet Union & Germany; heavy casualties for both; turning point |
| Battle of Britain | major air battle; British RAF pilots defended Britain from German Luftwaffe (air force) |
| D-Day | allied invasion of Normandy, France |
| Nuremburg Trials | Nazi officers tried from crimes against humanity (Holocaust) |
| Pearl Harbor | Japanese surprise attack against US Naval fleet in Hawaii |
| Battle of Midway | turning point in Pacific; US successfully defended Midway Island |
| Iwo Jima | one of islands US took from Japan during island hopping campaign |
| Battan Death March | Japanese captured Philippine & US soldiers; tortured them; marched to death |
| Hiroshima & Nagasaki | Japanese cities bombed by US atomic bombsca |
| capitalism | economic policy; based on private ownership and business ventures to earn money |
| nationalism | belief people should be loyal tho thier nation; common culture |
| socialism | economic system where all factors of production are owned by public and operate for benefit of all |
| communism | economic system where all means of production are owned by people; private property does not exist |
| facism | political movement promoting extreme nationalism; dictatorship; denied human rights |
| totalitarianism | government control over all aspects of public and private life |
| democracy | government controlled by citizens; directly or through representatives |
| social darwinism | application of Darwin's idea about evolution; "Survival of the Fittest";justifies imperialism |
| utilitarianism | Jeremy Bentham's theory that government actions useful only if greatest good for greatest number of people |
| isolationism | policy of avoiding political and military involvement with other countries |
| appeasement | making deals or concessions with aggressive party to avoid war (giving in to demands) |
| Kellog-Briand Pact | renounded war as instrument of national power; outlawed war |
| Locarno Treaties | used to settle Germany's border disputes and keep peace |
| League of Nations | encouraged cooperation; no power to stop attacks or prevent wars |
| Nuremburg laws | laws put in place limiting and taking away Jewish peoples rights |
| Kristallnacht | night of broken glass; Nazi intimidation of Jewish people by attacking citizens and businesses |
| ghetto | separate sections of city where Jews were forced to live |
| Yalta Conference | Churchill & Roosevelt agreed Stalin had contol over Eastern Europe |
| United Nations | international organization of countries to secure peace |
| NATO | military alliance of Allied nations |
| Cold War | time of mutual distrust between US and Russia |
| Great Britain used appeasement to | avoid going to war with Germany |
| Example of appeasement | giving Sudetenland to Germany |
| Political instability can cause | a totalitarian government to arise |
| Germany, Japan and Italy's foreign policy | imperialism |
| What document made Germany accept responsibility for WWII | Treaty of Versailles |
| A result of Treaty of Versailles | Fascist regime in Germany |
| Why was Hitler elected in Germany | he said he could fix the severe economic problems |
| Why people supported Nazi Party | to improve economic conditions in Germany |
| Japan's foreign policy in 1930's | territorial expansion |
| Communism and Fascism both | suppress people who oppose their views |
| Nuremberg laws did what to Jewish people | put racist theory into public policy and law |
| The Holocaust shows | advanced societies can commit savage acts |
| The Holocaust also shows that | people need to fight against human rights violations |
