| A | B |
| Great Depression | Severe economic slump that began in 1929 |
| Reparations | The losing country must repay all damages after a war. |
| Treaty of Versaille | Meeting where the Allies decided what to do with Germany and Austria-Hungary. |
| Lebensraum | Hitler's need for more living space for Germans. |
| Total War | Country devotes all resources to war. |
| V.I. Lenin | Leader of the Bolsheviks. |
| soviets | local councils consisting of workers, peasants and soldiers |
| Der Fuhrer | Adolf Hitler - Leader of the NAZI Party |
| stalemate | a tie |
| Benito Mussolini | Italian leader who formed the fascist party in 1919. |
| Mein Kampf | 'My Struggle' - outlined Hitlers beliefs and his goals for Germany |
| Provisional Government | A temporary government setup by the leaders of the Duma |
| Propaganda | Advertisements to try to sway people to support a side |
| Fascism | Promotes an extreme form of nationalism, denial of individual rights and a dictatorial one-party rule. |
| Armistice | Agreement to stop fighting |
| Duma | Russia's first Parliament |
| Nazis | Adopted the swastika as its symbol |
| Alliances | A country agrees to back up another in the event of war |
| Rasputin | self described 'holy man' who was assassinated in Russia |
| Trench Warfare | New style of war where each side fights from a trench |
| Bolsheviks | supported a small number of committed revolutionaries willing to sacrifice everything for radical change. |
| SS Shutzstaffel | An elite, black uniformed unit who arrested and murdered Hitler's enemies |