| A | B |
| Blitzkreig | lightning war |
| Axis Powers | Germany, Italy, Japan |
| Allied Powers | Great Britain, France, United States, Soviet Union |
| Dictator | Person with total control over government and law |
| Propaganda | Information spread to influence people's thinking |
| Appeasement | Giving a person what they want |
| Facism | Centralized conservative government with a dictator |
| Annexation | To take over/take charge of a country |
| Anti-Semitism | Prejudice against Jews |
| Aryan | Hitler's "master race" |
| Genocide | destruction of people of a certain race, religion, or ethnicity |
| Gestapo | Hitler's secret police |
| Ghetto | run down, neglected area of a city |
| Nationalism | Pride in your country no matter what it does |
| Totalitarian | Government with total control, no personal freedom |