| A | B |
|---|
| communisn | an economic and political system in which the government owns all business and controls the economy |
| Vladimir Lenin | the Bolshevik leader,built suport among workers and soldiers |
| fascism | a political system based on nationalism and strong government;Adolph Hitler in Germany and Benito Mussolini in Italy were the first facist leaders |
| Allies | Great Britain,France,Soviet Union,and the United States,joined together in World War II against Germany,Italy and Japan |
| Axis Powers | The name for the alliance formed by Germany,Italy,and Japan alliance during World War II |
| Franklin Roosevelt | the United States joined the Allies |
| Holocaust | the Nazis'effort to wipe out the Jewish people in World War II, when 6 million Jews throughout Europe were killed |
| genocide | the deliberate destruction of a people |
| Cold War | a period of distrust between the United States and Soviet Union after World War II when there was a tense rivalry between the two superpowers but not direct fighting |
| Mao Zedong | in 1949 formed a Communist government in China |
| Mohandas Ghandi | 1920s and 1930s led a growing independence movement in India |
| idealogies | system of believes |
| Korean War | in 1950 Communist North Korea invaded non-Communist South Korea,starting the Korean War |
| Vietnam War | Vietnam was also split in two-a Communist north and a non-Communist south in 1957 |
| Ronald Reagan | was expanding U.S.military forces and weapons |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | the Soviet leader saw the serious problems facing his country and Eastern Europe |
| terrorism | a criminal activity involving the use of violence against civilians to create fear and push for political change |
