| A | B |
|---|
| mandates | former colonies placed under League of Nations |
| sanctions | one country stopping trade with another |
| wehrmacht | German army |
| reparations | money compensation paid for damages |
| collective security | countries agreeing to work together to keep peace |
| buffer state | a small neutral state between two rival states |
| self-determination | the right of a nation to determine its own form of government |
| Fascism | a political movement which stands for rule by a dictator |
| Depression | a long period of business decline |
| Lebensraum | living space for the Germans |
| Master Race | Aryan idea that a racially superior people will conquer weaker races |
| demilitarised zone | an area where all soldiers and arms are forbidden |
| plebiscite | a vote or referendum |
| anschluss | political or economic union such as Germany and Austria |
| appeasement | giving in to the demands of a hostile country to prevent war |
| annexation | taking over territory |
| isolationism | a policy of keeping out of the affairs of other countries |
| axis | the alliance of Germany. Italy and Japan |
| anti-Semitism | hatred of Jews |
| conscription | compulsory military service |
| diktat | peace settlement imposed on the loser by the vistors |
| armistice | an agreement to stop fighting |
| blitzkrieg | lightning attack as used by Germany on Poland |
| luftwaffe | German airforce |
| maginot line | a series of fortifications built by France along their border with Germany |
| empire | one dominant country controlling a large number of other coutries |
| comintern | the idea that Communism should spread throughout the world |
| chancellor | German Prime Minister |
| genocide | the wiping out of a very large group of people |
| neutrality | refusal to take sides |
