| A | B |
|---|
| axis nations | Italy, Germany, Japan |
| Winston Churchill | Prime Minister of Britain, led British in their resistance to Germany |
| Josef Stalin | leader of the Soviet Union; comunist who conrtoled all aspects of life. in spite of his and Churchills hate for eaxh other they joined forces against Germany |
| Franz Ferdinand | Arch duke of Austria who's assassination led to world war 1 |
| Treaty of Versailles | the treaty that the Allied powers forced Germany to sign at the end of Worl War 1 |
| Leage of Nations | An international counsil created in 1920 by the Allied Powers to try to prevent future wars |
| Armistice | An agreement to stop fighting; a truce |
| Centural Powers | Austria- Hungary, Germany |
| Allience | An agreement between countries to work together in war or trade |
| Nationalism | a strong loyalty to ones own country and culture |
| What did Germany have to give up in the Treaty of Versailles? | territory, arms, had to pay $33 billion dollars, had to take responsability for causing the war |
| Emporer Hirohito | Japanese god-mad who headed Japan's nationalistic take over of Ausian centers in China, Korea, and the Pacific Islands |
| Benito Mussolini | fascist leader in Italy; began aggression in 1936 when Italy took over China |
| Adolf Hitler | fascist leader in Germany; headed Nazi's in Germany; began war on Europe |
| Propaganda | spreading of certain ideas that have been exaggerated to advance a particular cause |
| Depression | economic term; low production of goods combined with low prices because jobs/money are scarce |
| Inflation | economic term; rising prices |
| Fascist | a form of government based on leadership that has total control, extreme nationalism, and the practice that the government's goals are more importnat than the rights |
| Franklin Roosevelt | former U.S. President. under Roosevelt the U.S. assisted Britain with equipment and ships through a lend-lease program; managed to keep the U.S. out of the war untill 1945 |
| Pearl Harbor | Hawiian location of the U.S. Navel base that was bombed by the Japenese; then declared war on Japan |
