| A | B |
| dictator | leaders who control their nation by force |
| fascism | extreme nationalism and racism |
| anti-semitism | hatred of Jews |
| appeasement | accepting demands |
| totalitarian | the government controls peoples lives |
| blitzkrieg | lightening war |
| lend-lease act | allowed americans to sell, lend or lease arms or weapons to other nations |
| disarmament | giving up military weapons |
| mobilization | military and civilian preparations |
| ration | to limit what people could buy |
| internment camps | camps where japanese americans were moved to during the war |
| genocide | wiping out an entire group of people |
| kamikazes | suicide pilots that crashed into american ships |
| island hopping | attacking and capturing certain key islands |
| holocaust | killing of jews in gas chambers |