| A | B |
|---|
| World War I | 1914-1920 |
| Archiduke Francis Ferdinand | from Austria, was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist, triggered the start of the war |
| militarism | to build up one's army |
| Woodrow Wilson | the U.S. president during WWI, wrote the 14 points given to all nations to sign |
| 14 points | a plan for peace: League of nations, free and open trade, reduction of weapons, self-determination, freedom of the seas |
| nationalism | having pride in one's country, and/or banding together to gain independence |
| alliance | countries that sign an agreement to go to war for each other, Triple Alliance (central powers) - Germany, Italy, Asutria-Hungary; Triple Entente (allied powers) - France, Britain, Russia, U.S. |
| Versailles Treaty | a treaty signed at Versailles in France, it punished Germany by Germany paying reparation, losing territory, and downsizing the army and navy |
| League of Nations | an organization of nations formed to protect the independence and boundaries of all people and to keep peace, the U.S. never joined because the Senate rejected it |
| Red Scare | people in the U.S. were scared the communism (Red) was going to spread to the U.S. people were inprisoned and arrested without warrants for being communists |
| World War II | 1919-1945, Germany invaded Poland to trigger WWII |
| Holocaust | the attempt to genocide the Jews during WWII, is to wipe out one ethic or cultural group |
| totalitarian | a government in which a dictator controls all aspects of life. Human rights are ignored and terror is used to maintain order |
| Anti-Semitism | hatred of Jews, showing prejudice and persecuting Jews because of their beliefs and customs |
| racism | a contempt or hatred for other races |
| Nazis | Hitler's National Socialist Party, beat up political opponents and Jews, ran the concentration camps |
| fascists | the state is supreme and everyone should work to sacrifice for the state |
| Gestapo | Hitler's secret police |
| The Final Solution | Hitler's plan to kill the Jews or anyone different |
| Allied Powers | Britain, U.S., Russia, France |
| Axis Powers | Germany, Italy, Japan |
| Nuremburg trials | putting the Nazis on trial for crimes they committed during the war |
| Persian Gulf War | war between Iraqand Kuwait, Iraq invaded Kuwait for its oil and to annex its territory |
| OPEC | organization of petroleum exporting countries, decide how much oil to produce, what price to sell it at |
| Kuwait | a country with large oil reserves, invaded by Iraq |
| Operation Desert Shield | the U.S. sent 500,000 troops to fight |
| Operation Desert Storm | France, Canada, Britain, and other nations sent troops that used High-tech weapons and air powers |
| eco-terrorism | Iraq fought against the environment (pumped oil into the gulf, burned oil wells, threatened water supplies, killed wildlife) |
| reparations | paying damages created during the war |
| Saddam Hussein | leader of Iraq |
| genocide | mass destruction of one ethnic group |
| Kurds | group of people who rose up agianst Hussein believing he was stretched too thin due to the war |
