Concept 1Post WWI

Russian Revolution

A civil war that occurred in Russia during WWI which took their country

out of the war

World War I

A time period between 1914-1918 during which world powers fought due to nationalism, ethnic and ideological conflicts, and

rivalries

Nazi

A member of the German Fascist party controlling Germany

from 1933-1945

Nazism

The ideology and practice of the Nazi Party

and of Nazi Germany

depression

A period of low general economic

activity with widespread

unemployment

World War IIA time period from

1939-1945 during which world powers fought in part due to Germany and Japan’s desire to expand their empires.

treaty

An agreement or arrangement made

by negotiations, usually done at the

end of a war

Concept 2Post WWII

HolocaustTerm used for the

systematic destruction of the Jewish people of

Eastern Europe by Hitler

ghetto

An area of a city to which Jews were

restricted and from which they were

forbidden to leave

Concentration camps

Work and death camps located in Germany and

Poland to incarcerate and exterminate Jews

and other “undesirables”

propaganda

Information that is spread for the

purpose of promoting some cause

Concept 3Cold War

philosophies

Ideas attributed to a particular group or

culture

Superpowers

The term used to describe the United

States and the Soviet Union as they entered the Cold War

Cold WarA struggle that erupted

between the Soviet Union and its former allies over

ideas about freedom, government, and

economics. It is called this as there was no shooting.

Truman Doctrine

A document which set a precedent for the principle of ‘collective security’– building

up a network of allies and friendly states to which the US gave military aid free of

charge– and NATO

Marshall PlanA plan devised by the

US to reduce the hunger, homelessness,

unemployment, sickness, and political restlessness in west

Europe

Concept 4Collapse of the

Soviet Union and German

Reunification

reunification

The process in which East and West

Germany reunited into one country

Developing nationGeneral countries which

have not achieved a significant degree of

industrialization relative to their populations, and

which have, in most cases a medium to low standard

of living