AP World Vocab Part 2

Luftwaffe

German air force during World War II.

hypernationalism

Extreme nationalism promoting superiority over others.

Zionists

Supporters of the Jewish homeland in Palestine.

Balfour Declaration

1917 statement supporting a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

Manchukuo

Japanese puppet state in Manchuria, established 1932.

Jomo Kenyatta

Leader of Kenya's independence movement, first president.

scientific racism

Misuse of science to justify racial superiority.

Rhineland

Region remilitarized by Germany in 1936.

Sudetenland

Region of Czechoslovakia annexed by Germany in 1938.

Kristallnacht

1938 pogrom against Jews in Nazi Germany.

Anschluss

Annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in 1938.

Lebensraum

Nazi policy for territorial expansion into Eastern Europe.

Mao Zedong

Chinese Communist leader, founder of the People's Republic.

Chiang Kai-Shek

Leader of the Nationalist government in China.

Civil disobedience

Nonviolent resistance to unjust laws.

Jinnah

Leader of the All-India Muslim League, Pakistan's founder.

Nehru

First Prime Minister of independent India.

Lend-Lease Act

U.S. program to supply Allies during WWII.

Siege of Leningrad

Prolonged military blockade by Nazi Germany, 1941-1944.

D-Day

Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944.

V-E Day

Victory in Europe Day, May 8, 1945.

V-J Day

Victory over Japan Day, August 15, 1945.

Vichy

Collaborationist government in France during WWII.