The World in Conflict: Global Depression and WWII Review Sheet

Flashcards of Vocabulary and Important People.

Treaty of Versailles

Called for the end of WWI and called for Germany to pay for the war.

League of Nations

A global organization formed at the end of WWI to try and prevent future world wars

Facism

A political ideology that puts the needs of a nation above the individual

Dictatorship

A form of government in which power rests upon a singular individual with little to no limitation on their power.

Genocide

The mass killing of a group of people

Blitzkrieg

Fast military tactics to use everything all at once to overwhelm the enemy.

United Nations

Global organization formed after WWII to prevent genocide, fight terrorism, and world hunger.

Nazis

The controlling party in Germany after WWI and during WWII

Josef Stalin

Leader of the USSR.

Benito Mussolini

Leader of Italy.

Adolf Hitler

Leader of the Nazi party in Germany.

Neville Chamberlain

Prime Minister of Britain

Gandhi

An Indian civil rights activist that led several not violent protests for India’s independence from Britain.

Totalitarian government

Active loyalty and commitment are expected; total control of political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of life; led by a single leader and party; not interested in individual freedom; and used modern technology and propaganda.

Stalin’s Five Year Plan

To force rapid industrialization in Russia.

Iron Curtain

Divided Europe between the two competing government ideologies of democracy and communism.

Weimer government

The German government after WWI. It was marked by hyperinflation, political instability and was ultimately replaced by the Nazi government.