Unit 7 Global Conflict Vocabulary

Anti-Semitism

Prejudice against Jews.

Appeasement

The idea that Britain could pacify Germany and make sure there was no war at any cost.

ANZAC

Australian and New Zealand Army Corps; fought in a year-long bloody campaign at Gallipoli in northwestern Turkey.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Heir apparent to the Austro-Hungarian throne whose assassination set in motion the events that started World War I.

Atlantic Charter

Policy statement forged in 1941 by Britain and the US which set down goals for the post-war world.

Axis Powers

Alliances between Germany, Italy, and Japan.

Balfour Declaration

British document that promised land in Palestine as homeland for Jews in exchange for help in World War I.

Battle of Britain

An aerial battle fought in World War II in 1940 between the German Luftwaffe and the British Royal Air Force.

Battle of Midway

U.S. naval victory over the Japanese fleet in June 1942, marked a turning point in World War II.

Battle of Stalingrad

Unsuccessful German attack on Stalingrad during World War II; the furthest extent of German advance into the Soviet Union.

Benito Mussolini

Fascist dictator of Italy (1922-1943) who led Italy to conquer Ethiopia and joined Germany in the Axis pact.

Black Hand

Serbian nationalist group responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Blackshirts

Members of Italian fascists before WWII led by Mussolini.

Blitzkrieg

'Lightning war', type of fast-moving warfare used by German forces in 1939.

Bolshevik Revolution

Overthrow of Russia's Provisional Government in 1917 by Lenin and his Bolshevik forces.

Central Powers

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire.

Chiang Kai-shek

Leader of the Nationalist party in China who attacked Mao's forces.

Conscription

A compulsory military enlistment.

Corporatism

Theory that the sectors of the economy are seen as separate parts of the same entity.

D-Day

June 6, 1944 - Allied invasion of Normandy, a turning point of World War II.

Deficit Spending

Spending more than the government takes in to spur economic recovery.

Destroyers-for-Bases Agreement

Agreement where the US promised to deliver destroyers in exchange for British bases.

Emiliano Zapata

Mexican revolutionary and champion of agrarianism.

Fascism

A system of government characterized by strict social and economic control, led by a dictator.

Final Solution

Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler decided at the Berlin conference.

Fourteen Points

Woodrow Wilson's plan to establish lasting peace after World War I.

Francisco "Pancho" Villa

Mexican revolutionary and military commander during the Mexican Revolution.

Gavrilo Princip

Assassin of Archduke Francis Ferdinand; member of the Black Hand.

German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact

Pledge made between Germans and Soviets to not attack each other.

Good Neighbor Policy

FDR's foreign policy of promoting better relations with Latin America.

Great Depression

Severe worldwide economic crisis lasting from 1929 to WWII.

Great War

Another name for World War I.

Gulags

Labor camps under Stalin where many political opponents and others were sent.

Guernica

Town targeted by German and Italian bombing during the Spanish Civil War.

Heinrich Himmler

Leader of the Nazi SS; oversaw the forced removal of Gypsies.

Holocaust

Nazi program of exterminating Jews during WWII.

Hypernationalism

Belief in the superiority of one's nation over others.

Inflation

General rise in prices; caused by excessive money printing in post-WWI Germany