WH final vocab and maps

Self-Determination

the right of the people to choose their own form of government

Militarism

glorification of the military

Stalemate

deadlock between two sides

Total War

utilizing all of a nation’s resources in the war effort

Propaganda

spreading ideas to promote a cause or to damage an opposing cause

Reparations

payment of war damages

Five-Year Plan

Government planned economic goals of the Soviet Union–aimed at building industry

Totalitarianism

one-party dictatorship attempts to regulate every aspect of the lives of its citizens

Appeasement

giving in to the demands of an aggressor in order to keep the peace

Blitzkrieg

Lightning Warfare–German strategy

Island-Hopping

campaign to capture strategic islands that served as stepping-stones to the next objective

Containment

strategy of keeping Communism within its existing boundaries

Germany

big country above Italy but not touching

Austria-Hungary

to the right of germany, touching Italy

Serbia

small to the right of Italy

Italy

Boot

France

Left of Italy pretty big

Great Britain

U.K.

Belgium

in between France and Germany

Russia/Soviet Union

Largest country in the world

Allied Powers WWI

U.S., U.K, Russia, China, France

Axis Powers WWII

Germany, Italy, Japan