WWII and Interwar Period

Flashcards covering WWII and interwar topics. Vocabulary Style

Sanctions

The act of prohibiting trade with a country.

Dictator

A leader with total power.

Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer

One People, One Empire, One Leader

Scapegoat

Someone who is blamed and punished for the misfortune of others

Holocaust

The mass killing of Jews in Nazi Germany.

Persecuted

Made to suffer.

Stock Market

A place where people buy and sell shares in big businesses.

The Great Depression

A period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic collapse and mass unemployment.

Inflation

A general increase in the price of goods.

Swastika

Symbol of the Nazi Party.

Opposition

Group of people who disagree with something.

Dictate

Give commands or orders.

Reparations

Amount of money for damages paid by losing nation to the winners.

Armistice

Agreement between enemies to stop fighting.

Revenge

Action taken in return for being hurt.

Abdicate

To resign as king.

Monarchy

When a king or queen has all the power.

Internment

Confinement during wartime.

Casualties

People injured, killed, captured, or missing in a war.

Intimidate

Bully someone or make them afraid.

Ideology

Set of beliefs, values, and ideas.

authoritarian

strict dictatorial people have no freedom or say in how government rules, opposite of democracy

lebensraum

space to live in

Reichstag

German word for Parliament

Chancellor

another word for the leader of the Reichstag

Lebensraum

German word meaning space to live in.

genocide

mass murder

extermination

killing

propaganda

biased information

Fascist

Government should have complete control.

Einsatzgruppen

Death Squads