AP WORLD UNIT 7

abdicate

to formally give up a high office or responsibility

Anschluss

the annexation of Austria by Germany in 1938

appeasement

satisfying the demands of a demanding party in an effort to maintain peace and stability

armistice

an agreement to end fighting in a war

blitzkrieg

“lightning war” an attack conducted with great speed and force

collectives

large farms owned and operated by peasants as a group under government supervision

collective security

system in which a group of nations acts as one to preserve the peace of all

conscription

mandatory military service

disarmament

the reduction or limitation of the size of the army, navy, or air force of a country

fascism

an ideology that puts the needs of the nation above the needs of the individual

front

the line of battle where combat is carried out

genocide

the deliberate mass murder of a particular racial, political or cultural group

hegemony

the social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group

hemophilia

a condition where a person cannot control bleeding because the blood does not clot properly

kulaks

prosperous peasants in the Soviet Union in the 1930s

lebensraum

“living space” the doctrine adopted by Hitler, that a nation’s power depends on the amount of land it occupies

mandates

after WWI, a territory administered by a Western power to prepare it for independence

nationalization

the process of converting a business or industry from private ownership to government control and ownership (do not confuse with nationalism)

Pan-Slavism

a feeling of cultural and ethnic kinship among the Slavic people

propaganda

the spreading of ideas to promote a certain cause or to damage an opposing cause

purge

the removal or elimination of members of a political organization, government, nation, etc., who are considered disloyal

Reich

the German state or empire

reparations

payments made by a defeated nation after a war to compensate another nation for damage

Slavic

relating to the branch of the Indo-European language family that includes such languages as Russian, Serbo-Croatian, and Polish, etc.

soviets

councils of workers and soldiers formed throughout Russia in 1917

totalitarian

a government in which a one party dictatorship regulates every aspect of citizens’ lives

ultimatum

a final, uncompromising demand or set of terms

Zionism

a worldwide Jewish movement that resulted in the establishment and development of the state of Israel