H World History - WWII Vocabulary Study Guide

Totalitarianism

A system of government that oversees and controls every aspect of their citizens’ lives

Appeasement

Making someone else happy or content - Great Britain and France appeased Germany by not getting involved in their plans to expand because they did not want to get involved in another war.

Axis powers

Germany, Italy, Japan, and Romania

Allied powers

Great Britain, the Soviet Union, Australia, and the United States

Reparations

Fees required to be paid to countries by the country at fault of starting a war. Germany was forced to pay reparations after WWI because the fingers were pointed towards them by being at fault.

Great Purge

A period of time in the Soviet Union where Stalin executed those who opposed his beliefs - Stalin was severely paranoid about being overpowered that he killed anyone who did not ba

Anti-semitism

Prejudice against Jews

Five Year Plans

Stalin’s plans to improve industrialization in the Soviet Union by enforcing collectivization

Fascism

A far-right political party with strong beliefs in nationalism, social classes, lack of individual rights, no democracy, and a dictator with absolute power

Collectivization

Transforming small, privately owned farms into large, government owned farms.