Global 2 January 21

World War I Vocab

100

Peacekeeping organization set up in the Treaty of Versailles

League of Nations

200

When neither side can gain an advantage

Stalemate

300

When a country puts all of its resources toward fighting a war

Total War

400

Idealization of military power

Militarism

500

Treaty that ended World War I

Treaty of Versailles

Between the Wars Vocab

100

Also called the Ukranian famine, when millions of Ukranians starved to death as punishment for resisting Stalin’s collective farms

Holodomor

200

Combining small, individually-owned farms into larger, government-run farms

Collective farming

300

Killing of a specific group

Genocide

400

Murder and deportation of more than 1.5 million Armenians by the Turks

Armenian Genocide

500

Russian communist

Bolshevik

World War II Vocab

100

Giving in to an aggressor to prevent conflict

Appeasement

200

A political system characterized by total state power, propaganda, and a secret police

Fascism

300

Someone who has total power over a country

Dictator

400

Spreading of Ideas and information to help a cause

Propaganda

500

Dictator of Italy

Mussolini

World War I Causes

100

M

Militarism

200

A

Alliances

300

I

Imperialism

400

N

Nationalism

500

Direct cause of World War I

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

World War II Causes

100

H

Hitler's Actions

200

A

Appeasement

300

T

Treaty of Versailles

400

E

Economic problems

500

Direct cause of World War II

Hitler's invasion of Poland