Interwar Period
This leader promised to restore order and pride to Germany after WWI.
Adolf Hitler
WWII began when Germany invaded this neighboring country.
Poland
Symbol of the cold war that collapsed in 1989
Berlin Wall
Who runs the economy in a communist society.
The government
After WWI, this type of government became more popular in countries like Italy and Germany.
Dictatorship
This event ended the war in the Pacific and involved a powerful new type of weapon.
Atomic bombs in Japan
This economic system was promoted by the U.S., while the Soviet Union promoted communism.
Capitalism
True of False: In capitalism, the government SHOULD interfere with business.
FALSE!
This leader of the Soviet Union used purges and censorship to keep control in the interwar period.
Joseph Stalin
An agreement to stop fighting is called....
An armistice
The imaginary line dividing Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War.
Iron Curtain
The names of two political and economic reforms started by Mikhail Gorbachev.
Perestroika and Glasnost
A policy of giving in to an aggressor to avoid war, often associated with British leaders before WWII.
Appeasement
This was held to put former Nazis on trial for the crimes they committed during the war
Nuremberg Trials
This event brought the world close to nuclear war when missiles were placed near the U.S.
Cuban Missle Crisis
The easing of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1970's.
Detente
During the 1930s, many countries turned to authoritarian leaders partly because of this global problem.
The Great Depression
This document, created in 1948 by the United Nations, outlines basic rights and freedoms that all people are entitled to.
UDHR or Universal Declaration of Human Rights
What event did the USA boycott in the 1980s?
Olympics
In October 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union came closest to nuclear war during this 13-day Cold War confrontation.
The Cuban Missile Crisis