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Important People
Vocabulary
World War I
World War II
Holocaust
100
This man rose to power and became dictator of Germany in the 1930s. He called himself "the Fuhrer."
Who is Adolf Hitler?
100
A partnership in which two or more countries agree to support one another.
What is an alliance?
100
These three countries formed the Triple Entente in World War I.
What are England, France, and Russia?
100
World War II officially began in 1939 when Germany invaded this neighboring country.
What is Poland?
100

What was the Holocaust?

What is the mass killing of Jews in Europe?

200

The man who took over Russia after Vladimir Lennon passed away in 1924.

Who is Joseph Stalin?

200
In this type of government, individual rights are not as important as the needs of the whole country.
What is totalitarian government?
200
These three countries formed the Triple Alliance in World War I.
What are Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary?
200
These 4 major countries made up the Allies (or Allied) Powers in World War II.
What are the USA, England, France and Russia?
200

What are the names of the camps that Jews were sent to.

What is a concentration camp or death camp?

300
This young Jewish girl kept a diary while she and her family were in hiding.
Who is Anne Frank?
300
In this type of government, one person has all the power.
What is dictatorship?
300
Most World War I battles were fought down in these.
What are trenches?
300
These three major countries made up the Axis Powers in World War II.
What are Germany, Italy, and Japan?
300

Who were the four groups of people most discriminated against during the Holocaust?

What is Jews, homosexuals, gypsies and disabled

400
The assassination of this man set off a series of events which led to World War I.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
400
This policy to avoid war suggested that it might be necessary to give dictators what they want in hopes that they will not want anything else.
What is appeasement?
400

This "ism" was the reason that the United States did not join WWI till 1917 with the sinking of five American merchant ships

What is Isolationism?

400
This treaty which ended World War I was very harsh on Germany and eventually led to the rise of a dictatorship under Hitler.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
400

How many Jews were killed during the Holocaust

What is 6 million Jews?

500

Fascist dictator of Italy. Mussolini was head of the Italian government from 1925-43. He sought to create a new Roman Empire and allied Italy with Germany. After the fall of Italy to Allied troops, he was executed by Italian partisans.

Who is Benito Mussolini?

500
This term refers to racism directed specifically towards Jews.
What is anti-semitism?
500

The only part of Wilson's (U.S. President) plan adopted by the Europeans at Versailles, it called for the creation of an international peace keeping organization

What is the League of Nations?

500
Hitler wrote this book while he was in jail

What is Mein Kempf?

500

These held the soldiers accountable for the atrocities committed during the Holocaust

What are the Nuremberg trials?