1. Concept 1Post WWI

2. Russian Revolution A civil war that occurred in Russia during WWI which took their country out of the war

3. World War I A time period between 1914-1918 during which world powers fought due to nationalism, ethnic and ideological conflicts, and rivalries

4. Nazi A member of the German Fascist party controlling Germany from 1933-1945

5. Nazism The ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany

6. depression A period of low general economic activity with widespread unemployment

7. World War II A time period from 1939-1945 during which world powers fought in part due to Germany and Japan’s desire to expand their empires.

8. treaty An agreement or arrangement made by negotiations, usually done at the end of a war

9. Concept 2Post WWII

10. Holocaust Term used for the systematic destruction of the Jewish people of Eastern Europe by Hitler

11. ghetto An area of a city to which Jews were restricted and from which they were forbidden to leave

12. Concentration camps Work and death camps located in Germany and Poland to incarcerate and exterminate Jews and other “undesirables”

13. propaganda Information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause

14. Concept 3Cold War

15. philosophies Ideas attributed to a particular group or culture

16. Superpowers The term used to describe the United States and the Soviet Union as they entered the Cold War

17. Cold War A struggle that erupted between the Soviet Union and its former allies over ideas about freedom, government, and economics. It is called this as there was no shooting.

18. Truman Doctrine A document which set a precedent for the principle of ‘collective security’– building up a network of allies and friendly states to which the US gave military aid free of charge– and NATO

19. Marshall Plan A plan devised by the US to reduce the hunger, homelessness, unemployment, sickness, and political restlessness in west Europe

20. Concept 4Collapse of the Soviet Union and German Reunification

21. reunification The process in which East and West Germany reunited into one country

22. Developing nation General countries which have not achieved a significant degree of industrialization relative to their populations, and which have, in most cases a medium to low standard of living