European History Vocabulary Terms

"a global conflict that took place from 1914 to 1918 in locations all over the world; the war began with the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand I of Austria-Hungary"

• World War I (aka The Great War)

• World War II

• The Cold War

• The Korean War

"teammates of Britain, France, Russia, US, and other countries (World War I winners)"

• The Central Powers

• The Axis Powers

• Japan

• The Allied Powers

"teammates of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and other countries (World War I losers)"

• The Central Powers

• The Axis Powers

• Japan

• The Allied Powers

"an agreement for peace, a truce"

• Communism

• Armistice

• Iron Curtain

• Cold War

"World War I officially came to an end in 1919 with the signing of a peace treaty, but the terms of Germany’s surrender were considered too harsh and financially impossible by Germans"

• The Holocaust

• The Treaty of Versailles

• propaganda

• The Cold War

"a system where all property is owned by the government and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs"

• Nazism

• concentration camp

• communism

• depression

"the communist takeover of Russia"

• The Cold War

• World War I (aka the Great War)

• Fascist

• The Soviet Union

"a government system led by a dictator who has complete power, forcibly stops criticism or anyone who disagrees, and is aggressive to other countries and often racist"

• fascist

• propaganda

• depression

• anti-semitism

"when countries and people have little to no money"

• iron curtain

• Central Powers

• depression

• Allies

"an anti-Semitic, fascist political party in Germany during and before World War I led by Adolf Hitler "

• World War I (aka the Great War)

• The Treaty of Versailles

• The Cold War

• Nazism